Bhopal, Mar. 20 : A Bhopal based advocate has created a fingernail-size diary on the life of US President Barack Obama.

The 100 pages diary contains interesting tit bits on Obama''s life, but weighs just two grams.

"It took me a lot of time to create this diary, as I had to gather a lot of information on him. I was very influenced by his personality and took my husband''s help in gathering information," says advocate Preetima Gupta.

The making of Obama diary took around 500 hours, Pratima said.

Hyderabad, Mar 20 : The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad has developed a special system to provide information to the fishermen about fishing zones.

The scientists of INCOIS are providing the information through various mediums, which the fishermen can avail it easily.

Srinagar, Mar 20 : A drama festival aimed at boosting theatre and projecting Kashmir as a safe place to visit kicked off in Srinagar.

Organised by the Academy of Art, Culture and Language, the week-long festival entertain theatre enthusiasts through different plays in Kashmiri and other languages.

A number of theatre artistes from different parts of the country have gathered here for the festival.

The organisers believe that the festival would boost theatre culture in the region.

Nagpur, Mar 20 : Poor weather conditions and dry spell have hit orange yield by 60-80 percent in Nagpur

Also hit by infections, the orange trees bore few fruits this year.

Sporadic rainfall in the region ''upset'' the orange cart, even before the flowers began to sprout. Untimely fall off the trees has dashed the hopes of the orchard owners.

Srinagar, Mar 20 : In order to gain market at a large scale, artisans of willow wicker in Jammu and Kashmir have brought some new and innovative changes to the old designs.

Wicker is used for making baskets, boxes, lamp-shades, curtain rings, trays, chairs and tables. The cultivation of wicker willow is the monopoly of the state

"They (artisans) have brought some new changes and created beautiful designs, which is an eye-catcher. People are attracted towards these new changes, which they have made in the designs," said Arif Hussain, a shopkeeper.

Leh, Mar 20 : Hundreds of Buddhists in Ladakh recently performed mass prostrations to mark the first sermon by Lord Buddha.

Gochak, a tantric Buddhist ritual commonly practised by Tibetan Buddhists, was performed as part of a religious ritual of penance.

Tantrism, a form of Hindu mystical ritual with ancient yogic techniques, focuses on attaining the sublime.