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[Book review] Ancient giants make for great stories

Usha Rai 14 Nov 2024

Searching for soppu

Ridah Zaman 12 Sep 2024
A 2009 image of UB City in Bengaluru. At present, one of the biggest reasons behind Bengaluru’s faltering urban system is that the city has been running without a local government for over four years. Image by Prateek Karandikar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New urban governance bill in Bengaluru faces criticism, takes away citizen power says analysis

Shailesh Shrivastava 9 Sep 2024
A skyline of Kolkata. City-level climate planning is gaining momentum across India, with Kolkata among the cities planning to create a Climate Action Plan. Image by Subhrajyoti07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Indian cities witness a growing momentum for climate action

Kundan Pandey 6 Sep 2024

Looking for nutritional gold in wild greens

Arathi Menon 27 Aug 2024

Innovative air-to-water tech using liquid desiccant makes affordable, renewable water

Arathi Menon 13 Aug 2024
Insect fumigation. Image courtesy of Nathania Ria Prince.

What’s killing the buzz? A look into urban fumigation

Nathania Ria Prince 25 Jul 2024

Closing Bengaluru parks in the afternoons deprives outdoor workers of refuge from heat

Pragathi Ravi 20 May 2024

Pathogens find new pathways as agriculture, deforestation intensify

Arathi Menon 25 Apr 2024

Revolutionising dairy farming with hydroponic fodder amidst a fodder shortage

Vandana K. 22 Apr 2024

Farming with AI and drones to increase yields, manage resources and reduce pests

Priyanka Shankar 19 Apr 2024

Experimenting with shed design to reduce heat stress in livestock, poultry

Simrin Sirur 16 Apr 2024
To deal with the water crisis in Bengaluru, the government has curtailed water supplies to big users such as corporates and started penalising people for wasteful use of water.

Bengaluru rings alarm bells for urban water concerns

Max Martin 15 Apr 2024

Kyasanur Forest Disease: A ticking health bomb in the Western Ghats

Arathi Menon 12 Apr 2024

More than 15 years on, implementation of Forest Right Act is lagging, new report finds

Simrin Sirur 4 Apr 2024

Restrictions implemented as dwindling water sources strain water supply in parts of Bengaluru

Sweta Daga 14 Mar 2024

Scientists leap beyond Latin to give local flair to species names

Laasya Shekhar 7 Mar 2024

A village protects a flock, round the clock

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2024

India adds five more wetlands to its list of Ramsar sites

Simrin Sirur 2 Feb 2024

Restaurants fuelling demand for shark meat in India, finds study

Simrin Sirur 24 Jan 2024