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How to make Indian cities sustainable
How to make Indian cities sustainable The South west monsoon of 2023 has not yet arrived and it rained in Bangalore city last week. A young girl was drowned in the flood waters in the heart of the city after water entered the car she was in. Prof Ashish Verma, Convenor, IISC Sustainable Transportation…
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Lab in Nature’s lap
Lab in Nature’s lap At Sapna Ranch in Maharashtra, visitors and students learn through activities and happily share their knowledge. A minimalistic, eco-sustainable living focussed on learning is the motto here. The joy of making stuff is unparalleled. Be it a cake or a kaleidoscope, the ‘summit feel’ is heady. Sadly, for the new generation,…
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The King who roams the streets
The King who roams the streets Fears of being wiped out from diseases as also rising numbers of the Asiatic lions have been behind the demand for its translocation to other parts of the country. Despite a Supreme Court order, this has not happened. While the African cheetah settles down (hopefully) into its new environment…
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‘Far-sighted’ and forward looking
‘Far-sighted’ and forward looking Arguments and counter arguments are plenty on the topic of cheetah introduction into India. On Biodiversity Day, we can only hope that the costs and efforts pay off. In a jungle musical chair, the land that was readied and ‘stocked up’ for the Asiatic lion, now has the African cheetah surveying…
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Born in the Americas
Image by Manjula Rao Born in the Americas WORLD BIODIVERSITY DAY Butterflies evolved roughly a 100 million years ago from ‘adventurous’ moths that explored day shifts for nectar browsing. A study based on DNA analysis had proved that in 2019. Extending that study further, scientists who collected DNA from 2000 species and built a butterfly…
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Who is a mother?
Who is a mother? Simple definitions say it’s the female of the species that delivers a progeny. That’s the strictly biological viewpoint. From the emotional and spiritual perspective, a mother to me is anyone who nurtures and takes care of one in need, be it a child, an elder, a patient or an animal. Lo!…
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