With World Water Day on March 22, we are reminded once again that water forms one of the key components of building construction. While urbanisation and modernisation are inevitable, we cannot ignore that growing cities and populations, along with changing climate, are placing unprecedented pressure on the availability of water. According to the World Economic […]
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The Elephant Whisperers, a heart-warming story of a couple Bomman and Bellie, and their unbreakable bond with Raghu, an orphaned elephant, has been nominated in the ‘Documentary Short Film Category’ in the 95th Academy Awards. Filmed in Tamil Nadu’s Theppakadu Elephant Camp at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Kartiki Gonsalves’ documentary shines light on the bond […]
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The Elephant Whisperers, a heart-warming story of a couple Bomman and Bellie, and their unbreakable bond with Raghu, an orphaned elephant, has been nominated in the ‘Documentary Short Film Category’ in the 95th Academy Awards. Filmed in Tamil Nadu’s Theppakadu Elephant Camp at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Kartiki Gonsalves’ documentary shines light on the bond […]
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A display of wildlife photos | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A heritage chatram (rest house) near the historic Perur Patteeswarar temple lights up on a quiet evening with displays of arresting images, and conversations, all themed on wildlife and Nature. “The langurs, squirrels and caterpillars live in the magic house, the forest. How can you […]
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A photograph of the banyans lining the Chevella highway by Sandeep MVS | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An image that purportedly shows a hazy, blurred view of the large banyan trunk, by Aditya Kulkarni, is captioned ‘out of sight?’ This is among the many artworks that draw attention to the plight of the banyan trees […]
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This winter, as adventurers ready their ski boards to slide through the refreshingly chilly winds on snowy mountains, ski resorts around the world are fretting over the growing repercussions of global warming on their industry. From shrinking snow coverage and shorter ski seasons, there is a lot going on. Val Thorens, one of the highest […]
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A 2020 report by the McKinsey Global Institute, titled ‘Will India get too hot to work?’ states that ‘India could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that cross the survivability limit for a healthy human being resting in the shade, and this could occur as early as next […]
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A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: on the circus A bronze statue of animal trainer and trader Carl Hagenbeck at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. What did […]
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Maharashtra state’s higher and technical education department on Monday in collaboration with UNICEF Mumbai announced a youth driven initiative to conserve natural resources and to work toward issues posed by climate change. Under this programme, a total of 7.1 lakh student volunteers (age group 17-25) from selected universities across Maharashtra will be empowered to work […]
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With climate change and the demand to create a responsible and adaptive built environment, is sustainability given enough importance in the classroom? With climate change and the demand to create a responsible and adaptive built environment, is sustainability given enough importance in the classroom? In July this year, a private university in Gujarat launched a […]
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