4 yrs ago, state's Kovalam beach for the Blue Flag certification, a globally recognised eco-label awarded by Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education.
From setting up space labs in schools to building IT parks and hosting football cups and literature festivals, Bodoland is now rewriting its story to claim its place on the map.
Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala & Tamil Nadu are assessing the 'carrying capacity' of hill cities, aiming to find out the maximum population they can sustain.
With meticulously crafted routines for ‘seekers’, villas out of Tolkien’s Shire, and a kitchen with a policy against fried foods, Swastik is the latest addition to India’s niche but growing wellness tourism sector.
In December, govt unveiled ‘beautification’ plans for Deepor Beel — Assam’s only Ramsar site. Residents & activists say they are ‘not averse to development’ but want conservation prioritised.
The planned eco-tourism resorts on the three islands of Minicoy, Suheli & Kadmat have worried ecologists that opening up the islands will destroy its environment and coral ecosystem.
As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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