Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.
Incident raises concerns about impact of city development on wildlife, such as tall buildings & light pollution forcing birds to fly at higher altitudes. Environmentalists demand action.
Previous governments looked at urbanisation as a challenge, but BJP sees it as an opportunity, said Prime Minister Modi during release of BJP manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha election.
Janagraaha says there is need for 3-tier spatial planning process: regional plan for metropolitan area, municipal plan for city govt area & ward plan at neighbourhood level.
Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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