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Activists protest against Maha govt's decision to move metro car shed at Aarey

Environmental activists and some political parties, including the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the Aam Aadmi Party, on Sunday staged a protest at the Aarey Colony, a green belt in suburban......

Aarey metro carshed threat to many species: Activists

While the Maharashtra government is moving forward with the Mumbai Metro-3 carshed project in Aarey Colony, a forest area in the city, environmentalists warn that not only leopards, but a host of......

The Best Wildlife Photographs, 2022!

The winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London recently. American Photographer Karine Aigner......

10 Year Old Indian Wins Top Photo Contest

The Natural History Museum's annual competition and exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, is the longest-running and most prestigious nature and wildlife photography competition. It has......

Indian Army fully geared for full-fledged war in Ladakh

Asserting that it is fully prepared to fight a full-fledged war even in winters in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army on Wednesday said if China created conditions for war, they will face a better......

17 best buildings of 2014

The Council on TallBuildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH) recently announced the winners of its Best Tall Buildings Worldwide contest. The organisation is world leading resource for professionals......

Four skyscrapers named best buildings in the world

Dramatic towers in Canada, Qatar, Australia and Italy have been named the best tall buildings in the world for 2012 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the international......

Govt mulls Rs 1000-crore credit risk fund: PM

Government is mulling setting up a Rs 1,000-crore (Rs 10-billion) Credit Risk Guarantee Fund to encourage banks to give loans to the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday even as he......

In a first, Odisha govt awards land rights to urban slum dwellers

As part of Slum Land Rights Act, the project will benefit a million people residing in 2,500 slums across the state over the next few years In a first of its kind in the country, the Odisha......

10 Super Towers felled by recession

In the heady days of high finance, cheap credit and expensive oil, there was so much money sloshing around the world that it was difficult to find ways to spend it. Many developers, especially in......

Vikram is the youth envoy of UN Habitat

Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......

Fabulous films coming up at a Mumbai theatre near you!

The Mumbai Film Festival-- held from October 18 to 25 -- aims to be less of a niche event and more a genuine melting-pot.First things first: whoever curated the line-up of the Mumbai Film Festival......

Telling the truth about AIDS

Towards the middle of A Closer Walk, Robert Bilheimer's strong documentary on the global AIDS epidemic, the filmmaker visits the Tambaram sanitorium in Chennai. It is a harrowing scene in which the......

Athens organisers fail green test

Three years after Sydney was hailed for staging the first "Green Games", environmental groups have accused the Olympic movement of taking a giant step backwards in Athens.Dimitris Caravelas, head......

In Brazil, the ball is the world

It is almost midnight and our visitor from Delhi after his 36 hour travel to Brasilia is fast asleep. I am still watching a late night mystery on television. Suddenly there are deafening cracker......

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