Madhumati: A classic revisited

Film historian Dhruv Somani flashbacks to Bimal Roy’s classic ghost story, which continues to be mint-fre...

Oh Kolkata!

At a Glance 0800pm 20^th May 2020

• Tropical Cyclone Amphan has made landfall near the border between India and Bangladesh
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UN-supported rainwater harvesting helps students perform better

Bagamoyo, a town in Tanzania, East Africa faced a pathetic condition due to rising sea levels, drought, reduced rainfall which made the drinkin...

India Governance Report brings together stories of good governance from across India

Over the course of the last 10 months, Indian governance has reported its successful initiatives on issues based on health, gender parity, climate change, education and muc...

Can India's Groundwater crisis be cured with the help of Technology?

Groundwater in India is a critical resource. However, an increasing number of aquifers are reaching unsustainab...

Wetland in Assam under Jeopardy

Wetlands in Assam are repositories of diversity, ecology and livelihood support system of the local people. Located about 30 kms from Upper ...

Gates Foundation pledges $300M to help the World’s Poorest Farmers

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with partners around the world to take on some tough challenges: extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries...

Losing our Lakes

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra is rapidly shrinking in size, researchers have found. The lake, situated in the Buldhana district near Amravati in central India, has recorded a d...

Monsoon Deluge: Between Predictions And Advisories

The 29th of August saw Mumbai fall victim to a cloudburst, and, as the city went under, drowning in amassed water, one paused to think of the reason as to why our cities ke...