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Are You Becoming Lonelier? Your City Might Be Part of the Problem.

Nia Puliyel 23/01/2020

The more connected we are, the less lonely we...

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Simple Road Maps Show India’s Cities Are Snaking Towards Ecological, Social Chaos

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/01/2020

New roads in Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai and...

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The World’s Waters Are Rising – but by How Much, and Where?

Sarah Iqbal 13/11/2019

Countries that are more vulnerable to vagaries of the...

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Maharashtra’s Climate Action Plan Comes up Short

Nidhi Jamwal 11/11/2019

Despite taking almost a decade to prepare a state...

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Indian Cities Have Been Reduced to Just Real Estate

Hussain Indorewala 09/10/2019

In the process, ecological sustainability has been sacrificed, as...

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Supreme Court Stays Felling of Trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Until Further Orders

The Wire Staff 07/10/2019

The court also ordered the release of all environmental...

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Four Months After Payal Tadvi’s Death, Family Claims Her Belongings From Hospital

Sukanya Shantha 27/09/2019

“I was so proud that my child was studying...