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Entrepreneurs Propose to Remake Agricultural Waste Into ‘Cooling’ Screens

Harini Barath 25/01/2019

Design research, data analysis, needs assessment and engineering have...

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Environment Ministry’s Cooling Action Plan Is a Good Start but Not Good Enough

Parul Kumar 25/10/2018

The ICAP alludes vaguely to “targeted programmes to enable...

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For Its Great Air Quality, Delhi Should Never Have Thought of Cutting Trees

T.V. Padma 27/06/2018

Many of the trees slated to be cut are...

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How a $50 Homemade Sensor Could Change the Way We Fight Urban Heat

Sowmiya Ashok 25/09/2016

"The coolest thing about the Harlem Heat Project is...