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'The Kuno project is doomed to fail'

'The space required for wild cheetah populations to thrive was grossly under-estimated.''Cheetahs, because of their social system and ecologically fragile nature, live at only 1 cheetah per 100 sq......

Jim Corbett Still Lives Here

With his name or without, Jim Corbett continues to live on in his home in Uttarakahand's Kaladunghi and in the jungles he loved. IMAGE: Jim Corbett, the hunter-turned-conservationist, hunted......

What will post-Covid India look like?

'The norm will be even less public accountability, even less transparency, tweets instead of press conferences, TV lectures rather than parliamentary debate, and greater political......

When your home is demolished for no fault of yours...

For 'a person who has dedicated his life to teaching students, guiding them to restoring monuments and preserving our built heritage, I never dreamt that my home will one day be demolished.'......

Why we need our flying jewels

Butterflies aren't just easy on the eyes. Their presence in a place indicates the relative health of the environment. IMAGE: The red pierrot butterfly. Photograph: Courtesy Vengola/Wikimedia......

UP's free-housing mess a national warning

With nearly a million identified slums, UP urgently requires housing for the poor Residents of a free-housing colony are forced to buy water from a commercial tanker because of shoddy supply......

A 10-step approach toward making cities real smart

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of making 100 smart cities must be enabled with the latest technology and of course infrastructure. Image: Monsoon clouds loom over Mumbai's skyline.......

10 factors that make a city really smart

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has certainly focused India's attention on the urbanisation imperative and got the "smart city" concept buzzing. Image: Indian government has......

The saga of the rupee and why it is falling

Rajeev Srinivasan looks at the reasons behind the debacle. The currency exchange rate is a representation of the market sentiment about the strength of a nation's economy. As such, it is often......

India's final stand at Copenhagen

At Copenhagen, attempts to arrive at a fair deal on climate change were deadlocked with countries refusing to budge from their positions on sticky issues like emission cuts. Environment minister......

Draft National Youth Policy 2012 unveiled

The exposure draft of the National Youth Policy, 2012, was unveiled by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken on Thuursday. The Draft NYP 2012, said Maken, is a first of its kind as it......

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'The Kuno project is doomed to fail'

Jim Corbett Still Lives Here

What will post-Covid India look like?

When your home is demolished for no fault of yours...

Why we need our flying jewels

UP's free-housing mess a national warning

A 10-step approach toward making cities real smart

10 factors that make a city really smart

The saga of the rupee and why it is falling

India's final stand at Copenhagen

Draft National Youth Policy 2012 unveiled

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