Anonymous sources from multiple marriage-marketing agencies in Mumbai have confirmed that the rumours of an imminent wedding between Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are nothing but premeditated PR and ...

Keep the illusion Sir — Fans of Korean dramas do not want to see realistic endings. But the recently-concluded show, Twenty Five Twenty One, deviated from the norm — a neatly-wrapped...

“The latest IPCC report has highlighted how networks of parks and open spaces, wetlands and urban agriculture can reduce flood risk in cities. Kolkata is called an ecologically subsidised city b...

In chapter 5 of the 2,900-plus-page report, Kolkata’s transport model figures among nine international case studies showcased.  Apart from the one on Kolkata, the case studies are from Indo...

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Extreme sea-level events are on the rise along the Indian Ocean, according to meteorologists. A very severe cyclone, Yaas, which crossed the northern Odisha coast on May 26 recorded extremely high sea...

The climate negotiation has come full circle. Twelve years back, during the United Nations’s climate summit in Copenhagen, mayors of several important cities were shown the door midway through t...

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a draft of the first volume of its Sixth Assessment Report. This report focuses exclusively on the latest scientific re...

The urgency of the threat of climate change-induced disasters has been confirmed with the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which warned that warming of 1.5...

Bhattijam is a 100-household village in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra surrounded by small paddy fields interspersed with forest patches. The village belongs to the Dhivars, a fishing communit...