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16-year-old Garvita Gulhati and 17-year-old Pooja Tanawade from Bengaluru have launched “Why Waste,” focussing on saving water in restaurants and waste segregation at source.

Group forwards on Whatsapp are the latest source of news for a huge number of urban Indians. But how much of it is authentic?

Following the demonetisation move, the government is aggressively pushing India to migrate to a cashless economy where most transactions can be conducted digitally. Narendra KV lists a number of easy and instant options that already exist, making it possible to transact business without cash.

As many as 27 communities in Bengaluru have reclaimed their streets with open street events and cycle days. Here is how you can bring in the Cycle Day to your locality in Bengaluru.

Avoid the ATM queues and mad scramble at banks; this article tells you how to make your transactions smooth and seamless using eWallets, whether you are a consumer or a business owner.

Open green spaces in the heart of an urban sprawl provide the much needed lung space for its citizens. Most Indian cities, however, have a long way to go before they catch up with global cities on that count, finds Navya P K.

The recent large-scale protests against a proposed steel flyover in Bengaluru has been in the news nationally. Could this large scale mobilisation of people in the cause of sustainable urban mobility be a trend-setter?

As urban wetlands increasingly fall prey to vested interests, citizen activists organise themselves to save the environment, often ‘despite’ the government rather than because of it.

The hike in fees of private schools by as much as 20 to 30% in some cases has created much discontent across India. But why is private schooling becoming so costly and what do schools have to say?

Pedestrians struggle on our city roads without safe walkways. Can there be a win-win economic model to incentivise private developers to build such public infrastructure?