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Civic

Webinar alert: Preventing road crashes in our cities

January 18, 2023 News Desk

Road crashes have reached alarming proportions. Join us as we bring together a panel to discuss an actionable agenda for safe commute.

A mask showing a broken face indicating strong emotional and mental stress
Society

How to solve India’s suicide crisis: Join us on Twitter Spaces

September 7, 2022 News Desk

Join us as we discuss and explore ways to prevent suicides in the run-up to World Suicide Prevention Day

Pic of a large city with buildings, photographed from the top. A river flows in the far distance.
Environment

Why climate change mitigation requires a serious rethink on urban construction

May 27, 2022 News Desk

A recent event brought experts together to understand the challenges of existing practices in urban construction and its role in climate change.

From a street play presented at the ComplexCity Bolti Bombay youth competitions. Pic: Vivek Venkatraman
Society

Co-creating Mumbai afresh via ComplexCity

March 12, 2020 Doel Jaikishen

ComplexCity, an annual festival in Mumbai organised by the non-profit YUVA, enables city residents to openly engage, express and exchange views, and collaborate to explore solutions to the city’s pressing problems. A round-up of the 2020 event.

Education

Round table discussions suggest alternatives to present education system

February 28, 2019 Bhamy Shenoy

A recap of deliberations at recent round table discussions in Karnataka that sought to develop a strategy for transforming our schools and higher education institutions, replacing the rote learning-driven system that they have traditionally followed.

Environment

Counting our bird friends, in Bengaluru and beyond

April 6, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Notes and photos from continuing bird counts conducted in various parts of Karnataka, where a number of rare species have already been documented.

Society

Delhi hosts India’s first radio festival

February 16, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

The festival brought together experts from various tiers of the radio world and discussed diverse topics through panel discussions, comic shows, musical programmes and story sessions.

Society

Bengaluru hosts its first competition for wildlife art

February 7, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Artists for Wildlife and Nature, an exhibition cum competition of wildlife art organised and hosted by artist Prasad Natarajan, brought together various luminaries as well as young talent in a first-of-its-kind event.

Civic

Zumba on the streets: A new trend in Indian cities?

September 18, 2017 Navya P K

From Mumbai to Chennai and Gurugram to Kochi, many Indian cities are hosting car free days when streets or stretches are closed to motorised vehicles and become a stage for recreational events. Here’s a look at these and the thought behind them.

Environment

Little hope for clean air in Delhi as crop burning likely to continue

April 13, 2017 News Desk

Denial and lackadaisical attitude in implementing the environment ministry’s Graded Response Action Plan to combat air pollution in Delhi puts citizens at risk, say experts.


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