Expert insights and commentary on sustainability and development in urban India.

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17 Jan 2025

The Government of India’s vehicle registration dashboard, Vahan, recorded the registration of over 18.1…

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30 Dec 2024

In the book “Klara and the Sun” solar-powered robots, also known as artificial friends (AFs) gently nudge…

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19 Dec 2024

The Kashmir Valley, surrounded by the lofty Himalayas, has been sculpted by glacial flooding and the…

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09 Dec 2024

Growing up, building Lego sets was one of our favorite activities. Despite a finite set of building blocks…

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06 Dec 2024

IT professional Nagarjun Kandukuru, 51, looks out of the window of his Bannerghatta Road home in Bengaluru…

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03 Dec 2024

Recently, the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was…

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27 Nov 2024

A year ago, on an unusually warm November morning, Freedom Park in Bengaluru was abuzz with visitors…

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25 Nov 2024

This is the second blog in a three-part series that presents the climate action planning process for three…

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21 Nov 2024

A version of this blog was originally published on 14th November 2024 on the International Institute for…