Geetha G Thimmegowda, a researcher with the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, first noticed a few years back, that the number of Giant Asian honey bees were gradually decreasing in urban areas of the city. Immediately, the scientist in her wanted to find out more. She began traveling to different locations of Bangalore […]
That Elusive Breath of Clean Air
If someone was to mark the cities of the world with the dirtiest air, most of India would be covered in grey. From Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, to Patna, Lucknow and national capital Delhi, no city in India, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic plains, is entirely free from the grip of the dense cloud of death hovering […]