Buckle Up For More Dust Storms Thanks To Land Degradation, Climate Change
The extraordinary dust and thunderstorms have come just when concerns have been mounting about the rapid rate of desertification in several Indian states
A Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) stops for a moment's respite from the day's blistering heat, as Mumbai's late winter gives way to a blazing summer.🌡️
Butterflies are especially important pollinators in urban areas, since, unlike bees, they aren't particularly sensitive to altered ecosystems, and happily go about their business of pollinating every second morsel of food we consume.
Its multiple story threads and attempts to satirise India’s government sit awkwardly with the action, but there’s much to admire in Dev Patel‘s frenzied, ultraviolet genre spectacle....Shot and choreographed with a kineticism that never veers too far into the sleekly balletic, the fight scenes here are often enthralling...
Today, the $2B Mumbai Coastal Road finally opened after long delays.
The IPCC criticized the 8-lane superhighway as a “maladaptive” climate infrastructure. Indigenous fisheries have nearly been halved before its opening.
On Feb 18, 1946, approx. 2,000 #Indian sailors initiated a #revolt in #Mumbai, leading to the deaths of around 400 individuals by security forces’ gunfire. As the #IndianNavy laid a wreath at the Naval Uprising memorial in Cooperage on Sunday, memories of this revolt are revived, honouring the sailors whose act of bravery sparked the #mutiny’s spread to places like #Karachi, #Aden, and #SoutheastAsia, sending a clear message to the #British to relinquish their dominion.
Journalist Nikhil Wagle Attacked Allegedly by BJP Workers Over Remarks on Modi, Advani
Wagle came under attack after his allegedly offensive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and L.K. Advani after the BJP patriarch was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
State seeks salt pans in Bhandup-Kanjur as part of Dharavi redevelopment
"The salt pans – the last surviving open spaces in Mumbai, which also act as holding ponds for rain water – are proposed to be given to DRP Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle formed by Adani Realty, on lease for 99 years."
Monkey Man review: a thrilling ultraviolent spectacle (www.bfi.org.uk)
Its multiple story threads and attempts to satirise India’s government sit awkwardly with the action, but there’s much to admire in Dev Patel‘s frenzied, ultraviolet genre spectacle....Shot and choreographed with a kineticism that never veers too far into the sleekly balletic, the fight scenes here are often enthralling...