Plant Kingdom
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Invasive plants are threatening India’s natural and agricultural landscapes
The country has already spent billions of dollars in controlling and eradicating these intruders.
TV Padma
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These books tell us why we ignore plants, and what we are missing out on as a result
Reading to fight plant bias with plant awareness.
Janice Pariat
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In Singapore, community gardens are helping the elderly deal with depression and loneliness
In the ageing country, the government has rolled out an allotment garden scheme to foster closer social bonds.
Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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‘What use is a bullet train to us?’ In Maharashtra’s Palghar, tribal anger at BJP over lack of jobs
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How climate change is shaping democracy
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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This illustrator’s sketches of South India’s wondrous plants are lessons in art and botany
Bengaluru-based artist Nirupa Rao’s painstakingly detailed illustrations are a combination of her fascination for nature and love for painting.
Amrita Bose
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The first ever flower bloomed 140 million years ago and looked like a magnolia
Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of everything from rose bushes to oak trees, ivy or wheat.
Mario Vallejo-Marin, The Conversation
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Podcast: Tinder for flora? Here's how plants communicate with potential mates
Plants have to attract birds and insects to carry their pollen for reproduction.
Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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‘Barking news’: Woman turns journalist to ‘report’ on mischiefs and complaints by her pet dogs
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Watch: Comedian presents TV newsroom discussion in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ style
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world