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
Trending
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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‘Mrs Undercover’ trailer: Radhika Apte toggles between housework and espionage
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No way home for eight Indian Navy veterans jailed by Qatar?
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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
Video
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Watch: Men on motorbike try to snatch mobile phone from woman filming video on Bengaluru street
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Watch: Cricketers Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal enact comedy scene from popular Malayalam movie
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Watch the first litter of cheetah cubs born in India in over 70 years
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Watch: Pal the German Shepherd takes charge as honorary mayor for Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada
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Watch: Journalist Nishant Shekhar hilariously mimics everyday conversations in Indian newsroom