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First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

life. So many villages and towns, markets and cities, ports and ancient civilisations have grown around … thousands of villages, and bustling towns and cities. Not just these, there are also factories, temples … out for him—only then would villages and towns, cities, and civilisation at large emerge. They tried … travelling on the steamer service between the towns and cities on the banks of the river. The East India Company … to link Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, and other big cities. But would it be right to set up railway lines …

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …

wiped out entire cities and villages. The USA dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and … number of the helpless creatures. Worried that their cities could be bombed any time, residents of Calcutta … almost came to a standstill. But then fleeing from cities in fear of bombs was hardly new. When the Japanese … them that caused even greater panic across various cities of India. In Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, … annoyed when people began leaving Calcutta and other cities. But they didn’t initially take many steps to protect …

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

tea. Nowadays cafes have sprung up everywhere in cities, serving even simple tea at high prices. Just … in ones and twos on street corners in various cities. In the 1930s, several shops selling tea leaves … sometimes to other countries, and sometimes to distant cities. 27 5. Masters and workers The sardar says work … Fed up, the young generation goes off to the big cities in search of a livelihood. Many of those who haven’t … factories the tea goes to the auction-houses in big cities, where big and small tea-sellers buy their supplies …

This case study on the analysis of heat stress in Delhi was written by Avikal Somvanshi and Sharanjeet Kaur. It was published by the Centre for Science and Environment, a …

extremes, including heat waves, have intensified in cities. It further notes that urban areas experience air … local warming, reducing the adaptive capacity of cities and increasing the aforementioned risks.2 This … urgent implementation of heat action plans in cities. Such planning approaches also need to go much … Such planning and intervention are possible if cities develop a tracking mechanism for annual and diurnal … to track the various impacts of rising heat in cities. The increasing heat is known to compromise the …

This report, published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, provides an overview of the Indian government’s policies to combat the problem of single-use plastics (SUPs) and …

across 21 states and Union territories from 109 cities in India stood at 3,619. Of these complaints, … states and Union territories and complaints from 124 cities. Of the total complaints received, 1,657 were … territories. Complaints were received from a total of 136 cities. Of the total complaints received, 1,892 were … complaints reached 6,093, with participation from 138 cities from 22 states and Union territories from across … 24 17/07/23 3:42 PM 17/07/23 3:42 PM 25 81 cities have failed to redress even a single complaint …

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released this 92-page Climate Dictionary on August 8, 2023. It provides simple and concise definitions for 40 climate-related terms frequently in use.Subtitled ‘Speak climate …

happen at the local level, so rural communities and cities have a big role to play. Such measures include … landslides, while urban parks and gardens help cool down cities and limit the impact of heatwaves. Regenerative …

The State of India’s Birds (SoIB) is a periodic, national-level examination of the distribution range and abundance trends of Indian birds that aids in formulating conservation plans. The SoIB last …

country and accordingly are at high densities in cities, towns and villages. Compared with the pre-2000 … established new populations in several Indian cities, expanding its range. Forest Wagtail Rapid declines …

This report was released by Asar Social Impact Advisors, a Karnataka-based research organisation, in August 2023. It was authored by Vidyuth Sreenivasan, Neha Saigal and Saumya Shrivastava at Asar.Household air …

sites in Delhi Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world with high levels of air pollution …

Library spotlights the voices and data around the queer community who live away from big metros and cities, and face social exclusion in their personal and professional livesConfinement, forced marriage, …

online through Chat apps. During 2022-23, Kantar conducted 64 qualitative discussions across 16 cities and 4,622 in-person interviews across 14 states for this study. Digital news consumers between 15 …

58% 60% 44+ years 16% 18% 18% A 36% 43% 43% Metro Cities (40L+ population) 31% 35% 38% Incidence of UPI … proportion of users who are Male and reside in Metro cities, as compared to the overall online news consumers … Urban and Rural India, as of July 2022 ; *Metro Cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore … news consumer across Indian languages in urban cities Phase I: Sizing and Profiling For sizing and profiling … of over 60k individuals spread across 390+ urban cities across town classes Phase II: The exploratory phase …