Ankita Sengupta

Maharashtra government, Mumbai experts rehabilitate 2,620 corals off Indian coast

Mumbai city news: On world ocean day, HT looks how coral reefs are threatened by rising temperatures and how we can save them

Thane residents switch to ‘smart’ sanitation at solar powered community toilet

The three-storey complex has two cubicles for the specially-abled on the ground floor — one each for men and women. It has 11 cubicles for men, five for women, two for children, two bathrooms and a store room on the second and third storeys.

Residents of Mumbai suburbs join hands, churn plastic waste to fuel

On Sunday morning, she came together with about hundred others in front of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation with bags full of used plastic products, which was donated to be decomposed into polyfuel – a fuel similar to diesel.

Maharashtra to set up India’s 2nd crab hatchery among mangroves in Sindhudurg

Crab farming will also help in protecting mangroves as the mud crabs thrive in wetlands. The hatchery can produce one million crablets in a year.

Square mesh nets help fishermen save money, marine animals

The Maharashtra government and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) came up with the idea of square mesh nets instead of traditional diamond mesh nets to prevent damage to the ecosystem and to make fishing sustainable

Little to fear from leopards if not provoked: Sanjay Gandhi National Park, forest officials

“Leopards here have learnt to coexist with humans. Though they visit areas of human habitation, they avoid contact with residents most of the time,” said Dinesh Singh, assistant conservator of forests.

Not all of us mistreat our animals, say circus owners

A member of Empire Circus pointed out that following all the guidelines set by the central authority was impossible

India’s good women rights’ laws need better execution: UN

Stressing on the need to have a strong women’s movement, United Nations’ top women’s rights official Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said that while women have become more vocal about protesting against gender-based violence, men too have increasingly been voicing support for women especially after the Delhi gang rape in 2012.

I use magic to educate people on science: PC Sorcar Junior

After travelling across the globe in a career spanning over 45 years, the 70-year-old magician is set to perform in Mumbai this week. The “Bengal ka jadugar”, as he is fondly called, spoke to HT about his tricks, family and more.

3K students clean up Mahim beach

Students help Coast Guard remove 3,300 kg trash from Mahim beach

Between 8am and 11am, the Coast Guard organised a clean-up of the Girgaum, Dadar, Juhu, Ratnagiri, Murud, Dahanu and other beaches simultaneously

India and US focus on climate change

Following the third US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi on Wednesday, US special envoy for climate change Jonathan Pershing said that apart from working on measures to combat climate change, both countries are also focusing on the need to be resilient to the effects of climate change