Noctiluca algae

The Noctiluca scintillans (or the Noctiluca miliaris) algae which is more commonly referred to as the sea sparkle is a free-ranging marine species of dinoflagellate algae. It has the unique property to exhibit bioluminescence (light generation) when it is disturbed ..

Water Situation in India’s South

Given the good rainfall received by the South West Monsoon season, the dry tanks and water holes in South India which until recently was battling a severe and deepening water crisis. The onset of good rains has spurred the quick ..

Tackling Water Crisis in India

While there are no doubts that Indi stands at a significant crossroad where either the Indian cities (like Chennai) are grappling with lack of sources of water, the others (like Mumbai) are stuck with deluges and under a wall of ..

Athi Varadar

A special festival of Athi Varadar is being celebrated in the temple town of Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram is located 72 km from Chennai. The temple town has been gearing up for organizing the Athi Varadar festival for quite a few years. ..

India designated as Guest of Honour at 33rd Guadalajara International Book Fair

India has been designated as the Guest of Honour at the 33rd Guadalajara International Book Fair (GIBF) 2019 in Mexico, which is scheduled to be organized from Nov 30 to Dec 8. The book fair will be the largest book ..

Rotary club of Madras launched project ‘Kannamaa’

Rotary club of Madras North has unveiled a project “Kannamaa” to provide sanitary napkins to the students. The project was started in August 2018 by providing free, biodegradable sanitary napkins to 82 students at the Government High School in Uthandi ..