CULTURE & HERITAGE

Roman archeological site uncovered in Amman

Team L&M Amid excavations for a water drainage system to control floods, a Greco-Roman archeological site was uncovered in the downtown of Amman, the capital of Jordan. According to the department of Amman antiquities, the site was found to have second-century tiled Roman baths with heated cellars and a crematorium. Incidentally, the historical Roman Theatre […]Read More

ARTS & CRAFT INTERVIEWS L&M SPECIAL

Technology compliments my art perfectly: Michelle Poonawalla

Her grandfather designed and constructed some of Bombay’s (now Mumbai) most iconic structures like Tata Memorial Hospital, Breach Candy Apartments, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan and was instrumental in putting Cuffe Parade on the map of India’s Financial Capital. Little wonder then that art has been a part of her life since childhood days. As she says, […]Read More

BOOKS

Jairam Ramesh, Amit Ahuja joint winners of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF

Team L&M The jury of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2020 has announced two winners – Amit Ahuja, for Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements, and Jairam Ramesh for A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon. The two winners were selected from a diverse shortlist of six books covering a century of modern Indian history and encompassing […]Read More

CLIMATE & NATURE

Gorakhpur, Rajgir zoos get Centre nod

Team L&M The Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan in Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda (Bihar) have got the nod of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) headed by Union Environment and Forests minister Prakash Javadekar. The Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan, spread over 120-plus acres, is the second biggest zoo […]Read More

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