Kavita Baluni and Himanshu Kaktwan are an ordinary couple, with extraordinary compassion. Three years ago, when the Delhi-based duo adopted a baby girl with Down Syndrome, they became the first and only couple in India to do so. When we asked Kavita what led them to take such a step, given the potential heartache and …
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Autistic people have unusual responses to ‘affective touch,’ which conveys social and emotional information. Their responses may reveal how autism begins. Even the slightest touch can consume Kirsten Lindsmith’s attention. When someone shakes her hand or her cat snuggles up against her, for example, it becomes hard for her to think about anything else. “I’m taken …
Through years of travel, D Hemachandra Rao has collected enough items to start Chennai’s first Maritime Heritage Museum, right in his house At the turn of this decade, Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation had plans to make the decommissioned INS Vagli submarine, gifted to the State Government by the Indian Navy, the centrepiece of a …
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In a comprehensive study, researchers from Texas A&M University have determined that harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere can produce birth defects and even fatalities during pregnancy using the animal model. The team of researchers from Texas A&M’s Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Geosciences, the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and colleagues from …
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To showcase his love for organic agriculture, the Gujarat-based farmer approached Grid Architects to design a sustainable, eco friendly, unique office space for him The client, a simple farmer approached architect Snehal Suthar, from The Grid Architects to create an office, which reflected his personality. The client was habituated to working in natural environments. Therefore, …
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