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Mehak Luthra

🏞️ Bengaluru’s priority wetlands

Bengaluru’s Bellandur and Varthur lakes might become a priority wetland that requires protection from governmental bodies.

Chilling sloth bears

Also in this edition: Grey water for parks; Missing textbooks; Global startup conference; Things to do over the weekend

🏕️ Grey water to the rescue

The BBMP will soon start using recycled grey water from apartment complexes to take care of parks and playgrounds across the city.

📚 The case of the missing textbooks

The whole textbook row has started affecting junior students of ICSE and CBSE boards as well, and it’s a doozy.

🦄 Bengaluru’s global startup conference

Since yesterday, Bengaluru has been hosting the India Global Innovation Summit (IGIC) for startups from all over the world.