This article looks at the nature and patterns of urban livelihoods in India, with a focus on low-skilled migrant workers engaged in the informal sector. It places urban livelihoods in the broader context of structural transformation and livelihood change in India and shows that even though migrant workers contribute significantly to country’s increasingly urban-centric economy, they remain ignored in policymaking.
This study presents the first integrated Raman spectroscopic and HRTEM investigation of the Bhawad LL6 ordinary chondrite.
In this intensely personal chapter of the commemorative volume on the late Raja Ramanna, I reflect on the remarkable individual that Dr Ramanna was and as I saw him during our years together in NIAS, from 1996 till his passing in 2004. I particularly celebrate his multifaceted personality, especially his relationships with the young faculty of the institute, his deep love for all living beings, and his inimitable sense of humour through which he saw the world.
Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha attained enlightenment, was a major Buddhist sacred site for nearly two thousand years. This paper argues that its sacred landscape was far larger than the three commonly excavated sites. Drawing on historical, archaeological, and geospatial evidence, it identifies 40 features showing that Mahābodhi extended in all directions from the Mahabodhi Temple. The study also suggests that the Lilajan’s present course, about 250 metres east of the temple, differs from the historical Nirañjanā, which lay roughly 1.5 kilometres further east.
Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems are a promising long-term storage solution for space heating applications due to their high energy density and low energy losses. Although identified as promising thermochemical materials, inorganic salt hydrates suffer from issues related to cycling stability, agglomeration, and deliquescence during charging and discharging. Using composites can help address these challenges by improving the material's structural stability and performance over multiple cycles.
Skill training has been fervently promoted as one of the primary means to prepare for work at increasingly earlier stages of the compulsory formal education system. In a state such as Karnataka, where diverse linguistic cultures exist in schools, skill-based subjects have encroached upon the space of language subjects and teaching.
A sensible thermal energy storage (TES) system is studied using Hytherm 600 oil as the storage medium and a 30:70 ethylene glycol–water (EG-W) mixture as the discharging fluid, owing to its extended operating temperature range (− 14 ◦C to 105 ◦C) at atmospheric pressure. The EG-W mixture alleviates the working limitations of pure water by lowering the freezing point and elevating the boiling point, making it suitable for solar thermal systems in colder climates and for low-temperature industrial heat recovery without pressurized systems.
Over the past two decades, Bengaluru’s exploding real estate sector and massive infrastructure investments have led to land speculation targeting working-class neighborhoods and agricultural land for development. Chronicles of a Global City turns Bengaluru inside out to examine its “world-city” transformation that stimulated rapid urbanization and unbounded growth.