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Can silica sand do the trick?
It is a safe and cheaper alternative to river sand. It is also a durability improver. RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR does a comparison.


Mumbai ranked sixth most-expensive office location in the world

Mumbai central business district (CBD) has been ranked the sixth most expensive office location in the world, according to the annual report Office Space Across the World 2011 by Cushman & Wakefield, global property consultants.

A ...


Architecture of fads

Architects once enjoyed enormous power through tools called buildings and a process called architecture so they could guide, shape and change the world as and when appropriate. Somewhere along the line, however, most architects lost track of ...


Cellphone app to secure the home
A Technopark-based company has introduced a cellphone-based security service for neighbourhoods. The pilot programme is running in a locality in the State capital.
Adding style to bathrooms

Bathrooms are carefully designed areas in modern houses. The market is flooded with products that can make them look stylish.

For instance, the washbasins these days come not only in semicircle shape. Over the past several years, various ...


The challenge of waste management
Of late, the civic bodies are firm on having a decentralised policy to reduce waste reaching the dumping grounds and the landfill sites.
Light Fair in Chennai from March 4

Supported by Government agencies such as the TNEB (Tamil Nadu Electricity Board), the TEDA (Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency), the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Industries, the NSIC and others, the Chennai centre of Indian Society of ...


EMIs on home loans rise

In a high inflationary economy, the interest rates regularly move up, giving home loan borrowers the shivers. The equated monthly instalments (EMIs), comprising up to 50-55 per cent of the earnings of a family, are steadily going up, making ...


A water-sensitive city

Being ‘water-sensitive' should be the ultimate goal of a city. Along the path, a city has to ensure that piped water reaches most, if not all, of the population, sanitation facilities reach a vast majority of the population and storm ...



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