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Poison and remedy: secrets of the botanic garden at Paris's Pharmacy Faculty

A stone's throw from the Jardin du Luxembourg on Paris's Left Bank, the Faculty of Pharmacy is home to a botanical garden which serves as an educational resource for students and a space for research – as well as a place where visitors can find biodiversity in the heart of…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 18

Crying the news with Ali Akbar, the last paperboy of Paris

Ali Akbar of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been hawking newspapers in Paris’s Left Bank district for more than five decades. While sales are dwindling, the job has allowed him to lift his family out of poverty and earned him a knighthood – a testament to a local legend, and the end…

Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2025

Government nod for hydrokinetic power project

Kerala Govt. approves hydrokinetic turbines in Left Bank canal of Moolathara regulator. EMC to replicate project in other potential sites. Hydrokinetic projects produce electricity from kinetic energy of flowing water. Power Dept. gave go-ahead to EMC in June 2021. Draft Kerala Small Hydro Policy 2022 aims to increase small hydropower…

The Hindu · Nov 5, 2023