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7 architectural features that increase natural light in houses

Architectural design also considers how light behaves once it enters a room. Light-coloured walls, ceilings, and reflective materials such as glass or polished surfaces help bounce sunlight deeper into the space. This simple design strategy increases brightness and makes interiors feel more open and airy without requiring additional windows. Natural lighting is an essential element…

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Nitish Kumar: ‘Always wished to be in both Houses’: Nitish Kumar files Rajya Sabha papers | India News

Nitish Kumar files Rajya Sabha papers PATNA: Nitish Kumar on Thursday filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha, brushing aside objections from family members and unrest within JD(U) in a move widely seen as signalling the approaching end of his record tenure as Bihar CM.The decision points to a likely transition in Patna, potentially paving the…

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Over 250 shops, houses in Nawada’s Rajauli block to face demolition after Feb 17 | Patna News

Gaya: Demolition threat looms over more than 250 shops and houses in the Rajauli block area of Nawada district, with the administration giving occupants time till Feb 17 to voluntarily remove encroachments from public land. Officials have warned that structures failing to comply will be bulldozed, and the cost of demolition will be recovered from…

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The temple that houses pythons, lets them go out to hunt, and welcomes them back |

The Temple of Pythons is a rare sacred place where religion, history, legend, and living ritual come coiling together, quite literally, which is around snakes. The temple is deeply tied to Vodun, a spiritual tradition practiced across parts of West and Central Africa, particularly in Benin, Togo, and Ghana. Through the African diaspora, Vodun beliefs…

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‘Foul-smelling, discoloured’: Sewage in drinking water triggers Indore-like scare in Bengaluru; 30 houses on 1 lane hit | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Sewage contamination of drinking water has left residents of KSFC Layout in Lingarajapuram, under North City Corporation limits, furious and fearful of an Indore-like public health crisis, with 30-40 households forced to switch to private water sources for over a week.Several residents said family members had been falling ill frequently over the past few…

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Russia barrage: Ukraine faces massive power loss; over 2,600 houses without heat in sub-zero cold

Russia’s barrage on Kyiv has resulted in massive power loss for the capital, leaving over 2,600 residential buildings without electricity in these chilling winters, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without proper heat. The temperature in the Ukrainian capital has been hovering around zero degrees Celsius.Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, updated on the situation of the…

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‘Houses of 7 Hindu families were burnt’: Bangladesh reports increased targeted attacks amid unrest; family narrates narrow escape

Bangladesh unrest (File photo) Houses of at least seven Hindu families have been burnt down in Bangladesh in the last five days in what seems to be a targeted attack on the minorities as the nation is in turmoil, local media reports said.As per local media reports, the recent arson attack happened on Tuesday while…

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‘I remember every face’: 2016 UP highway gang rape survivors changed houses 5 times in 10 years; justice brings fragile hope | Meerut News

Survivor of 2016 NH gang rape (Representative image) BULANDSHAHR: Ahead of sentencing in the brutal gang rape of a woman and her daughter at gunpoint on NH-91 in Uttar Pradesh in 2016 which shocked the nation, one of the survivors – then a school girl of 14 and now a woman of 23 studying law…

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