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Alok Gupta
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Melting glaciers threaten China and India’s hydropower ambitions
The dams the two countries are relying on may not be able to generate much power if avalanches, landslides and floods continue worsening.
Alok Gupta
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In flood-prone Bihar, communities are finding desperate ways to save monsoon weddings
Grooms are hopping into boats and onto tractors to avoid cancelling weddings. But this type of adaptation comes with risk and some cultural loss.
Alok Gupta
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Patna deluge wasn’t caused by climate change alone. Government ineptness was also to blame
Officials don’t even have a map of the city’s colonial-era sewage system.
Alok Gupta
Trending
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Streams of red, green and yellow: The water in a Bihar village is too toxic to drink
The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater.
Alok Gupta
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Karan Johar is right to be cautious about his sexuality – India's gay sex law isn’t just about sex
Section 377 may be a law about sexual acts, but it camouflages a more sinister agenda.
Alok Gupta
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Why many of Bihar's bridges are under threat
Bigger floods and increased erosion due to climate change are threatening and damaging river bridges in the state.
Alok Gupta
Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Plan to revive Jharkhand dam with bloody past poses threat to people, wildlife
Several villages and parts of a tiger reserve can be submerged by the irrigation project.
Alok Gupta
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With vultures disappearing, it's getting increasingly difficult to dispose of carcasses
New methods have come up to deal with animal carcasses, including North India’s first crematorium for animals.
Alok Gupta
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India’s Ganga waterways project raises hopes (and fears)
A government plan to promote navigation along the Ganga has one of its provinces up in arms due to a bad history with earlier barrages and embankments.
Alok Gupta
The Reel
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation