Ecological Threat
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Lakshadweep administration issues tenders for building 370 villas on three islands despite criticism
A multi-crore project aims to build Maldives-like beach and water villas on Kadmat, Minicoy and Suheli islands.
Scroll Staff
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‘No link between Uttarakhand glacier disaster and Char Dham road-widening project,’ Centre tells SC
The head of the Supreme Court-appointed committee monitoring the highway project, drew a connection between the two.
Scroll Staff
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Char Dham project: Follow 2018 circular, can’t widen roads over 5.5 metres, SC tells Centre
Thirteen out of 18 members of a high-powered committee formed by the Supreme Court in 2019 are in favour of a 10-metre-wide road.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Char Dham Pariyojana: SC committee chief flags violations of forest and wildlife laws, says report
Ravi Chopra said the project has caused ‘incalculable damage to the Himalayan ecology’ by felling trees, cutting hills and dumping excavated materials.
Scroll Staff
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Mauritius: Indian captain of ship that caused oil spill last month arrested
Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, 58, was charged with ‘endangering safe navigation’.
Scroll Staff
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In Telangana, free power policy for farmers will exact a steep environmental cost
Unless the state changes course quickly, its policies will hurt the medium, small and marginal farmer, who make up 85% of its agricultural sector.
Rajesh Serupally
Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Goa’s ill-planned roads are splintering waterways, affecting villages and worsening floods
Several projects followed dodgy environmental impact assessments, claim critics.
Pamela D’Mello
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In Gujarat’s Kutch, a horticulture boom is decimating the biodiversity hotspot’s bird population
Among the avian species at risk, mainly due to increasing use of pesticides, is the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard.
Azera Parveen Rahman
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On fragile ground: Uttarakhand risks agricultural disaster as soil is eroded at an alarming rate
New mapping shows nearly half the state’s total area is losing more soil than the annual tolerance limit of 11.2 tonnes per hectare.
Sahana Ghosh
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Australia rolls out plan to cull predator starfish that have been eating away the Great Barrier Reef
The coral reef supports 64,000 jobs, and is a massive environmental and economic asset, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
Scroll Staff
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In pictures: How a power plant devastated the pristine beauty of a creek near Chennai
Ennore Creek mirrors scenes from the dystopian ‘Mad Max’ – a once-thriving region laid waste.
Jayati Narain and TejInder Singh
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Africa’s most toxic lakes are a paradise for fearless flamingos
Most are found in super-alkaline lakes throughout Africa’s Great Rift Valley, which host immense blooms of microscopic blue-green algae.
Paul Rose, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Hyderabad deliver death-bowling masterclass to defeat Rajasthan in last-ball thriller
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals