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Meena Menon
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In Odisha’s Sundargarh district, villagers are on a ‘do-or-die’ agitation to check coal pollution
Trucks from the Kulda opencast mine pass through 19 villages, swathing them with fine coal dust.
Meena Menon
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‘Adani will gain’: Why TN residents are protesting plan to reduce Pulicat sanctuary buffer zone
A spokesperson for the conglomerate denied that anything was amiss.
Meena Menon
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As Sardar Sarovar Dam inches to full capacity, 178 Madhya Pradesh villages prepare to be submerged
The Narmada Bachao Andolan organised a hunger strike to protest against the submergence of the villages without proper rehabilitation.
Meena Menon
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Lok Sabha candidates in parched Marathwada spoke about security, caste, religion – but not drought
For some politicians, water scarcity is a profitable business.
Meena Menon
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Discovery of Bt brinjal in a Haryana farmer’s field underlines lax regulation of India’s GM crops
The apex regulatory body, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, seems to have turned a blind eye to the illegal cultivation of GM food.
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In drought-hit Marathwada, villagers depend on tankers for water, farmers cut down fruit trees
Ahead of polls, despite the dire situation, there is neither work under employment guarantee scheme nor any cattle camps, fodder depots for livestock.
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Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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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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In a Telangana village, protests against an irrigation project have thwarted poll campaign plans
The protest in Vemulaghat village that began in June 2016 continues today, barring parties from campaigning here for the December 7 Assembly elections.
Meena Menon
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In poll-bound Telangana, clean water is still a pipe dream in many villages despite grand projects
The Rs 437.91-billion Mission Bhagiratha aims to provide safe drinking water to all but is dogged by gaps in implementation, murmurs of corruption.
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Illegal variants of Bt cotton are growing popular in India, further threatening indigenous crops
Experts say government backing is a must for a large-scale shift from hybrid cotton to desi varieties.
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The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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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Pink bollworm pests reach Maharashtra’s Yavatmal early this year, adding to farmers’ distress
Multiple measures like pheromone and light traps, multi-cropping and changing cropping seasons have been initiated.
Meena Menon
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Meet the Mumbai heroes who helped families of 225 people missing during 1992-’93 riots find closure
When the police failed to help, NGO workers conducted their own investigations to prove that many people who had mysteriously vanished were actually dead.
Meena Menon
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A litany of miseries: After crop failure and debt, pesticides are killing farmers in Vidarbha
At least 40 people have died from pesticide poisoning since August and hundreds have taken ill.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go