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Nityanand Jayaraman
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New draft rules will marginalise fisherfolk, hand over India’s coasts to tourists, real estate firms
The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2018 uses affordable housing as an excuse to allow for denser construction closer to the high tide line.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Sterlite factory hearings at National Green Tribunal have left activists upset
The court would not let them argue against Vedanta’s challenge to the factory’s closure and refused to even provide a copy of the enquiry committee’s report.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Why shutting down Sterlite’s polluting copper factory in Thoothukudi is only a small victory
The Tamil Nadu government’s order may not survive a legal challenge unless it’s strengthened by citing the company’s gross illegalities.
Nityanand Jayaraman
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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For Chennai to truly be a Creative City, music must leave the auditorium and fill the streets
The Unesco recognition for the city’s music tradition is an opportunity to cultivate a culture of listening to diverse voices.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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India’s new wetland rules threaten to destroy 65% of its water bodies rather than protect them
Notified in September, the rules will facilitate the development of wetlands as real estate, industrial sites and garbage dumps.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Jallikattu debate: There are good reasons to criticise the sport but animal cruelty is the flimsiest
It's essential to recognise the agrarian cultural context within which the sport is organised.
Nityanand Jayaraman
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Why engineering interventions won’t prevent another flood in Chennai
A reorientation of values in which common areas like canals, rivers and grasslands are valued more than ports, power plants, highways may help avert disaster.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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There is no power shortage in the country – but the entire sector is in a mess
The power sector urgently needs better financial management and more investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure, not capacity addition
Nityanand Jayaraman & Mukul Kumar
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Why is India so keen on importing US nuclear reactors that even the US doesn't seem to want?
The deals have more to do with the financial well-being of US equipment suppliers than with the aspirations of India's electricity consumers.
Nityanand Jayaraman
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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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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Unilever mercury poisoning case: Can corporations really be human?
The belated settlement with former workers of its Kodaikanal thermometer factory proves that the phrase 'responsible corporations' is an oxymoron.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Former atomic energy regulator explains why India needs to pause its nuclear power plans
Dr A Gopalakrishnan, the former chief of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, spelt out the problems in a speech to the State Level Convention on Nuclear Energy in Chennai on January 30
Nityanand Jayaraman
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As floodwaters recede, the mistakes of Chennai look set to be repeated in Cheyyur
A proposed power plant in the coastal taluk of Tamil Nadu could destroy the natural ecosystem and have disastrous consequences.
Nityanand Jayaraman
The Field
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit