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AIADMK presses pause on rejuvenation camp for temple elephants, Jayalalithaa's pet project
The new regime has reversed several of Amma's decisions after her death.
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As medical students stab and burn a monkey in Vellore, activists demand stricter animal welfare laws
Psychiatrists say the students themselves may need treatment.
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The Chennai Corporation's plan to prevent flooding this year could end up making things worse
Linking storm water drains to water bodies could contaminate the water and also choke the rivers with garbage and sewerage, say experts.
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Trending
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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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‘Kumbh should now be symbolic,’ says PM Modi after akhada head dies of Covid-19
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West Bengal polls: EC bans rallies, public meetings from 7 pm to 10 am, cites Covid crisis
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In Chennai, an oil leak that contaminated ground water four years ago still hasn’t been cleaned up
Residents of Tondiarpet in Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s constituency say they don’t have the money to fight the case any longer and want an immediate solution.
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Coca-Cola is in troubled waters (again) for a factory it was forced to shut down 12 years ago
The fresh charges in Kerala are under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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As stray elephant dies soon after capture, lessons from the Anamalais in containing animal conflict
In Tamil Nadu's Valparai, electric fences and trenches failed to keep tuskers away, but a collaborative early warning system has helped reduce casualties.
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Video
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Watch: Jewellery brand’s advertisement feauring a transperson’s journey moves social media
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Non-fungible tokens: Watch Jimmy Fallon list the facts and the fiction
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Watch: Meet Asif Sultani from Afghanistan, all set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics for Team Refugee
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‘Better start walking’: White US Army officer assaults Black man, demands he leaves neighbourhood
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Watch: Large sections of Jurassic Coast cliff collapse in UK’s biggest rockfall in 60 years
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In this Tamil Nadu constituency, voters have to choose between two self-proclaimed bovines
AIADMK’s Natham Viswanathan and the DMK’s I Periyasamy are locking horns in a no holds barred contest in Athoor.
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Who’s who in Tamil Nadu elections: Vaiko
Once Karunanidhi’s right-hand man, the MDMK leader struggles to stay relevant.
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Cash flow: Election season is when Tamil Nadu’s parties show the EC the finger
It’s common for the state’s two major parties to bribe voters with cash and freebies never mind the poll panel’s surveillance squads.
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The Reel
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The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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‘99 Songs’ movie review: The math doesn’t add up in saga of a tortured artist
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‘Minari’ movie review: Tender performances in a Korean family’s encounter with the American dream
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In Tamil Nadu, the Forest Department is being forced to kill tigers
With little equipment, lots of politics and zero science, tigers are being killed at will, say activists.
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Why Dalit youth hacked to death for marrying woman from a higher caste won't get justice anytime soon
With Assembly polls coming up in less than two months, parties like the ruling AIADMK and DMK aren’t keen on antagonising dominant castes.
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