Can India’s poorly planned cities, with their faulty storm water drains, withstand extreme weather?

From Chennai to Mumbai and Gurgaon, floods wreak havoc every monsoon – and our cities show no climate resilience.

Vinita Govindarajan

· 17 hours ago

More than 25 Dalit activists have been murdered in Tamil Nadu over the past year, says Madurai NGO

The organisation said the government should introduce a new law to protect the defenders of human rights.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 20, 2017 · 07:30 am

Six charts explain how undertrial prisoners in India are denied the right to fair trial

They are rarely produced in court and scarcely given legal aid, finds Amnesty International India.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 13, 2017 · 12:30 pm

A doctor's dream (and satellite imagery) transform a tiny Tamil Nadu village into a pilgrimage site

Two giant rocks in Korakottai are being sculpted into a 100-foot statue of Vishnu for a Bengaluru temple.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 11, 2017 · 10:30 am

In Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta, villagers say oil wells have contaminated the groundwater

Protests against oil and gas exploration are rapidly picking up pace in the region.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 11, 2017 · 09:00 am

Bricks in flush tank, filters on taps: Water-starved Chennai gets creative to save every last drop

Many residents have installed water-saving devices, others are collecting and making use of waste water.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 05, 2017 · 06:30 am

As lakes run dry in Chennai, residents are desperate for a few buckets of water

Waiting for over a week for a tanker is now routine in a city where drinking water supply has been slashed by half.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 01, 2017 · 10:30 am

As Tamil Nadu gets ready to switch to deep-sea fishing, is it the end of the row with Sri Lanka?

The conflict between the two countries might end but this could lead to a depletion of the stocks of slow-growing marine life in the Bay of Bengal.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 29, 2017 · 10:30 am

In pictures: Four new species of burrowing frogs discovered in the Western Ghats

Scientists had earlier thought they all belonged to the same species.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 21, 2017 · 11:30 am

Activists claim Tamil Nadu hid a key coastal plan to facilitate Ennore Creek encroachments

A comparison of maps shows over 1,000 acres of wetlands along Chennai’s largest drainage basin have been encroached upon.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 21, 2017 · 09:00 am

Tamil Nadu is getting a new airport in Hosur – will Bengaluru residents benefit too?

Plans have been approved for a new domestic airport near Bengaluru in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 16, 2017 · 12:30 pm

‘There is no government’: As AIADMK factions fight it out, Jayalalithaa’s constituency faces neglect

RK Nagar constituency in Chennai has been without an MLA for six months now.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 15, 2017 · 06:30 am