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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.
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Trending
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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SC lists Zee Hindustan anchor Rohit Ranjan’s plea in Rahul Gandhi case for hearing without petition
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How the Modi government has weaponised the ED to go after India’s Opposition
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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.
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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: Fan celebrates cricketer Dinesh Karthik’s captaincy with portrait made of 600 Rubik’s cubes
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Paris: Protestors demonstrate against US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade
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Watch: This cable TV channel only dubs Korean shows in Kannada for local audiences
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Watch: Plane lands safely after 14-hour flight despite a tyre burst that blew a hole in the body
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Watch: Tasmanian devil refuses to return phone that fell into its enclosure at wildlife sanctuary
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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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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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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.
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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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Indian footballers Gurpreet Singh, Suresh condemn sexual misconduct incident in U17 women's team
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Tennis: Nick Kyrgios summoned to court over assault allegation, says report
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Wimbledon 2022: Nadal shrugs off fitness concerns ahead of Fritz clash; Halep eyes semis berth
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Edgbaston Test: England’s best ever chase, India’s defending woes and other statistical takeaways
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Watch, Wimbledon 2022: Novak Djokovic stuns Centre Court with backhand winner