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Nina Varghese
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Preserving wetlands is crucial for Chennai to stay above water during rains and cyclones
As the city went through another major flooding in November, the importance of its last remaining natural freshwater marsh has come to the fore once again.
Nina Varghese
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Another battle looms as environmentalists fight to protect the Nilgiris
Activists are against the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to construct a hydroelectric project in Kundah taluk.
Nina Varghese
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Years of collective effort pay off as Chennai’s Adyar river comes back to life
The river was being used as a dumping site for building debris and municipal as well as industrial waste for the past three decades.
Nina Varghese
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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In crisis-hit Chennai, the municipal body is trying to revive 210 lakes and rivers
Work on 71 has already been completed.
Nina Varghese
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Over 42 days and 41 nights, Coonoor set an example for the rest of India by cleaning up its river
Once lush and wide, encroachments and rampant dumping had turned the river into a sewer.
Nina Varghese