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Ishan Kukreti
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The world’s most expensive fungus is sparking a crisis in the Himalayas
Residents of the Kumaon once earned lakhs from selling caterpillar fungus. But the rush to collect it has left the Uttarakhand mountains denuded.
Ishan Kukreti
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Why elephants thriving in Karnataka’s coffee estates isn’t good news
Changes in landscape and climate are fuelling human-animal conflict in the region. There are no easy solutions in sight.
Ishan Kukreti
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Why India’s heatwave holds lessons for the world
A global wheat crisis has made the world pay attention to India’s scorching temperatures. But more needs to be done to make agriculture climate resilient.
Ishan Kukreti
Trending
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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‘Rahul Gandhi has power of truth’: Opposition alleges vendetta after conviction in defamation case
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How to cheat forest dwellers of their rights (and enable mining)
Odisha rejected around 80,000 forest dwellers’ claims over forest land as the country was battered by Covid-19. Many rejections were done on dubious grounds.
Ishan Kukreti
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How climate change is making India’s big dams dangerous
Designed in the 1970s, for the atmospheric realities of that time, these dams are ill-equipped for the dramatic changes in India’s rainfall patterns.
Ishan Kukreti
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From tiger to snow leopard: 50 years of conservation science in India
For decades, conservation efforts in the country treated humans as encroachers in forests. Gradually, that has been changing.
Ishan Kukreti
Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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India’s ghost plantations in which millions of rupees have been sunk
A massive government programme seeks to plant trees to make up for loss of forests and to act as carbon sinks. But many of these plantations simply don’t exist.
Ishan Kukreti
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Comfort zone: In one-way conversations with great writers of non-fiction and sci-fi
In these unsettling times, Scroll.in staffers reveal the activities in which they find calm – and even joy.
Ishan Kukreti
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The backstory: Getting lost in an MP jungle at night left me petrified – but brought a key insight
An environment reporter researching a story about a diamond mine takes a few wrong turns.
Ishan Kukreti
The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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How not to develop a hill station
Dehradun was once a pristine town dotted with canals and fruit orchards. Today, it is choked and polluted, testament to a colossal failure of urban planning.
Ishan Kukreti
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Nine weekend reads on why the Glasgow climate conference is make or break for the planet
Cacth up what happened at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Ishan Kukreti
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Explainer: What Modi promised at the COP26 climate change meet – and what that means for India
However, with dilutions in environmental laws at home, ambitious announcements abroad will not go far in fighting the climate crisis.
Ishan Kukreti
The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nitu, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety reach finals
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IND v AUS: Rohit Sharma on workload management for World Cup – ‘Up to IPL franchises and players’
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rhythm-Varun win mixed pistol silver; Rudrankksh-Narmada claim rifle bronze
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Watch: When Mesut Ozil produced 19 assists for Arsenal in the 2015-’16 Premier League season
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Football: India earns narrow win over Myanmar in tri-nation opener; Women’s team draw against Jordan