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Joydeep Gupta
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Opinion: Joshimath was a disaster waiting to happen, but nobody paid heed
The town has undergone unplanned construction, drastic road widening and hydropower projects that have ignored multiple warnings.
Joydeep Gupta
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UN climate talks in Egypt failed to deliver, except on one significant issue
The only solace is the start of a fund to pay poor nations for the loss and damage they are suffering due to climate change.
Joydeep Gupta
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COP27: UN climate summit has begun in Egypt with little hope of success
Hope for a strong outcome is perhaps at its lowest in the three-decade history of global climate negotiations.
Joydeep Gupta
Trending
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A jail sentence for Rahul Gandhi in India’s new vishwaguru democracy
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Rahul Gandhi disqualified as Lok Sabha MP a day after conviction in defamation case
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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India’s new climate targets make no mention of some of the commitments made to the world in Glasgow
Details of the promise to reduce emissions remain vague while the goal to switch to renewable energy faces considerable financial and infrastructural hurdles.
Joydeep Gupta
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Uttarakhand floods: The state is paying the price for climate change and reckless construction
As the world warms and glaciers melt, experts recommend a review of ill-planned dams and roads to minimise the impacts of disasters.
Joydeep Gupta, Varsha Singh & Soumya Sarkar
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While meeting its unambitious climate pledge, India is pushing coal-fired power plants
Five years after the landmark Paris Agreement, climate change is gathering pace despite the pandemic-forced hiatus in greenhouse gas emissions.
Joydeep Gupta
Video
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Watch: Tornado swirling up to a height of 120,000 kilometres observed on the surface of the sun
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‘Petulant’: Australian panelist on TV, describing India’s response to High Commission attack in UK
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Watch this video from the cockpit of a glider plane as it crashes into a building
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Watch: This basset hound patiently taught puppy to use the dog door
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Watch: Rocket with 3D-printed components lifts off successfully (though it fails to reach its orbit)
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Should Himalayan states be paid a fee for keeping their water clean and forests standing?
The states have asked the central government to pay them for ecosystem services.
Joydeep Gupta
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In Marathwada, drought has gone on for so long that farmers have ‘stopped expecting a decent life’
No one in the region remembers the last time they received good rains.
Joydeep Gupta
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Global biodiversity is declining ‘more rapidly than ever’, according to an alarming new report
Around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, according to research by a team of international experts.
Joydeep Gupta
The Reel
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘Parineeta’ director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68
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Niti Aayog’s report shows that India’s water crisis is more dire than imagined
This is the first time that the government has officially acknowledged and given details of the country’s water crisis.
Joydeep Gupta
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In Sundarbans, rising sea levels have turned farms into wasteland, threatening to displace millions
Around 1.5 million people will be displaced in the area, and the process has started.
Joydeep Gupta
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Himalayan blunder: Pakistan’s Indus Cascade plan will reduce food and water security
The China-financed project to build five dams on the river will stop the silt flow that rejuvenates farms, reduce water flow.
Joydeep Gupta
The Field
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WPL 2023, Eliminator: Harmanpreet Kaur and Alyssa Healy’s teams go head-to-head in first knockout
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Indian hockey: Salima Tete awarded AHF Emerging Player of the Year for her performances in 2022
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Sports world daily: Lionel Messi scores 800th goal; Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane break records
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Swiss Open Super 300: Satwik-Chirag survive match points to win; Prannoy, defending champ Sindhu out
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Boxing World C’ships: Nikhat Zareen brings her best yet to reach final, Nitu reverses 2022 setback