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Nityanand Jayaraman
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New draft rules will marginalise fisherfolk, hand over India’s coasts to tourists, real estate firms
The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2018 uses affordable housing as an excuse to allow for denser construction closer to the high tide line.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Sterlite factory hearings at National Green Tribunal have left activists upset
The court would not let them argue against Vedanta’s challenge to the factory’s closure and refused to even provide a copy of the enquiry committee’s report.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Why shutting down Sterlite’s polluting copper factory in Thoothukudi is only a small victory
The Tamil Nadu government’s order may not survive a legal challenge unless it’s strengthened by citing the company’s gross illegalities.
Nityanand Jayaraman
Trending
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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How the Modi government has weaponised the ED to go after India’s Opposition
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Muslim eatery owner arrested in UP for packing meat dishes in newspaper with images of Hindu deities
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The big news: Twitter sues Centre over orders to take down content and nine other top stories
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For Chennai to truly be a Creative City, music must leave the auditorium and fill the streets
The Unesco recognition for the city’s music tradition is an opportunity to cultivate a culture of listening to diverse voices.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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India’s new wetland rules threaten to destroy 65% of its water bodies rather than protect them
Notified in September, the rules will facilitate the development of wetlands as real estate, industrial sites and garbage dumps.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Jallikattu debate: There are good reasons to criticise the sport but animal cruelty is the flimsiest
It's essential to recognise the agrarian cultural context within which the sport is organised.
Nityanand Jayaraman
Video
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‘Market price is very high’: Inflation in Pakistan pushes up prices for sacrificial cattle this Eid
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Caught on camera: Black balloons released near PM Modi’s helicopter in Andhra Pradesh
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Watch: Rapper Drake joins Backstreet Boys to perform ‘I Want It That Way’ at Toronto concert
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Watch: Eco-activists glue themselves to frame of painting at National Gallery in London
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Watch: Man laid off from job builds outdoor resort for birds to eat, play, and drink water
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Why engineering interventions won’t prevent another flood in Chennai
A reorientation of values in which common areas like canals, rivers and grasslands are valued more than ports, power plants, highways may help avert disaster.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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There is no power shortage in the country – but the entire sector is in a mess
The power sector urgently needs better financial management and more investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure, not capacity addition
Nityanand Jayaraman & Mukul Kumar
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Why is India so keen on importing US nuclear reactors that even the US doesn't seem to want?
The deals have more to do with the financial well-being of US equipment suppliers than with the aspirations of India's electricity consumers.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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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Unilever mercury poisoning case: Can corporations really be human?
The belated settlement with former workers of its Kodaikanal thermometer factory proves that the phrase 'responsible corporations' is an oxymoron.
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Former atomic energy regulator explains why India needs to pause its nuclear power plans
Dr A Gopalakrishnan, the former chief of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, spelt out the problems in a speech to the State Level Convention on Nuclear Energy in Chennai on January 30
Nityanand Jayaraman
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As floodwaters recede, the mistakes of Chennai look set to be repeated in Cheyyur
A proposed power plant in the coastal taluk of Tamil Nadu could destroy the natural ecosystem and have disastrous consequences.
Nityanand Jayaraman
The Field
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Hockey World Cup: Vandana Katariya equalises again as India hold China to 1-1 draw
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Watch, Wimbledon 2022: Djokovic comes back from two sets down against Sinner, credits ‘inner fight’
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World Test Championship: India docked two points after Edgbaston test, slip below Pakistan
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FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup, India vs China as it happened: India held to a 1-1 draw
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Malaysia Masters Super 500: Malvika Bansod, women’s doubles pairs bow out on a tough day for Indians