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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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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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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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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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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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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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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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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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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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains
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IPL 2024: Record-breaking Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians for first win of the season