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Alok Gupta
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Melting glaciers threaten China and India’s hydropower ambitions
The dams the two countries are relying on may not be able to generate much power if avalanches, landslides and floods continue worsening.
Alok Gupta
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In flood-prone Bihar, communities are finding desperate ways to save monsoon weddings
Grooms are hopping into boats and onto tractors to avoid cancelling weddings. But this type of adaptation comes with risk and some cultural loss.
Alok Gupta
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Patna deluge wasn’t caused by climate change alone. Government ineptness was also to blame
Officials don’t even have a map of the city’s colonial-era sewage system.
Alok Gupta
Trending
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Streams of red, green and yellow: The water in a Bihar village is too toxic to drink
The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater.
Alok Gupta
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Karan Johar is right to be cautious about his sexuality – India's gay sex law isn’t just about sex
Section 377 may be a law about sexual acts, but it camouflages a more sinister agenda.
Alok Gupta
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Why many of Bihar's bridges are under threat
Bigger floods and increased erosion due to climate change are threatening and damaging river bridges in the state.
Alok Gupta
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Plan to revive Jharkhand dam with bloody past poses threat to people, wildlife
Several villages and parts of a tiger reserve can be submerged by the irrigation project.
Alok Gupta
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With vultures disappearing, it's getting increasingly difficult to dispose of carcasses
New methods have come up to deal with animal carcasses, including North India’s first crematorium for animals.
Alok Gupta
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India’s Ganga waterways project raises hopes (and fears)
A government plan to promote navigation along the Ganga has one of its provinces up in arms due to a bad history with earlier barrages and embankments.
Alok Gupta
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties