Ecological Threat
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Lakshadweep administration issues tenders for building 370 villas on three islands despite criticism
A multi-crore project aims to build Maldives-like beach and water villas on Kadmat, Minicoy and Suheli islands.
Scroll Staff
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‘No link between Uttarakhand glacier disaster and Char Dham road-widening project,’ Centre tells SC
The head of the Supreme Court-appointed committee monitoring the highway project, drew a connection between the two.
Scroll Staff
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Char Dham project: Follow 2018 circular, can’t widen roads over 5.5 metres, SC tells Centre
Thirteen out of 18 members of a high-powered committee formed by the Supreme Court in 2019 are in favour of a 10-metre-wide road.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Will I risk paralysis to get bail?’: Arvind Kejriwal denies eating sugary foods in prison
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Char Dham Pariyojana: SC committee chief flags violations of forest and wildlife laws, says report
Ravi Chopra said the project has caused ‘incalculable damage to the Himalayan ecology’ by felling trees, cutting hills and dumping excavated materials.
Scroll Staff
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Mauritius: Indian captain of ship that caused oil spill last month arrested
Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, 58, was charged with ‘endangering safe navigation’.
Scroll Staff
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In Telangana, free power policy for farmers will exact a steep environmental cost
Unless the state changes course quickly, its policies will hurt the medium, small and marginal farmer, who make up 85% of its agricultural sector.
Rajesh Serupally
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Goa’s ill-planned roads are splintering waterways, affecting villages and worsening floods
Several projects followed dodgy environmental impact assessments, claim critics.
Pamela D’Mello
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In Gujarat’s Kutch, a horticulture boom is decimating the biodiversity hotspot’s bird population
Among the avian species at risk, mainly due to increasing use of pesticides, is the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard.
Azera Parveen Rahman
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On fragile ground: Uttarakhand risks agricultural disaster as soil is eroded at an alarming rate
New mapping shows nearly half the state’s total area is losing more soil than the annual tolerance limit of 11.2 tonnes per hectare.
Sahana Ghosh
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Australia rolls out plan to cull predator starfish that have been eating away the Great Barrier Reef
The coral reef supports 64,000 jobs, and is a massive environmental and economic asset, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
Scroll Staff
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In pictures: How a power plant devastated the pristine beauty of a creek near Chennai
Ennore Creek mirrors scenes from the dystopian ‘Mad Max’ – a once-thriving region laid waste.
Jayati Narain and TejInder Singh
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Africa’s most toxic lakes are a paradise for fearless flamingos
Most are found in super-alkaline lakes throughout Africa’s Great Rift Valley, which host immense blooms of microscopic blue-green algae.
Paul Rose, The Conversation
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time