Environment
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Centre wants to amend the Indian Forest Act again despite the resistance to past attempts
Activists have criticised the environment ministry for attempting to ease rules in favour of industries.
Mayank Aggarwal
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How urbanisation and climate change are ruining a food tradition associated with Bihu in Assam
Ekho-ek bidh xaak is no longer easy to make because the 101 varieties of local leafy greens and herbs that go into it are harder to find.
Azera Parveen Rahman
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Business schools in India are slowly embracing sustainability
Management professors and environmentalists say the growing demand for ethical products requires business managers to focus on the environment.
Shweta Thakur Nanda
Trending
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Pakistani YouTubers to release a Pashto version of blockbuster Turkish show ‘Dirilis: Ertugrul’
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India’s Covid-19 crisis is a product of the paranoid governance that has marked the past seven years
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How grave is India’s oxygen emergency? Worse than the government admits
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The secrets behind ‘Geeli Pucchi’, the most loved film in ‘Ajeeb Daastaans’
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How Kabir Bedi interviewed The Beatles in 1966 (and asked John Lennon if he took drugs)
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One of India’s largest Adivasi groups has dropped its ancient cremation ritual to save trees
The Gond community has decided to bury their dead instead.
Anup Dutta
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After South East Asia, India’s thirst for palm oil may wreak environmental damage at home
Environmental concerns have taken a backseat as India plans to ramp up its domestic palm oil production.
Kundan Pandey & Mayank Aggarwal
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In Arunachal Pradesh, Buddhist monks are protecting a high-altitude wetland with 20 lakes
In 2009, officials from the Tawang Monastery and WWF-India partnered to protect the region.
Ranju Dodum
Video
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Covid-19 crisis: Death, despair rages across India, healthcare facilities fail to cater to patients
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‘Remdesivir is no Ram baan’: Medanta Hospital chairman says the drug isn’t for all Covid-19 patients
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‘We’re supposed to give life’: Delhi hospital CEO breaks down talking about Covid-19 oxygen crisis
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Watch: Man sits outside Delhi hospital with own oxygen cylinder after being refused admission
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Watch: ‘Farmers did not stop us’, driver of vehicle carrying oxygen to Delhi hospital clarifies
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In a year marked by extreme weather events, India diluted environmental norms and pushed coal
The guard rails are being dismantled.
Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
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Green tribunal orders removal of an oil storage facility on Chennai’s ecologically sensitive coast
The tribunal in its order noted that the authorities, including the Union environment ministry, were not justified in clearing such a project.
Mayank Aggarwal
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Aarey: Maharashtra reserves 800 acres of land in Mumbai as forest, metro car shed to be moved
The government will also withdraw all cases against the activists who protested the felling of trees in the area, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Here Today’ trailer: Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal in comedy about an unlikely friendship
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Watch: ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ is a sequel to the previous two movies
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‘Searching For Sheela’ review: A quest that goes nowhere (and probably never intended to)
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‘Oxygen’ trailer: A woman fights to survive before her breath runs out
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‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’ trailer: Salman Khan wages a war on drugs
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Maharashtra government has withdrawn cases against Aarey protestors, says Aaditya Thackeray
The minister said that the government can’t have cases against those who stand up for environment and forests.
Scroll Staff
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One of the biggest threats to the world’s forests and biodiversity is farming
The Living Planet Report, published by the World Wildlife Fund, reveals the extent of biodiversity loss around the globe.
Soumya Sarkar
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Aarey: Maharashtra to reserve 600 acres of land in Mumbai as forest
The Maharashtra government said the area to be excluded from the forest would be ascertained after seeking suggestions and objections from citizens.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2021, RR v RCB: Padikkal, bowlers make it four wins on the trot for Kohli’s team
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‘Genuine class’, ‘Masterful’: Reactions to Devdutt Padikkal’s superb century in RCB’s win over RR
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IPL 2021: RCB captain Virat Kohli becomes first player to hit 6,000 runs in Indian Premier League
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Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan might miss rest of IPL 2021 due to knee injury: Report
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Watch: ‘Just looking at people is making me happy’ – Axar Patel returns to Delhi Capitals’ bubble