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India Adds Five More Wetlands To Its List Of Ramsar Sites

India now has 80 Ramsar sites covering an area of 1.33 million hectares. Five new Ramsar sites, added ahead of…

3 months ago
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Stronger Ties With S Asian Govts: India’s Gains, Minorities’ Losses?

India’s regional politics are shifting. It is seeking to strengthen ties with South Asian ruling elites, including in Nepal and…

4 months ago
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Climate Change Response: A Village Nurtures Traditional Food Systems

The once-predominant reliance on traditional crops such as white corn and millets in the Tamil Nadu village of Kuralkuttai underwent…

4 months ago
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Tamil Nadu Received Record-Breaking Monsoon Rain: Here’s Why

During the northeast monsoon of 2023, Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts witnessed record-breaking rainfall. Experts point to the erratic…

4 months ago
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Women Seaweed Farmers Seek Other Jobs Now

Seaweed farming, a primary source of income for many women in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district, is threatened due to increasing…

7 months ago
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Environment: How Bats Are Being Nudged Out Of The Shadows

Bats in parts of Tamil Nadu are facing a decline in population due to urbanisation, the use of bright lights,…

7 months ago
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What Became Of The Model Renewable Energy Village In Tamil Nadu?

In recent years, Odanthurai, a village in Tamil Nadu, gained recognition as a self-reliant model village and has been appreciated…

10 months ago
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A Hill Town In Nilgiris Pays The Price For Poor Waste Management

Jayasudha, 38, counts it as a blessing that she was not home on the night of December 11, 2020. It…

12 months ago
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Airport Project Will Hit Rural Economy, Farmers Tell TN Govt

(Source: PTI) Acquisition of land in their villages, for setting up a greenfield airport at Parandur, would lead to 'destruction'…

1 year ago
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Cyclone Nivar Slams Into Southern India, Causing Five Deaths

A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, killing at least five people and uprooting trees and…

3 years ago
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Cyclone Nivar Makes Landfall, Tears Down Power Lines, Trees

A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, uprooting trees and power lines but there were no…

3 years ago
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Tamil Nadu Braces For Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Nivar’

Tamil Nadu plans to evacuate people from some regions and has temporarily halted bus services and placed rescue vehicles on…

3 years ago
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Banners And Prayers For Kamala Harris In Her Ancestral Village

A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village…

4 years ago
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UK Hands Over To India 3 Bronze Statues Stolen In 1978

Britain has returned three antique bronze sculptures to Indian authorities more than 40 years after they were stolen from a…

4 years ago
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India’s Covid-19 Cases Top Global Rank As More Of Economy Opens

India reported 78,512 novel coronavirus infections on Monday, more than any other country but fewer than the previous day when…

4 years ago
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People Erect Banners, Pray For Kamala Harris To Win U.S. Election

People in the state of Tamil Nadu, which U.S. vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners,…

4 years ago
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Madras HC Says No To Re-Opening Of Vedanta’s Copper Smelter

An Indian court on Tuesday refused to allow the re-opening of Vedanta’s south Indian copper smelter, more than two years…

4 years ago
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TN Custodial Deaths: Five More Policemen Arrested

Five more policemen were arrested in a widening investigation into the deaths of a man and his son while in…

4 years ago
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TN Custodial Deaths: 5 Policemen Arrested

India has arrested five policemen over the deaths of a father and son in custody, a senior investigating official said…

4 years ago
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6 Dead, 16 Hurt In Boiler Blast At NLC Power Plant

At least six people have died and 16 were injured in a boiler blast at Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India…

4 years ago
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‘India’s George Floyds’: Father-Son Death Sparks Outrage

Outrage at the death of a father-son duo in the custody of Indian police earlier this week mounted on Saturday,…

4 years ago
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Tamil Nadu Is An Unexpected Japanese Haven in South India

India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has long been characterised by its mountains, its proximity to the Indian Ocean, and…

5 years ago

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