Jay Mazoomdaar is an investigative reporter focused on offshore finance, equitable growth, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. Over two decades, his work has been recognised by the International Press Institute, the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, the Commonwealth Press Union, the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, the Asian College of Journalism etc....Read More
Jay Mazoomdaar is an investigative reporter focused on offshore finance, equitable growth, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation. Over two decades, his work has been recognised by the International Press Institute, the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, the Commonwealth Press Union, the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, the Asian College of Journalism etc.
Expertise and Experience
Mazoomdaar’s major investigations include the extirpation of tigers in Sariska, global offshore probes such as Panama Papers, Robert Vadra’s land deals in Rajasthan, India’s dubious forest cover data, Vyapam deaths in Madhya Pradesh, mega projects flouting clearance conditions, Nitin Gadkari’s link to e-rickshaws, India shifting stand on ivory ban to fly in African cheetahs, the loss of indigenous cow breeds, the hydel rush in Arunachal Pradesh, land mafias inside Corbett, the JDY financial inclusion scheme, an iron ore heist in Odisha, highways expansion through the Kanha-Pench landscape etc.
Jun 15, 2020 01:32 IST
On June 8, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the office of Cox & Kings, the residences...
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Jun 01, 2020 02:39 IST
In a letter to Environment minister Prakash Javadekar, Raman Sukumar, eminent elephant expert and...
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
May 06, 2020 05:20 IST
According to figures shared by the Union Health ministry, the 7-day compounded daily growth rate...
Wed, May 06, 2020
May 04, 2020 05:17 IST
Funded by the developer, the WII study concluded that the project would not affect tigers since...
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Apr 06, 2020 03:21 IST
The Ministry’s move, in an order issued on March 28, was necessitated by the need to align...
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Apr 04, 2020 02:30 IST
Projects under Category A are appraised by the Ministry, and those under category B by states....
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
Mar 05, 2020 04:30 IST
The searches, I-T officials said, were conducted in the morning in connection with alleged money...
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
Feb 20, 2020 04:41 IST
While sources in the Ministry of Culture said that “a couple of MPs” reacted to the menu shared...
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Feb 03, 2020 03:56 IST
Decades after the cheetah went extinct in India, SC has cleared a proposal for importing a few from...
Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 04:15 IST
Thampi, according to ED, is an associate of Vadra and helped him invest in real estate assets in...
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 04:14 IST
As an incentive, the proposal stated, the Ministry would give priority to project developers opting...
Wed, Jan 15, 2020
Jan 05, 2020 04:30 IST
State of Forest Report 2019 has shown a 1,275 sq km gain in very dense forest, but what this...
Tue, Jan 07, 2020
Dec 31, 2019 04:44 IST
On paper, much of this destruction of quality natural forests was compensated by plantations — a...
Tue, Dec 31, 2019
Dec 28, 2019 05:11 IST
Following a Delhi High Court order in a case related to missing children, the Delhi Police had...
Sat, Dec 28, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 05:03 IST
An investigation by The Indian Express has revealed that a vast network of live wires running...
Thu, Dec 26, 2019
Dec 25, 2019 05:05 IST
The Tiger Cell, the NTCA note observed, has been functioning as a single entity in Dehradun under...
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 10:51 IST
The unravelling of the India leg of the global off-shore investigation that took the world by...
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
Nov 08, 2019 04:36 IST
In January this year, the CBI had moved an application in Delhi’s Patiala House Courts, seeking...
Fri, Nov 08, 2019
Nov 06, 2019 04:40 IST
The breach at the Kudankulam plant became public on October 28 after some of the plant’s data...
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
Nov 01, 2019 04:30 IST
The IINS, a think tank, was founded in 1980 by Pramila's husband Govind Narain...
Fri, Nov 01, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 04:50 IST
Satish Dagar’s exit comes after HC gave CBI 4 months to wrap up probe. Dagar, who joined the...
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
Sep 20, 2019 04:05 IST
An Express Investigation: Tiger count is up but official photos show that one of seven could be a...
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Sep 20, 2019 03:50 IST
The modified album has brought down the number of total photos from 1,696 to 1,686 and reduced the...
Mon, May 04, 2020
Sep 05, 2019 04:45 IST
In February 2018, the Supreme Court stayed the move, ruling that the terms and conditions for...
Thu, Sep 05, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 02:49 IST
Stretches of the old Kandi road between Haridwar and Ramnagar run through the core of Corbett and...
Wed, Jul 31, 2019