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Sowmiya Ashok
Sowmiya Ashok, a former Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, is now an independent journalist based in Chennai. She reports on China, politics and the environment. She tweets @sowmiyashok
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Conflict with humans an elephantine problem, so new plan in placeSubscriber Only
September 08, 2017 05:38 IST
The strategic plan was discussed at a meeting Wednesday of wildlife wardens from five states in this region — Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal — as a first step towards better inter-state coordination to tackle over 3,000 elephants in the zone.
Fri, Sep 08, 2017
SYL issue: Day before Supreme Court hearing, Haryana appeals to CentreSubscriber Only
September 07, 2017 04:44 IST
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar led a delegation to meet Union Minister for Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari, here on Wednesday. After the meeting, Khattar said, “Gadkari has assured the delegation that the state’s interests on this issue shall be fully protected.”
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
14 of 17 samples tested were supplied by DJB, experts say more research neededSubscriber Only
September 07, 2017 03:59 IST
Of the 15 samples collected by the partner-NGO, Toxics Link, from Delhi’s households, “microplastics” were detected in 14 samples.
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Nitin Gadkari, 60, Minister, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation: Ganga clean-up the biggest challengeSubscriber Only
September 04, 2017 01:57 IST
Among Gadkari’s tasks will be taking forward a move to enact a Ganga law, on which there has been little movement after a committee headed by Justice (retired) Giridhar Malviya submitted its report last May
Mon, Sep 04, 2017
In fact: Hard to ban, harder to disposeSubscriber Only
September 04, 2017 00:07 IST
As Delhi bans plastic bags, a look at how others states have gone about banning and disposing of plastic
Mon, Sep 04, 2017
Bawana bypoll: After loss, a report card — and a Tiranga yatraSubscriber Only
August 31, 2017 04:42 IST
Senior BJP leaders also suggested that the idea for the inquiry committee didn’t come from the high command. “Party chief Amit Shah is unhappy with the loss in Bawana, but the high command did not ask for any such committee to be formed,” said a BJP leader. “It’s Tiwari’s way to come up with a justification.”
Thu, Aug 31, 2017
Bawana bypoll: Manoj Tiwari takes blame amid murmurs of poor candidate selection by BJPSubscriber Only
August 29, 2017 05:51 IST
“But keep in mind, the AAP won by a lot more votes last time (in 2015), and now the vote share has reduced by around 13 per cent. This shows that people have not actually supported AAP for what they are," Manoj Tiwari said.
Tue, Aug 29, 2017
Tension between India, Pakistan puts visas a little further out of reach for peopleSubscriber Only
August 27, 2017 01:42 IST
Every spike in tension between India and Pakistan puts visas just a little further out of reach for people on the two sides. Still, joined by death, birth or marriage, 70 years after Partition, they hope and return.
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
‘Study linking climate change and farmer suicides baseless’Subscriber Only
August 26, 2017 02:02 IST
The study calculated that “warming a single day by 1 degree Celsius during India’s agricultural growing season leads to roughly 65 suicides across the country, whenever that day’s temperature is above 20 degrees Celsius”. Warming a day by 5 degrees Celsius has five times that effect, it said.
Sat, Aug 26, 2017
Kaifiyat Express derailment: Passengers reach Delhi on special trainSubscriber Only
August 24, 2017 15:58 IST
Kaifiyat Express derailment: Boxes of poori-sabzi and small water boxes were stacked up high, while women medical officers from the railway hospital next door wore white coats over their clothes to get ready for the patients.
Thu, Aug 24, 2017
Wary AIMPLB ponders what next, meet to decide on review petitionSubscriber Only
August 23, 2017 05:06 IST
General secretary Maulana Wali Rehmani said that for the next six months, until the government brings a law as directed by the Supreme Court, there would not be any Muslim divorces
Wed, Aug 23, 2017
‘Some simple, inexpensive steps will get you cleaner air’Subscriber Only
August 22, 2017 11:37 IST
The company Thomas Talhelm started, ‘SmartAir’, has since sold over 30,000 DIY air purifiers within China, and has shipped to India and Mongolia.
Tue, Aug 22, 2017
Problem in protecting India’s wetlands: Technically, there aren’t any to protectSubscriber Only
August 17, 2017 00:10 IST
Art of Living argument in NGT is hinged on a catch: wetlands get their identity only through notification by govt under Rules. The Rules have been around since 2010, but not one wetland has been notified yet.
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
Delhi Golf Club tells Khasi guest it ‘regrets’ embarrassment to herSubscriber Only
August 14, 2017 03:47 IST
Lyngdoh told The Indian Express she wanted to ask the DGC and its staff how they would defend their stand of asking her to leave because they thought she was a domestic help, and on what basis was this done.
Mon, Aug 14, 2017
At 27,000, elephant population in India ‘stable’ since 2012: ExpertsSubscriber Only
August 13, 2017 06:16 IST
Five years later, the count is 27,312 elephants based on Forest Department officials who “saw it” across four geographical regions in India. This prompted elephant expert Raman Sukumar to say on Saturday: “If I do a comparison with 2012 figures, then we have a stable population.”
Sun, Aug 13, 2017
Before culture fest, floodplain was in sordid state: AOLSubscriber Only
August 11, 2017 06:32 IST
AOL said the report dated April 19, 2014, had maintained that social, cultural and religious activities were permitted at the site and thus the festival was allowed.
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
NGT hearing on Yamuna floodplains: Petitioner suggests DDA acted in a ‘biased manner’Subscriber Only
August 05, 2017 06:38 IST
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said: ‘We asked for an action plan on the basis of the principal committee report. You were not supposed to sit over that committee’
Sat, Aug 05, 2017
Narmada Bachao Andolan: Impossible for over 1,000 families to stay afloat, say protesting villagersSubscriber Only
August 04, 2017 06:32 IST
Many kilometres from the Narmada bank in Dhar district — where their ‘Didi’ and founder of Narmada Bachao Andolan Medha Patkar is on an indefinite fast — 50 people, including Patidhar, sit in protest at Jantar Mantar.
Fri, Aug 04, 2017
Team from IIT is growing an island off the Tamil Nadu coastSubscriber Only
August 04, 2017 05:59 IST
A Tamil Nadu government database noted in 2015 that “about ¼ area of this island has already become submerged due to the removal of coral reefs”.
Fri, Aug 04, 2017
Studying the climate of farm suicidesSubscriber Only
August 03, 2017 00:55 IST
Nearly 60,000 farmer suicides in the last 30 years in India can be linked to warming, says a new study
Thu, Aug 03, 2017When temperatures rise to levels that damage crops, suicides go up: Tamma CarletonSubscriber Only
August 03, 2017 00:19 IST
The general finding that temperature appears more significant than rainfall in determining suicide rates, is consistent with work from other parts of the world, where agricultural yields are shown to be more affected by temperature than they are by rainfall.
Thu, Aug 03, 2017
Study claims over 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change in IndiaSubscriber Only
August 02, 2017 12:38 IST
The study states that Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, three of which are in southern India, “not only have severe suicide responses to temperature, but also exhibit large negative impacts of temperature on yield.”
Wed, Aug 02, 2017PM1 detected in Lodhi Road, traffic in central Delhi may be to blameSubscriber Only
August 02, 2017 05:29 IST
PM1 in urban pollution is mainly due to vehicular combustion and its presence has been noted in central Delhi, which sees a considerable flow of traffic. In comparison to Mumbai, Delhi also has higher PM1 levels across seasons.
Wed, Aug 02, 2017
Hardlook: If a tree fallsSubscriber Only
July 31, 2017 03:04 IST
With the Delhi Metro’s expansion claiming 50,000 trees, the Forest Department was roped in to plant 5 lakh saplings as compensation. A visit to the plantation sites to see what happened next
Mon, Jun 25, 2018
Many men complain of false cases, open window for them: Maneka Gandhi to women panelSubscriber Only
July 28, 2017 05:42 IST
“I have been receiving a large number of complaints from men who claim they have been falsely implicated in cases of domestic violence, dowry, rape etc. I am particularly concerned with the fact that this voice has become more and more loud in the last few months,” Maneka has written.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017Journalism of Courage
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