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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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Hang out with treesSubscriber Only
July 13, 2018 05:12 IST
Appreciate them for quietly doing a job that allows us to continue to live and breathe.
Fri, Jul 13, 2018
Needed: Noisy judges, independent journalists, judiciary on front foot, says Justice Ranjan Gogoi at RNG LectureSubscriber Only
July 13, 2018 04:00 IST
"There is an India that believes that it is the new order and there is an India that lives below a ridiculously drawn poverty line on daily wages in night shelters with no access to education or healthcare, let alone access to the courts of law," said Justice Gogoi.
Fri, Jul 13, 2018
Here’s how the government plans to use DNA profiles, samples and recordsSubscriber Only
July 10, 2018 00:31 IST
After a series of attempts to legislate DNA technology, a Bill on the subject has been cleared by the Cabinet. Whose DNA does the Bill propose to use, and how? How will it address privacy concerns?
Tue, Jul 10, 2018
Denied visa for seminar: Scholars protest exclusion of speakers from PakistanSubscriber Only
July 06, 2018 05:11 IST
In a rented room, where some of the absent scholars joined in digitally, a resolution was mooted to not hold such conferences in countries that exclude anyone based on nationality.
Fri, Jul 06, 2018
Step away from extinction, four endangered species on rescue listSubscriber Only
July 05, 2018 01:30 IST
Red Panda which is closely associated with montane forests with dense bamboo-thicket, is found Sikkim, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh. It is poached for its meat, and for use in medicines, and as a pet.
Fri, Jul 06, 2018
With GDP, living standards hit, this will be the cost of climate change in IndiaSubscriber Only
June 29, 2018 00:42 IST
World Bank report estimates how changes in temperature and monsoon patterns will affect GDP and living standards in India and region. What are the findings, and what can policymakers make of them?
Fri, Jun 29, 2018
Confusion, empathy in New York as hundreds of immigrant children brought from borderSubscriber Only
June 23, 2018 00:26 IST
With no information on how many children were brought to city, New Yorkers pool in with toys, other supplies.
Sat, Jun 23, 2018
Using seven rivers, three interlinking projects to build a national water gridSubscriber Only
June 18, 2018 00:33 IST
Union Cabinet gets an update on progress of special committee. What is this panel, and which rivers does its latest report cover?
Mon, Jun 18, 2018
NMML council suggests changes to make museum for all PMsSubscriber Only
June 08, 2018 04:04 IST
The executive council of the NMML Society which met on Wednesday decided to amend the Memorandum of Association (MoA) and the Rules of the NMML Society to accommodate a separate museum of Indian Prime Ministers within the Teen Murti Bhawan.
Fri, Jun 08, 2018
IIT engineers tap nuclear test ban monitor to build a whale atlasSubscriber Only
June 05, 2018 05:30 IST
Pinto and her colleague, assistant professor Tarun K Chandrayadula, are tracing migratory patterns of baleen whales, among the largest animals on earth, across the Indian Ocean to build a “whale atlas.”
Tue, Jun 05, 2018
Central nod to Rs 1,400-crore financing for Polavaram projectSubscriber Only
June 02, 2018 02:31 IST
The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a fresh Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide for a total Rs 1,400 crore as part of the central share.
Sat, Jun 02, 2018
Simply Put: Early hope for dry reservoirsSubscriber Only
June 01, 2018 01:17 IST
The monsoon has set in early, with India’s major reservoirs holding only 89% of the 10-year average water stock at this time of the year; those in the western and northern regions are worse off than the rest
Fri, Jun 01, 2018
Centre likely to notify Cauvery scheme before June 1Subscriber Only
May 29, 2018 04:01 IST
The appointments of the members of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee will be made after the scheme is notified.
Tue, May 29, 2018
Taj Mahal protection: On ground, multiple playersSubscriber Only
May 27, 2018 00:55 IST
On any given day, 100 of these 195 people are on duty. The ASI says it takes about Rs 4 crore to maintain the staff and the Agra circle office. Additionally, the funds for conservation and repairs come from the ASI headquarters in Delhi when a request is forwarded from the Agra circle office.
Sun, May 27, 2018
This is what it takes to keep the Taj Mahal standingSubscriber Only
May 27, 2018 00:36 IST
That’s what it takes every year to keep the Taj Mahal standing, says the ASI. But with the Supreme Court recently pulling up the organisation for failing to protect India’s most treasured monument, Sowmiya Ashok and Divya A travel to Agra and find the Taj a little yellowing, a little bruised, but hopelessly romantic for a 360-year-old.
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
Anti-Sterlite stir: Minister passes buck to UPA, says ‘Just back, read something on it’Subscriber Only
May 26, 2018 05:57 IST
On Friday, head of UN Environment Erik Solhein tweeted: “Very saddened and deeply concerned by loss of life in Tamil Nadu. Anti pollution protestors must not pay with their lives. Violence and pollution must stop.”
Sat, May 26, 2018
Anti Sterlite protests: Panel to check Vedanta plant only on paperSubscriber Only
May 25, 2018 05:29 IST
Anti Sterlite protests: In Tuticorin, such is the public anger that elected representatives have not been able to visit the families of those killed or speak freely in public.
Fri, May 25, 2018
On cards: Coir logs to clean drains flowing into GangaSubscriber Only
May 22, 2018 04:50 IST
Bioremediation is a technique that uses bacteria, fungi or other biological agents that work towards reducing toxins in the environment, in this case a polluted water body.
Tue, May 22, 2018
Simply put: How heat footprint has grownSubscriber Only
May 22, 2018 00:40 IST
Large new study crunches decades of IMD data to unpack patterns of warming — and some cooling — across India, points to impact on agriculture in a country with 17.5 per cent of world’s population but only 2.4 per cent of its area.
Tue, May 22, 2018
Poll drama foretells Cauvery churnSubscriber Only
May 21, 2018 00:48 IST
Centre is set to notify water-sharing scheme, but Karnataka’s objections put question mark over implementation, particularly when dispute is central to the strongholds of the JD(S).
Mon, May 21, 2018
Karnataka election results 2018: In neighbourhood, gushing congrats from AIADMK, silence from TDP, TRS frontsSubscriber Only
May 16, 2018 03:11 IST
BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav tweeted that even though the TDP and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu had “used all tactics to dissuade Telugu voters from supporting BJP” in Karnataka polls.
Wed, May 16, 2018
Cauvery water dispute: Centre submits draft scheme to implement Supreme Court orderSubscriber Only
May 15, 2018 03:12 IST
The states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Karnataka, who are locked in the Cauvery water sharing dispute, have also been given copies of the scheme to verify if it conforms to the earlier order.
Tue, May 15, 2018
A look at rampant constructions plaguing HimachalSubscriber Only
May 13, 2018 04:21 IST
An Assistant Town Planner was recently shot dead while supervising a Supreme Court-mandated demolition of illegal structures in Kasauli.
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
Cauvery draft scheme: Centre may seek time, cite CM Siddaramaiah letterSubscriber Only
May 08, 2018 04:24 IST
The Centre’s 109-page affidavit, which will be submitted directly to the judges on Tuesday, is likely to cite Siddaramaiah’s letter for the delay in framing the draft scheme, official sources said.
Tue, May 08, 2018
Centre, IMD lock horns over storm deaths in Rajasthan, UP on May 2Subscriber Only
May 08, 2018 04:19 IST
While the Centre has asked IMD to explain why its forecasting mechanisms failed to prevent the deaths, the meteorological agency maintained it had called up chief secretaries of the two BJP-ruled states, but they had “failed to disseminate the information.”
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