Repowering: Why Tamil Nadu’s old wind turbines are still awaiting replacement

Benign environmental conditions, low maintenance costs among factors resulting in Tamil Nadu’s 2-decade-old turbines still being in use &…

World Earth Day 2022: Community-conserved biodiversity is key to sustenance and strong bioeconomy

Community participation is paramount in conserving biodiversity, especially since local communities directly benefit from using biological …

Michaung intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; causing heavy rainfall in Chennai

Chennai received 230 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in the last 24 hours and is expected to see the worst flooding after December 2015

Where's the fire alarm?

Most hospitals in India fail the fire safety test, yet they take no corrective step

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Relish it

Staying healthy is not a daunting task if one regularly eats neem dishes

Ambitious

Karnataka Bandh on sharing of Cauvery waters

The Cauvery water sharing dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since the British Raj

Offshore wind energy: India set to harness coastal breezes

Eight zones off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have been identified as potential offshore wind energy zones

This Tamil Nadu couple built a 1600 sq feet mud house with just Rs 25 lakh

Akhila, a natural farmer and Surendran, a planning manager from Tamil Nadu embarked on an adventure together to create a 1600 square feet mud …

Mud buildings that use traditional knowledge and no cement are making a comeback

An organisation, Thannal, is looking to educate architects on the benefits of traditional mud techniques

This Tamil Nadu man turned 100 acres of barren land to an indigenous forest

D Saravanan dedicated 30 years of his life, sweat and dreams to what we today call Aranya Forest and Sanctuary

In Karur, a conservation dilemma regarding the slender loris

Should the Tamil Nadu government declare the Kadavur Reserve Forest a sanctuary for the slender loris or should it implement a proposed species …

Keeping the ‘Green Hills’ truly green

An eco-toursim model allows tourists to explore the wilderness of Tamil Nadu's Pachaimalai hills and locals to have a stake in protecting them

Climate change: More Tamil Nadu children at diarrhoea risk

The relation between warmer and wetter weather and diarrhoea has been well established in other parts of the world

A unique tree park for Chennai

With 300 species of trees, the ‘Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park’ will serve as a unique gene pool for Tamil Nadu’s …

Tamil Nadu on boil as pro-Jallikattu protesters clash with police

Protesters in Chennai set Ice House police station on fire after they clashed with police in front of Parthasarathy Temple near Marina Beach

Righting the wrongs: Beyond affirmative action

The core of India’s malnutrition puzzle lies in institutional functioning. There are succssful examples, though few

Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi to remain shut: SC

Supreme Court sets aside NGT decision to reopen copper plant

Walk in the Nilgiris

The various chapters of The Nilgiri Hills, edited by anthropologist Paul Hockings, do not just discuss the culture and biodiversity of the …

Cyclone Mandous: DTE’s coverage of the 2022 Northeast Monsoon’s first cyclone

Mandous made landfall at Mamallapuram on the intervening night of December 9-10

India braces for Cyclone Mandous

The volume of rainfall in the coastal areas may be as high as 200 millimetres

Crusaders of science

A conference for the common good the mainstream media ignored

Arrange again

What water managers know could rejuvenate the law on resolving water-related conflicts

Odour alarm

Toxic chemicals choke Cuddalore industrial estate