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In the shadow of a dam

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Reviewing the review

DAMNED FURTHER

No consideration

Not welcome

...says the Union government to the World Commission on dams

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Cheetah reintroduction ‘highly complex’, more sites needed as reserves, expert says

Vincent van der Merwe from the Cheetah Metapopulation Project, South Africa expects more cheetah deaths in coming months  

In the name of development: How Nashik’s Goda Ghat juggled concretisation & de-concretisation over 2 decades

Recurring urban floods exposed how thoughtless development projects have renedered the area vulnerable

Nepal’s first hydropower from a glacial lake

Turning global warming into opportunity, melting Himalayan glacier is harnessed for electricity

Bristol airport vote: A small win in our battle against climate change

In this last decade of serious climate action, nature should be prioritised over economic growth if we want to survive

About 70 hydropower projects in Himalayas at risk of quake-triggered landslides

The risk of building dams in the Himalayan region is manifold and that has again being emphasised in a recent study on 2015 Nepal earthquake

More hard facts and much less syrup, please

Both films end as abruptly as they begin, fragments of documentation on celluloid or videotape that aim, as one said at the beginning, at evoking …

Wanted: an independent appeals institution

If the World Bank does not withdraw from the Narmada dam, it will undermine the credibility it gained from setting up the review team. US NGOs …

Damned despair

Oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project still languish in large numbers for a roof over their head

Dam travails

The Supreme Court's order to increase the height of the Narmada dam comes in for criticism. Madhya Pradesh decides to file a petition

Another cheetah ‘Shaurya’ dies at Kuno; 10th death so far

Trackers witness incoordination & staggering gait, tranquilised cheetah fails to recover from CPR

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Maharashtra farmers allege large-scale corruption in World Bank-funded irrigation project

Irrigation department holds training workshop for Maharashtra Water Sector Improvement Project when project is over

India fails to curb tobacco use, report

Poor enforcement of laws and affordability of tobacco products are blamed

Radio collars of 6 cheetahs removed at Kuno National Park

The collars were blamed for deaths of 2 cheetahs translocated from Namibia and South Africa to Kuno

As told to Parliament (March 24, 2021): No green aviation policy drawn up

All that was discussed in the House through the day

How robust is India’s tiger census?

Government officials and independent experts help decode the riddle of tiger estimation

To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie