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Sterlite Doesn’t Have a Trust Deficit – But Deficits of Legality and Design

Nityanand Jayaraman 26/01/2022

The British multinational company Vedanta Resources has launched an...

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Public Health: Why We Need To Know What Caused the Eluru ‘Mystery Illness’

V. Ramana Dhara 17/01/2022

In December 2020, the population of Eluru town experienced...

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To Ban or Not to Ban: Of ‘Green’ Firecrackers, Fake QR Codes and CBI Inquiries

Jyoti Pande Lavakare 03/11/2021

No firecracker can be truly green because the point...

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New Govt Data Points To Dangerous Groundwater Pollution in Punjab

Vivek Gupta 22/08/2021

More than half of Punjab's districts have reported dangerous...

Untreated sewage from a residential area flows into the Ganges river in Mirzapur, India. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Lockdown Reduced Heavy Metal Levels in Ganga by 50%: IIT Kanpur Study

The Wire Staff 11/02/2021

Levels of dissolved heavy elements in Ganga River decreased...

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For Developing Countries, More Solar Power – and More Lead Contamination

Anuradha Varanasi 04/06/2020

In India, tens of millions of households remain without...

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India’s Rivers Are Contaminated By Heavy Metals, Study Finds

The Wire Staff 13/12/2019

While some amount of metals in drinking water is...