Tamil Nadu

Pichavaram mangrove forest, Kollidam river, Vellar river, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Irula tribe, scheduled tribe, MG Ramachandran, 2004 tsunami, climate change, sea level rise, sedimentation, freshwater, fishing, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,

They Helped the Forest Grow. But in the Face of Climate Change, They’re Helpless.

Nidhi Jamwal 19/01/2019

The Pichavaram mangrove forest near Chidambaram, Cuddalore, is the...

sand mines

Vast Amounts of Illegally Mined Atomic Mineral Found in Tamil Nadu

Sandhya Ravishankar 12/01/2019

A court-ordered report has raised red flags over stocks...

Indian mongoose, mongoose hair, mongoose hairbrush, Irulas, Narikuravar, Gond tribe, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, Meerut, Wildlife Trust of India, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, CITES Agreement, Wildlife Protection Act 1972,

As Trade in Mongoose Hair Burgeons, Officials Rush to Cut off Supply

Rishika Pardikar 09/01/2019

Consumer awareness hasn’t caught up to the fact that...

FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard outside a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources in Thoothukudi in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, May 28, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Sudarshan Varadhan/File Photo

NGT Sets Aside Tamil Nadu Govt’s Order Shutting Down Vedanta Copper Plant

Sudarshan Varadhan 15/12/2018

The decision came months after it was ordered shut...

Cyclone Gaja, Cauvery delta, paddy crop, rice cultivation, cottage industries, kuruvai, Cauvery river, Cauvery dispute, coconut groves, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Chennai, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Chola Empire, Harichandra river, farmer suicides, farmers march, Tamil Nadu

Cyclone Gaja Was a National Disaster – Don’t Let State Apathy Suggest Otherwise

Poonkuzhali and Kavin Malar 15/12/2018

If Gaja is treated – and dismissed – as...

Thoothukudi, Tuticorin, Sterlite copper, copper smelting, chimney stack, greenbelt, environmental impact assessment, air quality index, sulphur dioxide, SIPCOT industrial estate, SIPCOT, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, National Air Monitoring Program,

NGT Committee Finds Sterlite Violated Laws but Pleads for Leniency

Nityanand Jayaraman 06/12/2018

Even though there is no dispute that an offence...

5G wireless, 4G wireless, 4G data, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI, ICNIRP, IARC, WHO INTERPHONE, Interphone study, cellphone radiation, weather forecasting, insects, Rajinikanth 2.0, Céline Fremault, American Cancer Society, US National Toxicology Program, schwannoma, glioma, brain tumours, electromagnetic radiation, tissue heating, AIIMS, carcinogens,

Rajinikanth’s ‘2.0’ Should Encourage Questions, Not Paranoia, About Phone Radiation

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/11/2018

'2.0' wades into a swamp of issues and could...