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18-45 Age Group Accounted for 51% of COVID-19 Spike in Tamil Nadu

Five districts including Chennai and Coimbatore accounted for the...

Cyclone Nivar in Chennai

As Cyclone Nivar Hits Tamil Nadu, Farmers, Fisherfolk Remember Gaja

Nalini Ravichandran 25/11/2020

They are still counting their losses from 2018, with...

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TN Govt’s Bill to Protect Cauvery Delta Makes the Right Noises, Not Much Else

Aditya Ramesh and Senthil Babu 07/03/2020

The Bill foregrounds large-scale protests in the Cauvery delta...

Residents fill their vessels with potable water from a hand pump at Marina beach, in Chennai on June 20. Photo: PTI

For Chennai, ‘Unless It Rains, Things Are Not Going to Be Normal’

Kavitha Muralidharan 24/06/2019

As Tamil Nadu's Dravidian parties bicker over what needs...

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Gaja: When a Cyclone’s Wake Is Worse Than the Cyclone Itself

Aparna Shukla 02/06/2019

One structural barrier to improving disaster resilience is the...

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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...