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Sterlite Industry in Tuticorin: Exploding Discontent

Above: Cops lathicharge protesters in Tuticorin on May 22/Photo: UNI Massive protests in Tuticorin are the culmination of environmental damage by a polluting company which received clearances from...

Preserving the Taj Mahal: A Herculean Task!

Taj Mahal needs experts from different fields to restore it to its pristine beauty rather than a bureaucrat-ridden and ignorant ASI, which was pulled up by the Supreme Court recently ~By Darryl D’M...

Illegal Sprawl in Nainital: Paving Paradise

Above: (L to R) Taxis parked outside a hotel in Nainital/Photo Courtesy: www.bcmtouring.com There is much angst over a court directive that only after tourists using private vehicles give proof of ...

Illegal Sprawl: “City Beautiful” Turns Ugly

Above: Parking is now a messy affair in Chandigarh, sans any discipline/Photo Courtesy: hellotricity.in Chandigarh is witnessing a construction spree as it is being converted into a Metropolis and ...

No Right to Education

Above: Children in a classroom at a private school in UP. Enrolment of weaker section kids is far from satisfactory Private schools in the country are guilty of ignoring the Right to Education Act ...

Lessons Not Learnt

Above: Young school children carrying heavy bags/Photo: UNI The HRD ministry’s move to ease the burden of students has drawn flak from educationists who say this will not make them globally compete...

Meet Sophia and SAM

Above: Sophia is the world’s first robot citizen in Saudi Arabia With the creation of the first robot citizen and AI-powered virtual politician, will the rights and duties of humans be transferred ...

National Law University Protests: Campus on the Boil

NLIU students in Bhopal raise placards to highlight their protest Students of this prestigious university in Bhopal are up in arms and one of their main grouses is against the director, whom they a...

Punishment in Schools: A “Detention” Room for Students?

This controversial rule of some schools could well go against the Juvenile Justice Act and invite legal action ~By Sujit Bhar Schools and their rules have come under the radar after the gruesome...

Punjab Land Preservation Act: Landing in Controversy

Above:Most of the Aravalli ranges are protected by the PLPA. Photo: Kh Manglembi Devi The move by the Haryana government to amend the Act creates a storm, with environmentalists saying it will be a...

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