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Supreme Court's Anti-Environment Tilt Sparks Outrage (2026)
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1010+ words) Frontline Magazine Development versus the environment and the Supreme Court A fresh environmental clearance issued in 2025 for Pipavav port, after earlier approvals lapsed and were extended, is now being contested by residents who cite ecological and livelihood concerns. Published: May…...
Namami Gange and the Ganga Cleaning Mission's Hidden Cost: Displacing Riverbank Communities
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (95+ words) Even as the government claims progress under Namami Gange, pollution spikes at Prayagraj and aggressive riverfront development have pushed Nishad, Mallah, Kewat and Bind communities out of livelihoods tied to the Ganga....
NGT Puts Adani, Birla and Tata Firms Under Scrutiny for Illegal Limestone Sourcing
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (20+ words) NGT probes whether top cement and chemical firms in Gujarat promoted illegal limestone mining by buying from mines lacking clearances....
Supreme Court's Anti-Environment Tilt Sparks Outrage (2026) - Frontline
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1386+ words) Supreme Court's Anti-Environment Tilt Sparks Outrage (2026) Frontline Magazine...
Inside Subodh Gupta's largest-ever solo exhibition in Mumbai
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (614+ words) Frontline Magazine...
Romila Thapar on her memoir, Hindutva, and India's plurality
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (234+ words) Frontline Magazine I have found Indian culture and society to be a marvellously plural society: Romila Thapar The historian discusses her memoir, travels, attacks by the Hindu right, and how majoritarian nationalism seeks to impose a singular past on India....
The opposition gets the government it deserves (2026)
4+ hour ago (223+ words) Published: May 18, 2026 12: 39 IST - 7 MINS READ Gandhi's post was a break from the past, for he hadn't ticked off his party leaders for publicly rejoicing over the AAP's defeat in Delhi in 2025. As in West Bengal, so in Delhi, the downfall…...
Chalam Bennurakar and the Documentary Politics of Silence
18+ hour, 58+ min ago (383+ words) Published: May 17, 2026 18: 54 IST - 17 MINS READ Chalam Bennurakar was an Indian documentary filmmaker whose best-known work, Kutty Japanin Kuzhandaigal, documented child labour in Sivakasi's match and fireworks factories in Tamil Nadu. Also Read | What can a martyr's documentary tell Bangladesh about…...
How Women Voters Are Reshaping Assembly Election Outcomes in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Assam
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (317+ words) Published: May 16, 2026 14: 46 IST - 6 MINS READ The recently concluded Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and West Bengal reaffirm a well-established feature: women form a large, active, and electorally consequential segment of the electorate. In these elections, too, women's turnout…...
How Vijay's TVK Pulled Off a Stunning Tamil Nadu Breakthrough
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (524+ words) Published: May 16, 2026 14: 58 IST - 5 MINS READ The post-poll data from Polls Map, an independent polling, survey and research firm, suggests that the result was shaped by a strong anti-incumbency sentiment. At the same time, the party appears to have benefited from…...