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Rich Countries' Proposal Can Block India, Pakistan From Accessing Loss and Damage Fund

The G20 Declaration significantly focused on Climate Finance! But rich nations' agenda threatens to prevent India from seeking money for climate related losses.

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Mrinali K.

September 7, 2023

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Purse Seine Ban in Tamil Nadu: A conflict over Coastal Resources

Fisherfolk's Livelihoods in Jeopardy as Purse Seine Ban takes effect in Tamil Nadu

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Jeff Joseph

September 7, 2023

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Purse-seiners, trawlers, and the epic fight over fishing in Tamil Nadu

A ban on purse-seine fishing in Tamil Nadu has threatened thousands of fishers’ livelihoods – and they are refusing to give up without a fight

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Jeff Joseph

September 6, 2023

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Nuh Demolition Drive: A campaign that became a proof of government autocracy by ignoring court orders and legal process!

Haryana has claimed in the High Court that its demolition drive in Nuh was only against unauthorized constructions, but the facts suggest otherwise.

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Sukriti Vatsa & Priyansha Chauhan

September 3, 2023

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Nuh demolitions: Bulldozer might is right

Even court directions were ignored in the frenzy to raze ‘unauthorised construction’ in Haryana's Nuh. On whose orders?

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Sukriti Vats & Priyansha Chouhan

September 1, 2023

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Nuh's Bulldozer Raj: Overturned Court Judgments and Statutes

The complaint is a well-planned bulldozer campaign against a section

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Sukriti Vats & Priyansha Chouhan

August 26, 2023

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How the demolition drive in Nuh went against court orders and due procedures

Haryana has claimed in the High Court that its demolition drive in Nuh was only against unauthorised constructions, but facts show otherwise.

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SUKRITI VATS,PRIYANSHA CHOUHAN

August 24, 2023

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Residents of Gunduribadi in Odisha’s Nayagarh district roam the nearby forests as they map the traditional boundary of their village in 2022.
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Odisha’s ‘zero villages’ continue to struggle for benefits of welfare schemes

Odisha’s forest villages have been engaged in a struggle with the government for over two years to be recognised as revenue villages.

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Aishwarya Mohanty

July 12, 2023

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Rich Countries Continue To Dilute Responsibility as World Looks To Set New Climate Finance Goal

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Mrinali K

June 10, 2023

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Tribals in Kerala’s Attappady Want Their Land Back
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Swindled by State Inaction: Tribals in Kerala’s Attappady Want Their Land Back

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Jeff Joseph

June 1, 2023

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After PMO’s Intervention, Power Ministry Drops the Idea of Decentralising Carbon Markets in India

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

May 17, 2023

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Women left homeless in the Tughlakabad demolitions sit in protest, with a sign referencing the BJP’s slogan “jahan jhuggi wahan makan”/ TUGHLAKABAD RESIDENTS
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Field Notes: Fear & Fury In Delhi’s Demolition Sites

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Mukta Joshi & Prudhviraj Rupavath

May 17, 2023

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A power company illegally erected wind mills on tribal land in the Attappady Hills. The state government ordered the company to withdraw from there but that order has not yet been implemented.
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केरल में अपनी ही जमीन से क्यों बेदखल किए जा रहे हैं ये आदिवासी

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Jeff Joseph

May 16, 2023

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Atta ur Rehman, a tailor and resident of New Delhi’s Tughlakabad basti, amidst the remains of his demolished home, built 11 years ago
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Thousands Traumatised In New Delhi: As Law Is Ignored, Homes & Lives Are Torn Apart For G20 Summit

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Prudhviraj Rupavath, Mukta Joshi

May 7, 2023

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Energy major Suzlon has set up windmills on leased tribal land in Nallasingha village of Attappady block of Kerala. A high-level government committee has asked the land to be returned to the tribal people.
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Displaced by settlers: Tribal communities in Kerala’s Attappady block are being alienated from their land

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Jeff Joseph

April 16, 2023

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After High Court Verdict, Thousands Fear Homelessness, As Dehradun Government Begins Illegal Evictions

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Mukta Joshi

March 6, 2023

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Tribal Panel Invokes Special Powers to Evaluate States’ Implementation of Forest Rights Act

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

February 27, 2023

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Farmers in Ramod village in Kotda Sangani tehsil in the western Gujarat district of Rajkot. They have filed complaints seeking corrections in their land titles, which they say are erroneous.
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How Gujarat’s Rural Land Digitisation Programme Was Botched, Starting A Fresh Trail Of Land Litigation

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

December 8, 2022

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Future adrift: India’s Indigenous Meitei lose floating homestays

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Mukta Joshi

December 6, 2022

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A security personnel stands guard next to a COP27 sign at the COP27 climate summit venue in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 20, 2022.
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The Five Upshots of COP27 – and Its Principal Triumph

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Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 23, 2022

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COP27: Adaptation Draft Text Drops Equity, Science Over Poorer Countries’ Protests

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Mrinali K

November 18, 2022

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COP27: Poorer Countries Seek Bold Action, Richer Countries Try to Stall and Delay

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Radhika Chatterjee

November 17, 2022

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How Tamil Nadu has denied its forest dwellers their land rights

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Jeff Joseph

November 16, 2022

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“जलवायु परिवर्तन सम्मेलन में हमारी नज़र विकसित देशों पर है जो अपने वादों से पीछे हट रहे हैं”

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Mrinali K

November 14, 2022

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COP27: “Our focus at COP27 is developed countries backtracking on their Mitigation Commitments”

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Mrinali K

November 14, 2022

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COP27: After Missing Funds Promise, US Asks Countries To Ask Private Sector

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Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 12, 2022

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Developed Countries Plan To Continue Using Carbon Space of Developing Countries

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Radhika Chatterjee

November 11, 2022

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Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

November 10, 2022

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Forest Rights Act: Over 1.6M Families Face Threat of Eviction From Forest Land

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

November 8, 2022

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COP27 : Five issues that could see developed and developing nations locking horns over

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Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 4, 2022

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गुना में जहाँ ज़मीन के लिए महिला को ज़िंदा जलाया गया, वहां सैकड़ों आदिवासियों की जमीनों पर है अवैध कब्ज़ा

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Satish Bhartiya

November 1, 2022

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After Tall Speeches, UK Defaults on $288M Committed to Green Climate Fund

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Mrinali K

October 21, 2022

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Net Zero Targets: A Shot In The Dark At Mitigating Climate Change

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Radhika Chatterjee

October 21, 2022

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क्लाइमेट फाइनेंस की अस्पष्ट परिभाषा से विकासशील देशों के लिए दिक्कत

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Mrinali K

October 14, 2022

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Developing Nations Battle For Clarity As Climate Finance Remains Inadequate

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Mrinali K

October 7, 2022

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A map of Manuguru town. The push for urban local bodies in Fifth Schedule areas such as Manuguru undermines the right to local self-governance guaranteed by the Constitution.
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Are tribal panchayats in protected areas being illegally converted to municipalities?

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Anmol Gupta & Jeff Joseph

September 22, 2022

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A Decade Of Resisting Law That Gives Adivasis Rights Over Forests = Climate Disasters For Himachal Pradesh

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Manshi Asher

September 21, 2022

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सागर जिले के केवलारी कलां गांव के गणेश चढ़ार जिनकी 2.47 एकड़ जमीन अभी तक कंप्यूटरीकृत नहीं हुई
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मध्य प्रदेश में भूमि रिकॉर्ड में गड़बड़ी, दलितों-आदिवासियों की जमीन दूसरों के नाम

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Satish Bhartiya

September 2, 2022

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How Poor Implementation of FRA Deprives Tamil Nadu's Irulas of Livelihood

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Jeff Joseph

August 23, 2022

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सरकार आदिवासियों और जंगल में रहने वालों की मर्जी के बिना वनों को काटने की स्वीकृति देने जा रही है

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Mukta Joshi, Nitin Sethi

July 7, 2022

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Government to approve cutting down of forests without consent from tribals and forest dwellers

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Mukta Joshi & Nitin Sethi

July 6, 2022

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How are Chhattisgarh’s tribals fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?

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Pragathi Ravi

June 26, 2022

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Researchers at WII Fear for Academic Freedom With New Govt Interference

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June 10, 2022

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How the fight against a pipeline in Kerala travelled downstream

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Jeff Joseph

May 18, 2022

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[विश्लेषण] अंधाधुंध हो रही जंगलों की कटाई लेकिन इसकी वित्तीय कीमत बढ़ाने को लेकर परहेज

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Mrinali K

April 27, 2022

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[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

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April 26, 2022

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Despite BJP's Claims, Jahangirpuri Demolitions Were Far From a Legitimate Anti-Encroachment Drive

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Anmol Gupta, Jeff Joseph and Mukta Joshi

April 21, 2022

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Telangana govt stalls Podu land scrutiny: Nearly one lakh Adivasis hit

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April 9, 2022

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India’s push to resettle Kashmiri Hindus exposes old fault lines

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Ashutosh Sharma

April 1, 2022

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Manipur’s BJP-Led Government Evaded The Law, Misled Court For Two Mega-Projects

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Mukta Joshi

February 21, 2022

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Months Before Polls, Uttarakhand Govt Made Mining Easier In State Ravaged By Landslides, Deforestation

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

February 14, 2022

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विश्लेषण: पिछले दो साल में नागालैंड राज्य के बराबर जंगल हुए ‘खराब’

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

January 30, 2022

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[Analysis] Indian Forests Around The Size Of Nagaland, Thinned Down In Two Years

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January 27, 2022

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Denied Lawful Compensation For Land Acquired for Noida Airport, Farmers Contest Modi’s Claims

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January 6, 2022

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How The Government Buried The Idea Of A Land Reforms Policy

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October 30, 2021

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Drones To Resolve Rural Land Disputes: A Modi Govt Plan Spawns New Quarrels

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Prudhviraj Rupavath

October 13, 2021

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In ‘World’s Largest’ Lift Irrigation Project, Telangana Govt Violates Land Acquisition Laws

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September 15, 2021

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A Protest In West Bihar Shows How Unsurveyed Land Leaves Residents Vulnerable

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Nihar Gokhale

August 27, 2021

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Clearance For A Jammu Dam Reveals How Fake Govt Claims Deprive India’s Tribals Of Legal Rights

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August 19, 2021

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A U-turn On An Elephant Reserve, A Bonanza for Coal Miners

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Nihar Gokhale

August 7, 2021

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उत्तराखंड: जंगल बचाने वाले ग्रामीणों का जंगल पर ही नहीं है कोई हक

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Varsha Singh

August 4, 2021

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In Crucial Verdict, Supreme Court Allows TN To Acquire Land Using State Laws, Not LARR

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Nihar Gokhale

July 24, 2021

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Centre's Plans To Link Aadhaar With Land Records Moves A Step Closer To Reality

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Nihar Gokhale

July 15, 2021

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As Mining Returns To Ballari, Farmers Have Nowhere To Turn

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Mohit M Rao

June 26, 2021

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Is Uttarakhand Abusing Disaster Management Laws To Allow Rampant Riverbed Mining?

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Mukta Joshi

June 17, 2021

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Losing Ground - The Uncounted Costs Of Coastal Erosion

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Nihar Gokhale

May 31, 2021

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Govt Ignored NTCA Warning That Sagarmala Plan Is Bad For Western Ghats Biodiversity

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Nihar Gokhale

April 27, 2021

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Laws And Court Orders Say Delhi’s Ponds, Lakes Shouldn’t Disappear. They Do.

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Flavia Lopes

April 22, 2021

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India’s Slow Race To An E-Bus Future

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Bhasker Tripathi

April 19, 2021

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A Year After Delhi Riots, Muslim Families Are Selling Homes And Moving Out

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Flavia Lopes

April 7, 2021

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Draft Amendment To Forest Conservation Act May Dilute Protection To Forests

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Nihar Gokhale & Mukta Joshi

March 25, 2021

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International Org Questions India Decision To Dilute Coal Plants’ Pollution Norms

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Bhasker Tripathi

March 16, 2021

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Can Forest Clearance Grantees Have Their Names Added In Record Of Rights, MoEF&CC Asks States

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Nihar Gokhale & Mukta Joshi

March 11, 2021

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Rich, Upper-Caste Land Owners Will Benefit Most In MP Land Scheme

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Mridula Chari

March 2, 2021

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An Impending SC Judgment Can Change How Land Rights Are Seen Countrywide

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March 2, 2021

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Govt Land Barter Deal Dodges The Law, Benefits The Rich

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March 1, 2021

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In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour Of Industry Over Farmers

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February 10, 2021

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Why UP Govt Filed 25 Criminal Cases Against This Dalit Farmer

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December 29, 2020

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Himachal Dam Evacuees Wait 50 Years For Rehabilitation

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Nihar Gokhale

December 23, 2020

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Critical Wildlife Habitats Advisory Augurs Future Conflicts in National Parks

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December 11, 2020

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How Urbanisation Went Wrong In Delhi's Lal Dora Villages

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November 17, 2020

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Mega Airport Plans, But A Pittance For Farmers

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October 30, 2020

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Why Telangana’s Move To Formalise Land Records Could Leave Small Farmers Vulnerable

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October 23, 2020

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Violating Own Laws, Govt Set To Allow 12 New Western Ghat Projects

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September 24, 2020

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How Solar Farms Fuel Land Conflicts

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September 21, 2020

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Under Cover Of Covid, India’s Poor Are Homeless

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June 18, 2020

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How the ‘Orange Areas’ Dispute in Central India Leaves Dalit, Adivasi Farmers Without Land Rights

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March 23, 2020

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Ground Report: As A Railway Line Grows, A River in Manipur Is Fighting For Survival

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Makepeace Sitlhou

February 24, 2020

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Ground Report: A Pending Railway Project Has Manipur Villages Living in Fear

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February 21, 2020

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Homeless In Delhi: This Election, Former Nomads Are Asking For A Tiny Piece Of Land

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February 7, 2020

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States Dither As Displaced Chhattisgarh Tribals Seek Land Rights In Andhra, Telangana

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November 20, 2019

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How Maharashtra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu Use Outdated State Laws To Acquire Land

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October 9, 2019

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Centre Fills Up Sardar Sarovar Dam Even As State Warns Thousands Still In Submergence Area

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Nihar Gokhale

September 7, 2019

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As SC Hearing Nears, Adivasis Recall Evictions That Led To Forest Law

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July 22, 2019

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Dalit Battles For Promised Lands Rage Across India

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June 7, 2019

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Tribals Invented Sev 200 Years Ago. Now, Sev Makers Are Evicting Them

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April 1, 2019

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As Supreme Court Stays Eviction Of 9.5 Million Forest Dwellers, Here’s How States Illegally Rejected Land Claims

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March 2, 2019

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Government, Industries Nationwide Dodge Law, Take Over Forest Land Without Consent Of Tribal Communities

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Manira Chaudhary

January 5, 2019

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$6.5bn Afforestation Fund Has Pitted Forest Depts Against Tribals, Again

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Bhasker Tripathi

November 24, 2018

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In Lush, Prosperous Goa, The Growth Of Luxury Hotels–Up 170% In 10 Years–Is Sparking Conflict

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November 10, 2018

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How Govts Across India Are Violating Forest Rights

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March 22, 2018

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