-The Hindu Takes suo motu cognisance of article in The Hindu, makes it part of case records Chennai (Tamil Nadu): The Madras High Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of a news article titled ‘India’s Missing Children’ that appeared in the Sunday Magazine section of The Hindu on August 12 and made it a part of the official records of a batch of cases being heard by the court in connection...
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Climate change affecting hydro-power generation in India: study -Dinesh C Sharma
-The Hindu Business Line A new study has suggested that the government must consider changes occurring due to climate change while planning new hydropower projects. The generation of hydropower from top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades. Future projected climate change may also hit reservoir operation for power generation from these projects, says the study done by researchers from the Indian Institute...
More »Uttar Pradesh encounter deaths: Similar words used in several FIRs, reports The Indian Express
-Scroll.in The newspaper analysed FIRs for 20 of the 63 encounter deaths since the Bharatiya Janata Party came into power in the state. Similar words and patterns can be seen in the police’s description of the circumstances surrounding several encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017, an analysis of 20 First Information Reports by The Indian Express showed. The state police has controversially gunned down 63 alleged criminals and injured 584...
More »Modi govt: Don't quote report that showed higher GDP growth under UPA than NDA -Mahua Venkatesh
-ThePrint.in Report by government-backed panel has pegged average growth under UPA at 8%, higher than that during 4 years under NDA. New Delhi: The Modi government has said that a GDP report that showed higher growth during the UPA years than under four years of NDA rule is only a draft and “should not be quoted anywhere”. The back-series GDP growth report was published on the website of the Ministry of Statistics and...
More »Kerala floods: The inundation of Kochi airport was a disaster waiting to happen -Mridula Chari
-Scroll.in A creek from the Periyar river was diverted when the airport – shut till August 26 – was built. As heavy rain continues to lash Kerala, the government announced on Thursday that the flooded Cochin International Airport would remain closed until August 26. The international airports in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts will accommodate the traffic from Kochi, which is Kerala’s largest airport. The state is in the grip of what has...
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