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Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But…

Lakhan Oraon, a construction worker in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, has plans to visit his hometown in Lohardaga, west of Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand, only in December this year around the time of Christmas. The first phase of Assembly elections in the state is scheduled to begin on Wednesday,…

Great work on Hafta, NL team! I’ve been going through several of the archives that are available on video. 

The US presidential elections are done and dusted. We in India can now go back to our own election season, with the impending elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand at the end of this month.

Over the past few years, several renewable energy projects in western Rajasthan have run into trouble with local communities trying to claim government land as oran – parcels used for grazing with perceived cultural and religious significance. This week, a 600-MW solar project by Adani Green Energy Limited has found…

केरल हाईकोर्ट ने कहा कि मीडिया की अभिव्यक्ति की आजादी को किसी नागरिक की गरिमा, प्रतिष्ठा और गोपनीयता के अधिकार से ज्यादा तवज्जो नहीं दी जा सकती, खासकर आपराधिक मामलों की रिपोर्टिंग करते समय. लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, अदालत का कहना है कि केवल एक निर्णायक प्राधिकारी ही…

The Kerala High Court has held that the media’s freedom of speech cannot override a citizen’s right to dignity, reputation, and privacy, especially when reporting on an ongoing criminal case. The court said that only an adjudicatory authority can pronounce the guilt or innocence of an accused, LiveLaw reported. 

In tracing the literary journey of a language, some landmarks stand out for what they mean for the language’s possibilities. Others are notable for how they mirror the time and space in which they are rooted.

The proposed Adani redevelopment project in Dharavi has become a contentious issue in Maharashtra’s high-decibel poll campaign. Amid the opposition’s allegations of the Adani Group being given preferential treatment under the NDA government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has promised to scrap the Dharavi project and this is gradually…