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Mullaperiyar: Dam nuisance
A lifeline for Tamil Nadu is now life-threatening in Kerala. K.A. Shaji explores arguments for and against a new dam K.A. Shaji Published: 30 Aug 2026, 4:05 PM Ever heard of Colonel John Pennycuick? You’ll find a statue of him in faraway Surrey — donated by Tamil Nadu. It was the then M.K. Stalin government…
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Michael A. McCarthy 13 November 2024Ideas Trump’s crushing victory over Harris casts serious doubt on one of the darling concepts of American political science: ‘polarization’. As of the latest count, Trump won the popular vote by over 3.5 million, capturing most swing states and flipping those that went for Biden in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan,…
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An interview with Gary Gerstle A pedestrian walks by the remains of the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan, 2008. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Neoliberalism may not be dead, but it is no longer the unquestioned ideology of our time. That leaves a huge opening for those on the Left who want to…
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Hydropower projects worth over Rs 70,000 crore at risk due to extreme weather in Uttarakhand: Report
The assessment was based on a case study of the 2021 flash floods in Chamoli district, which destroyed the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydroelectric facility. Scroll Staff Yesterday · 04:51 pmUpdated Yesterday · 04:52 pm Extreme weather events in Uttarakhand could potentially destroy or seriously delay hydroelectric power plants worth Rs 70,150 crore, suggests a report released on…
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Instead of solving the problems of the majority, the ‘far right of a special type’ – a right that is intimately tied to liberalism – cultivates a politics of anger. 14 November 2024 Boris Taslitzky (France), Le petit camp à Buchenwald (The Small Camp of Buchenwald), 1945. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for…
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Anand Teltumbde 10/Nov/2024 The insinuation of Gandhi’s association with “Urban Naxals” aligns with efforts to delegitimise dissent or progressive discourse by linking them to anti-state element Rahul Gandhi holding up the Constitution of India and a picture of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Photo: X/@RahulGandhi On November 7, 2024, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis accused Lok Sabha leader…
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