OPEN TO OPINION
Assistant Editor, DailyO
ART & CULTURE
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Stifling song: You may disagree with TM Krishna's views. But you cannot stifle his singing
Love him, hate him, disagree with his secularism, troll him for his views — T M Krishna cannot be gagged or ignored
SCI-TECH
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44 Years. 60 per cent. How humanity destroyed three-fifth of all vertebrate wildlife between 1970 and 2014
Our increasing reliance on natural systems has made it clear that nature is not just a ‘nice to have’. The deadline for active conservation was yesterday.
VARIETY
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National Waterways is all set to bid a tricolour adieu to the Gangetic Dolphins
The National Aquatic Animal edges closer to extinction with the National Waterway 1 becoming the new pride of the nation
VARIETY
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The Supreme Court asks Centre to start Project Leopard. After our tiger tales, we can only hold our breath
With poachers being exonerated, man-wildlife conflict rising and the habitat degrading, are we turning deaf to the rapidly muting roars of the big cats?
LIFE
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Want to continue living in Delhi? Then stop breathing!
Why, post-Diwali, Dante's seven circles of hell are in Delhi?
VARIETY
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Tiger Zinda Hai - not. Let us not mourn Avni too soon. We have a lot more tigers to mourn in the near future
Tiger habitat in principle cleared near Nagpur for defence product manufactures. Where will the tigers go? Who cares?
SCI-TECH
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Air pollution is hurting us. But while threatening private car usage, why are we overlooking the bikes that contribute the most?
Move aside, trucks - you are exonerated of the sin of polluting Delhi. It's bikes that need to be banned.
SCI-TECH
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Air pollution won't just choke India's lungs; it will also crush its stomach, say experts
Pollution is killing thousands of India's children even before they see their fifth birthday. But while the government inaugurates statues, it seems to be missing the poison in the air.
VARIETY
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Stop the shame, China! The lifting of the ban on using tiger and rhino parts is a call for their extinction
China legalises the use of tiger bones and rhino horns for "medicinal purposes". This is a death sentence for the animals. Apart from poaching, this will also spur terrorism and the narcotics trade.
SCI-TECH
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