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Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer lo...

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Energy Matters | March 2025

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” ...

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Port Development or Mass Destruction of Fisherfolk Livelihoods? | Vikas Tandel

At a Press Conference held in Delhi, organised by Delhi Solidarity Group, fisherfolk from Uttara Kannada district of ...

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Trump’s Tariffs, India’s Silence | Finance Matters, 11 April 2025 | Editorial

Harsher tariffs, trade bullying, and open disregard for international cooperation mark Trump’s new term. This come...

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The Paradox of India’s Fuel Pricing | Finance Matters, 04 April 2025 | Editorial

The Union government shocked everyone by raising the price of domestic LPG and the excise taxes on petrol and diesel at ...

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Waste Incineration-Zero Pollution or Zero Truth?

A report on the alarmingly high levels of heavy metal contamination and other violations by the waste incinerator In Man...

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Energy Matters | February 2025

Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants...

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India’s Financial Institutions and the Climate Catastrophe | Editorial | | Finance Matters, 21 March 2025

February 2025 was the hottest since 1901, and the warming trend is only intensifying. The IMD data confirms what scienti...

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After the 2023 Disaster, Another One in the Making? | Mayalmit Lepcha

More than a year after the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) wiped out Teesta III, the government wants to rebuild t...

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Joshimath Continues to Sink! | Atul Sati on Ongoing Land Subsidence Crisis

More than two years after Joshimath started to ‘sink’, the pilgrimage town continues to experience cr...

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April 24, 2025

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Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer look shows something very different. This law isn’t about keeping our data safe—it’s about keeping the public in the dark. For nearly two decades, the Right to Information (RTI...

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April 22, 2025

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Energy Matters | March 2025

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” in the United States. He promoted coal as a beautiful, clean, reliable, durable, secure, powerful, cheap, incredibly efficient, high-density, and almost indestructible form of ener...

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March 11, 2026

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Port Development or Mass Destruction of Fisherfolk Livelihoods? | Vikas Tandel

At a Press Conference held in Delhi, organised by Delhi Solidarity Group, fisherfolk from Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka shared how they the massive port construction spree under the Sagarmala push threatens their fishing grounds, and may prove ‘genocidal’ for their livelihoods ...

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April 16, 2025

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Trump’s Tariffs, India’s Silence | Finance Matters, 11 April 2025 | Editorial

Harsher tariffs, trade bullying, and open disregard for international cooperation mark Trump’s new term. This comes at a time when the world is already struggling—with wars, the aftershocks of the pandemic, and growing inequality. Instead of helping to heal the system, Trump is deepening the c...

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April 10, 2025

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The Paradox of India’s Fuel Pricing | Finance Matters, 04 April 2025 | Editorial

The Union government shocked everyone by raising the price of domestic LPG and the excise taxes on petrol and diesel at a time when oil prices worldwide have fallen sharply. On April 8, even under the Ujjwala program for the poor, the excise duty on both fuels was increased by ₹2 per litre, and th...

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April 1, 2025

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Waste Incineration-Zero Pollution or Zero Truth?

A report on the alarmingly high levels of heavy metal contamination and other violations by the waste incinerator In Manali, Chennai. An incinerator is basically a furnace for burning waste. The “green” incinerator in Manali, Chennai installed by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) claims to burn ...

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March 27, 2025

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Energy Matters | February 2025

Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants in Gujarat. Due to tremendous on-ground resistance, multiple follow-up letters and CSO engagement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) board, the World Bank has withdr...

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March 25, 2025

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India’s Financial Institutions and the Climate Catastrophe | Editorial | | Finance Matters, 21 March 2025

February 2025 was the hottest since 1901, and the warming trend is only intensifying. The IMD data confirms what scientists have warned for years—climate change is no longer a distant threat but an active economic and financial disruptor. The rise in nighttime temperatures is particularly alarming, ...

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March 11, 2026

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After the 2023 Disaster, Another One in the Making? | Mayalmit Lepcha

More than a year after the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) wiped out Teesta III, the government wants to rebuild the dam. Mayalmit Lepcha asks the tough questions: Why are we rebuilding the dam in the face of escalating climate risks such as expanding glacial lakes? Why are financial instituti...

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March 11, 2026

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Joshimath Continues to Sink! | Atul Sati on Ongoing Land Subsidence Crisis

More than two years after Joshimath started to ‘sink’, the pilgrimage town continues to experience cracks, sinkholes, submergence – putting at risk life and property of citizens, even as government seems to have learnt no lessons.🎙️ Atul Sati, peoples’ rights activist ...

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