Unanswered questions: Why did SECI give up its land even after the defence min eased rules at its request? How did Adani group know the land would become available, that rules had been eased? Why did the Gujarat govt award the massive tract to Adani?

Himachal’s forest department brings some relief to pastoralists, bars plantations on their routes. But experts say this isn’t enough, that such orders should build on frameworks such as the FRA to truly help them in the long term. @_Vaishnavi_R reports:

The first story, by @sighyush, in a fascinating new series looking at the rise in cybercrime in India. Traces links to a complex international crime web worth tens of billions of dollars, with powerful players, “scam compounds” and trafficked workers.

For years, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has tried to relocate forest dwellers from tiger areas. A renewed push last year raises concerns again that such moves will trample on people’s rights over forests: @_Vaishnavi_R reports:

Kerala has a rich history of left movements and organisations. But through the years, women have struggled to be heard and represented in them. @Johanna_Deeksha reports on the women who tackled the problem head-on:

Last year, more than 40 workers from Jharkhand found themselves stranded in Cameroon without water to drink or money to buy food. @knowleena reports on their harrowing stories, and on a lacuna in Indian emigration laws:

The lack of regulations for psychological counselling in India leaves the field open for numerous unqualified and untrained individuals, including “mental health influencers”. @knowleena reports for Common Ground:

Chilling story, in which the reporter discovers the body of a man killed in an encounter, and the official death toll is increased by one. The rest of the official version is also riddled with strange inconsistencies of time and place.

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“Don’t get lost and reach the old lady’s house again. She’s looking for a girl to get married to her son.” The first of Scroll’s backstory series this year. @_Vaishnavi_R gets lost in the mountains in search of an interview:

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Police say a woman constable in Hyderabad may have been murdered over a property dispute, not because she married a Dalit man. But her husband showed @Johanna_Deeksha a copy of a 2017 gift deed in which she gave her share of property to the same brother.

Jharkhand’s Asur community sometimes comes into the spotlight for its cultural beliefs, which contrast with mainstream Hinduism. Meanwhile, the community’s lands are exploited for profit and its members live in extreme deprivation. @knowleena reports:

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COP summits have largely overlooked the problems of a key demographic affected by climate change: the urban poor. But young activists are determined to build bridges between their ground-level problems and global resources. @mercyaustin56 reports:

Great Nicobar is home to rich wildlife endemic to the island. Experts warn that the massive development project planned on it could mean doom for this fauna, including sub-species of the megapode bird and the long-tailed macaque. @_Vaishnavi_R reports:

A Rs 36,000-crore port is the biggest part of the planned development project on Great Nicobar. But, experts warn, its distance from the Indian mainland and competition from Singapore and Colombo’s ports may make the Nicobar port economically unsound.

With insufficient information about how the Centre’s “One Nation One Subscription” will work, academics fear that it may lead to restrictions on their academic freedoms, and on their access to liberal, progressive research. @Johanna_Deeksha reports:

“When he got up, he saw a team of policemen in front of him and he felt a bullet hitting him. Tell me now who else but the police could have shot him?” @Urban_Inquilabi’s ground report from Sambhal: