m rajshekhar
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Reporter. India. Tracking energy, environment and the national/transnational processes shaping both. Author of 'Despite the State'.
Joined July 2018
OK, folks. It’s Book Announcement Time. ‘Despite the State’ hits bookstands on the 18th of January. 1/7
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For those of you interested in the Great Nicobar project, it felt tremors (a 5.2 Richter quake) yesterday. Seismic area, this. And so, this is the sixth quake (4.3-5.2 on the scale) since January this year.
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RT @KeithMcNeill6: CarbonCopy makes a list of five policy changes to restore India’s solar and power sector, starting with a move towards s…
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RT @svaradarajan: Zakia Jafri Leaves Behind a Legacy of Resilience and Quiet Dignity | @TeestaSetalvad writes
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One of the bigger outtakes from the SEC's chargesheet on Adani/Azure was that India's regulatory architecture for solar power is broken. For @carboncopyinfo, a report on the repairs that are needed. #solar #india #SECI.
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RT @AbirDasgupta101: Film maker, photographer, activist and writer Tarun Bhartiya (@LudditeNed) has sadly passed away today at a hospital i…
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RT @Article14live: "...a major shift in journalism has been that on-ground reporting has stopped. Nobody comes to Lakshadweep to cover any…
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Vantara's statement on the latest elephant transfers raises big questions that Assam and Arunachal need to answer.
1. Statement says illegal logging continues in Arunachal. True? 2. If elephants had injuries, why 3,000 km truck journey instead of local treatment at WTI or Guwahati zoo? 3. Per Namsai DFO, number of captive elephants in Arunachal is up from 109 (2022) to 200 (2025). How?
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1. Statement says illegal logging continues in Arunachal. True? 2. If elephants had injuries, why 3,000 km truck journey instead of local treatment at WTI or Guwahati zoo? 3. Per Namsai DFO, number of captive elephants in Arunachal is up from 109 (2022) to 200 (2025). How?
#Reliance has issued a press statement regarding the #elephants taken from Arunachal, stating that #Vantara, a renowned rescue center for captive elephants and other wild animals founded by the visionary philanthropist Anant Ambani, is preparing to welcome 20 rescued elephants—10 males, 8 females, 1 sub-adult, and 1 calf—freed from the exploitative logging industry in Arunachal Pradesh. Good lord!
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UPDATE: And now, a Vantara statement quotes the Namsai DFO as saying Arunachal has an active breeding population of 200 captive elephants. In a parliamentary answer in 2022, however, the number was 109. Where did this extra 91 come from?
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Wrong. The concerns with #Vantara lie elsewhere. Read this.
@mrajshekhar Indian media is unhappy why are you sending animals to private hospitals for treatment. The media discourse on wrong things.
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If you care about national assets, you have to read about the divestment of Ferro Scrap Nigam. A profitable PSU with scope to grow far, far bigger is being sold for a pittance. Why? cc: @svaradarajan
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Here is the link, in case you have not read the report yet. This was edited by friend and fellow punster @romangautam.
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