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href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-infrastructure-environmental-tragedy/article69158497.ece">Nicobar on Edge — The Lede </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-infrastructure-environmental-tragedy/article69158497.ece"> Great Nicobar: Disaster in the making </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-infrastructure-environmental-tragedy/article69158497.ece"> The mega project on the island was cleared using incomplete, inaccurate data, grossly underestimating its environmental and biodiversity impact. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/Pankaj--Sekhsaria-18096/" class="person-name lnk">Pankaj Sekhsaria</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/aosf9f/article69206573.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Editor%E2%80%99s%20Note%20by%20Vaishna%20Roy%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/aosf9f/article69206573.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Editor%E2%80%99s%20Note%20by%20Vaishna%20Roy%20" alt="Editor’s Note by Vaishna Roy " title="Editor’s Note by Vaishna Roy " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label environment"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-india-development-sustainability-island-archipelago-ecological-donald-trump/article69192295.ece">Nicobar on edge </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-india-development-sustainability-island-archipelago-ecological-donald-trump/article69192295.ece"> Editor’s Note: The Great Nicobar sellout </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-india-development-sustainability-island-archipelago-ecological-donald-trump/article69192295.ece"> When “development” means uprooting people, plundering forests, and selling paradise to profiteers, whose future are we really building? </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Vaishna-Roy-16745/" class="person-name lnk">Vaishna Roy</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rq0lus/article69180394.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Galathea%20bay%20-%20port%20location.png" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rq0lus/article69180394.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Galathea%20bay%20-%20port%20location.png" alt="Galathea bay - port location.png" title="Galathea bay - port location.png" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label environment"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-campbell-bay-transshipment-terminal-galathea-bay-infrastructure-project/article69159231.ece">NICOBAR ON EDGE</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-campbell-bay-transshipment-terminal-galathea-bay-infrastructure-project/article69159231.ece"> The Great Nicobar Project: A costly miscalculation? </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-campbell-bay-transshipment-terminal-galathea-bay-infrastructure-project/article69159231.ece"> The proposed container port lacks commercial logic, its naval merits are unclear—so why is this project being pushed through at any cost? </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Rajshekhar-M-25384/" class="person-name lnk">Rajshekhar M</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/other/travel/5lmc0n/article69193031.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Giant%20leatherback%20turtle%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/other/travel/5lmc0n/article69193031.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Giant%20leatherback%20turtle%20" alt="Giant leatherback turtle " title="Giant leatherback turtle " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label environment"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-island-andaman-ecological-development-coral-reefs-marine-ecosystems-climate-change/article69158539.ece">Nicobar on Edge</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-island-andaman-ecological-development-coral-reefs-marine-ecosystems-climate-change/article69158539.ece"> An obit for Patai Takaru </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-island-andaman-ecological-development-coral-reefs-marine-ecosystems-climate-change/article69158539.ece"> Great Nicobar’s mitigation plans reduce restoration to tree-planting and reef relocation—a deceptive fix for irreversible ecological loss. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Rohan---Arthur-25309/" class="person-name lnk">Rohan Arthur,</a><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/T--R--Shankar---Raman-25310/" class="person-name lnk lnk">T. R. Shankar Raman</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/wmajbu/article69162989.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Aerial%20view%20of%20Andaman%20and%20Nicobar%20Islands" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/wmajbu/article69162989.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Aerial%20view%20of%20Andaman%20and%20Nicobar%20Islands" alt="Aerial view of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" title="Aerial view of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label environment"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-endangered-species-saltwater-crocodile-species-wildlife/article69150433.ece">Nicobar on Edge </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-endangered-species-saltwater-crocodile-species-wildlife/article69150433.ece"> On the brink: 10 endangered species of the Nicobar Islands </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-endangered-species-saltwater-crocodile-species-wildlife/article69150433.ece"> The islands are home to a rare mix of wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. Here are ten that face the greatest threat from the Great Nicobar project. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Saurav-Harikumar-25308/" class="person-name lnk">Saurav Harikumar</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/pl5vpv/article69175297.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/6607_26_11_2024_15_35_37_3_26_11_ISRAELRECRUITMENTDRIVELUCKNOW_H.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/pl5vpv/article69175297.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/6607_26_11_2024_15_35_37_3_26_11_ISRAELRECRUITMENTDRIVELUCKNOW_H.JPG" alt="6607_26_11_2024_15_35_37_3_26_11_ISRAELRECRUITMENTDRIVELUCKNOW_H.JPG" title="6607_26_11_2024_15_35_37_3_26_11_ISRAELRECRUITMENTDRIVELUCKNOW_H.JPG" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label columns"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/narendra-modi-bjp-government-union-budget-economy-modinomics-welfare-schemes-hindutva-right-wing/article69175176.ece">FROM THE SIDELINES</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/narendra-modi-bjp-government-union-budget-economy-modinomics-welfare-schemes-hindutva-right-wing/article69175176.ece"> The MIGA mutiny: How Modi’s ‘welfare’ push has split his base </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/narendra-modi-bjp-government-union-budget-economy-modinomics-welfare-schemes-hindutva-right-wing/article69175176.ece"> As PM Modi’s current policies clash with right-wing economics, his once-loyal supporters claim he has strayed from the path to national glory. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Saba-Naqvi-18938/" class="person-name lnk">Saba Naqvi</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/fwltfm/article69199435.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Parvesh%20Varma%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/fwltfm/article69199435.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Parvesh%20Varma%20" alt="Parvesh Varma " title="Parvesh Varma " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-2025-results-aap-bjp-arvind-kejriwal-india-atishi/article69198980.ece">DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2025</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-2025-results-aap-bjp-arvind-kejriwal-india-atishi/article69198980.ece"> A reality check for regional parties and INDIA bloc </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-2025-results-aap-bjp-arvind-kejriwal-india-atishi/article69198980.ece"> Going solo may no longer be an option for local parties, while the INDIA bloc must realise that it needs a lot more than anti-BJP rhetoric to survive. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Anand-Mishra-20161/" class="person-name lnk">Anand Mishra </a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/ukrnm8/article69198873.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/ukrnm8/article69198873.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20" alt="Prime Minister Narendra Modi " title="Prime Minister Narendra Modi " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-results-2025-bjp-wins-aap-kejriwal-loses/article69198874.ece">DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2025</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-results-2025-bjp-wins-aap-kejriwal-loses/article69198874.ece"> BJP has finally won Delhi, but for AAP, the battle may have just begun </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/delhi-assembly-election-results-2025-bjp-wins-aap-kejriwal-loses/article69198874.ece"> It now faces the challenge of retaining its cadres and leaders and shielding its government in Punjab from the fallout of this loss. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Soni--Mishra-24635/" class="person-name lnk">Soni Mishra</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/9xhs0s/article69183879.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Members%20of%20the%20Dakshina%20Kerala%20Jamiyyathul%20Ulama" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/9xhs0s/article69183879.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Members%20of%20the%20Dakshina%20Kerala%20Jamiyyathul%20Ulama" alt="Members of the Dakshina Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama" title="Members of the Dakshina Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/waqf-bill-supreme-court-challenge-opposition-strategy/article69183834.ece">CONTROVERSY </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/waqf-bill-supreme-court-challenge-opposition-strategy/article69183834.ece"> Waqf Bill: Opposition prepares for Supreme Court battle </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/waqf-bill-supreme-court-challenge-opposition-strategy/article69183834.ece"> After the JPC rejected all their suggestions, Muslim religious bodies and opposition parties may now challenge the Waqf Bill in the apex court. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Anand-Mishra-20161/" class="person-name lnk">Anand Mishra </a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/wyqk1b/article69188066.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/%20Mandovi%20river%20in%20Ponda%20Goa.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/wyqk1b/article69188066.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/%20Mandovi%20river%20in%20Ponda%20Goa.JPG" alt=" Mandovi river in Ponda, Goa.JPG" title=" Mandovi river in Ponda, Goa.JPG" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label the-nation"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/goa-land-law-amendment-no-development-zone-conversion-settlement-areas-politics/article69153973.ece">Controversy</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/goa-land-law-amendment-no-development-zone-conversion-settlement-areas-politics/article69153973.ece"> Realty sharks on the prowl in Goa </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/goa-land-law-amendment-no-development-zone-conversion-settlement-areas-politics/article69153973.ece"> Goa’s land law amendments allow civil servants, politicians, and real estate agents to turn pristine “no development zones” into settlement areas. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rdsgox/article69104024.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Vasihno%20Devi.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rdsgox/article69104024.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Vasihno%20Devi.jpg" alt="Vasihno Devi.jpg" title="Vasihno Devi.jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/bjp-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-election-lieutenant-governor-article-370-tourism-economy/article69104027.ece">Jammu and Kashmir</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/bjp-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-election-lieutenant-governor-article-370-tourism-economy/article69104027.ece"> Why BJP’s promised prosperity in J&K has done little to quell people’s anger </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/bjp-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-election-lieutenant-governor-article-370-tourism-economy/article69104027.ece"> Despite the saffron party’s best-ever performance in the Assembly election, there has been a festering resentment over its economic policies. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Zaid--Bin-Shabir-22970/" class="person-name lnk">Zaid Bin Shabir</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/h8j1mc/article69202007.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Sharmila%20Tagore%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/h8j1mc/article69202007.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Sharmila%20Tagore%20" alt="Sharmila Tagore " title="Sharmila Tagore " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label the-nation"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/nawab-of-pataudi-saif-ali-khan-sharmila-tagore-enemy-property-iftikhar-ali-khan-bhopal-royals/article69187215.ece">CONTROVERSY</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/nawab-of-pataudi-saif-ali-khan-sharmila-tagore-enemy-property-iftikhar-ali-khan-bhopal-royals/article69187215.ece"> Nawabs in the woods: The long, winding legal battle over Bhopal’s royal heritage </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/nawab-of-pataudi-saif-ali-khan-sharmila-tagore-enemy-property-iftikhar-ali-khan-bhopal-royals/article69187215.ece"> The “enemy property” wrangle involving the region’s royals has once again brought the controversial amendment of 2016 into question. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Soni--Mishra-24635/" class="person-name lnk">Soni Mishra</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/pyi81t/article69187131.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/israel%20palestine%20conflict%20gaza%20truce%20netanyahu%20effigy.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/pyi81t/article69187131.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/israel%20palestine%20conflict%20gaza%20truce%20netanyahu%20effigy.jpg" alt="israel palestine conflict gaza truce netanyahu effigy.jpg" title="israel palestine conflict gaza truce netanyahu effigy.jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label world-affairs"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/gaza-war-truce-israel-hamas-ceasefire-donald-trump-netanyahu-palestine-reconstruction-west-asia-us-allies/article69187096.ece">WEST ASIA</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/gaza-war-truce-israel-hamas-ceasefire-donald-trump-netanyahu-palestine-reconstruction-west-asia-us-allies/article69187096.ece"> Donald Trump: An unlikely harbinger of peace in West Asia? </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/gaza-war-truce-israel-hamas-ceasefire-donald-trump-netanyahu-palestine-reconstruction-west-asia-us-allies/article69187096.ece"> Trump’s recent comments on Gaza provoked outrage, but he might be the only hope to rein in Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing cohorts in Israel. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Talmiz--Ahmad-19127/" class="person-name lnk">Talmiz Ahmad</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/7dtzxl/article69179405.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/People%20watching%20the%20live%20telecast%20of%20the%20Union%20Budget%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/7dtzxl/article69179405.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/People%20watching%20the%20live%20telecast%20of%20the%20Union%20Budget%20" alt="People watching the live telecast of the Union Budget " title="People watching the live telecast of the Union Budget " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label economy"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/budget-2025-analysis-nirmala-sitharaman-income-tax-bjp-central-government-goods-and-services-tax/article69179054.ece">BUDGET 2025</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/budget-2025-analysis-nirmala-sitharaman-income-tax-bjp-central-government-goods-and-services-tax/article69179054.ece"> Budget 2025: The class project in full swing </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/budget-2025-analysis-nirmala-sitharaman-income-tax-bjp-central-government-goods-and-services-tax/article69179054.ece"> Beyond the brouhaha surrounding massive tax breaks for the salaried, the Budget is just a ploy to help the BJP consolidate the middle class vote bank. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/C-P--Chandrasekhar-12422/" class="person-name lnk">C.P. Chandrasekhar</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/6ty488/article69153963.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prabhat%20Patnaik.Jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/6ty488/article69153963.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prabhat%20Patnaik.Jpg" alt="Prabhat Patnaik.Jpg" title="Prabhat Patnaik.Jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label economy"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/prabhat-patnaik-economist-interview-indian-economy-neoliberalism-monopoly-crony-capitalism-neofascism/article69153958.ece">INTERVIEW</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/prabhat-patnaik-economist-interview-indian-economy-neoliberalism-monopoly-crony-capitalism-neofascism/article69153958.ece"> Neoliberalism creates conditions for neo-fascism: Prabhat Patnaik </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/prabhat-patnaik-economist-interview-indian-economy-neoliberalism-monopoly-crony-capitalism-neofascism/article69153958.ece"> The eminent economist says neoliberalism creates corporate monopolies and weakens workers, setting the stage for fascist takeover. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Subhoranjan--Dasgupta-21637/" class="person-name lnk">Subhoranjan Dasgupta</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/environment/conservation/hgbkb8/article69158438.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/hulla%20party%20elephant%20feeding.png" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/environment/conservation/hgbkb8/article69158438.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/hulla%20party%20elephant%20feeding.png" alt="hulla party elephant feeding.png" title="hulla party elephant feeding.png" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label conservation"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/conservation/south-bengal-elephants-diversionary-feeding-hulla-party-human-animal-conflict/article69158380.ece">HUMAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/conservation/south-bengal-elephants-diversionary-feeding-hulla-party-human-animal-conflict/article69158380.ece"> Bengal’s diversionary feeding strategy may worsen human-elephant conflicts </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/conservation/south-bengal-elephants-diversionary-feeding-hulla-party-human-animal-conflict/article69158380.ece"> West Bengal feeds wild elephants to stop raids. But experts say this makes the animals more dependent on human food, worsening conflicts. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Bahar--Dutt-18989/" class="person-name lnk">Bahar Dutt</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/arts-and-culture/2fnnms/article69175545.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Patachitra%204%20at%20Mela.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/arts-and-culture/2fnnms/article69175545.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Patachitra%204%20at%20Mela.jpg" alt="Patachitra 4 at Mela.jpg" title="Patachitra 4 at Mela.jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label arts-and-culture"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/patachitra-artists-west-bengal-naya-paschim-medinipur-patuas-ancient-tradition-scroll-painting-song-dance/article69175244.ece">ART</a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/patachitra-artists-west-bengal-naya-paschim-medinipur-patuas-ancient-tradition-scroll-painting-song-dance/article69175244.ece"> Patachitra: Ancient storytelling tradition finds new life in contemporary art and commerce </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/patachitra-artists-west-bengal-naya-paschim-medinipur-patuas-ancient-tradition-scroll-painting-song-dance/article69175244.ece"> How the patachitra artists of Bengal, known as patuas, have preserved the tradition despite changes in entertainment and consumption. </a></div><div class="author"><div class=""><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Suhrid-Sankar-Chattopadhyay-12426/" class="person-name lnk">Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><div class="picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/hh1ee6/article69179715.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/SUNIL%20GUPTA.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/hh1ee6/article69179715.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/SUNIL%20GUPTA.jpg" alt="SUNIL GUPTA.jpg" title="SUNIL GUPTA.jpg" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE" class="story-card-img focuspoint lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="content"><div class="label columns"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-canadian-gay-photographer-sunil-gupta-photo-exhibition-chennai-biennale-queer-mythology/article69179737.ece">COUNTER CULTURE</a></div><h3 class="title"><a 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