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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Maitreyee Chowdhury

    Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital of the world’ is being destroyed (opens the original)

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    Deep within Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained, and burned. The Singkil peat swamp is the largest of three remaining coastal peat swamp forests on Sumatra’s west coast, alongside Kluet and Tripa. Together, these extraordinary peatlands form what’s been called “the orangutan capital of the world,” supporting some of the highest densities of Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) ever recorded. The Rawa Singkil Wildlife Re

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Maitreyee Chowdhury

    Rush Hour: India assures energy security amid tariff threat, police questioned on protest ban & more (opens the original)

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    After the United States House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries that purchase Russian oil and gas, New Delhi said it remains committed to ensuring energy security for its people. We “will continue to do so through diversified sourcing and on the basis of evolving market dynamics”, said the Ministry of External Affairs. The draft law passed on Wednesday said that the tariffs could apply to the five countries that imported the

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Maitreyee Chowdhury

    Fiction: When filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and poet Binoy Majumdar were admitted to the same asylum (opens the original)

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    As is the case with all good books, I was left in a vacuum of sorts, after reading Binoy so intimately. While Hashpatale Lekha Kobita Guchho was very different from his first book, it offered a lucid narration of life inside the asylum, of the smallness a person was reduced to inside it, and also the range of ups and downs that made up a poet’s mind. In fact, this somehow felt more personal than Fire Esho Chakka. I wondered, what was I to do with my time now that the book was no longer on my bed

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Maitreyee Chowdhury

    Delhi HC asks police how it could impose ‘blanket ban’ on anti-reservation protest at Jantar Mantar (opens the original)

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    The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the police how it could impose a “blanket ban” on protests at Jantar Mantar against caste-based reservations in jobs and education and the University Grants Commission’s January regulations to address discrimination in colleges, reported Live Law. The police had earlier granted permission to the Rajput group Karni Sena for a protest at Jantar Mantar on September 20, the petitioner told the court. However, it withdrew the permission on Tuesday, apprehending

  5. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Maitreyee Chowdhury

    21 more killed in Assam floods (opens the original)

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    At least 21 more persons were killed in Assam on Tuesday as the flooding in several districts worsened. Thirteen of the deaths were reported in Sivasagar, five in Charaideo, two in Golaghat and one in Jorhat, taking the toll in the floods in the state to 31 in recent days. More than 5.6 lakh persons were affected by the floods in 16 districts, the newspaper quoted the Assam State Disaster Management Authority as having said on Tuesday night. Sivasagar was the worst-affected district with nearly

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