Ajay Krishnan

Writer and editor. Editing @scroll_in. Formerly @thecaravanindia. Bengaluru. Email: [email protected]

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Even as India ramps up its solar power capacity, it faces two major obstacles to harnessing this energy: insufficient transmission and storage.

@_Vaishnavi_R reports:

https://t.co/QtOOcibcrn

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“The general consensus is that this 4-year degree programme is a royal mess, in all perspectives.”

As the first batch of DU's FYUP prepares to graduate, students and faculty tell @Johanna_Deeksha of the chaos and confusion that played out in the system.

https://t.co/MMrMdIWFh9

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Workers are disillusioned even with MGNREGA, but say the problems run too deep to be fixed just by introducing a new programme.

@knowleena reports on why workers in Jharkhand are wary of VB-G RAM G:

https://t.co/nFasm2JIes

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Vinesh Phogat's life will make for a far more compelling and dramatic biopic than many that have been made in recent years.

But that will need someone to find the courage to tell a story about a woman's fight against a rotten, corrupt system.

https://t.co/tRDU3Z9zTo

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The green credits programme lets companies earn credits by paying the govt to afforest land.

But the work is cutting villages off from land they relied on. And experts say the programme undervalues so-called 'degraded' forests.

@_Vaishnavi_R reports:

https://t.co/e0sJOGgLRL

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Superb sleuthing by @sighyush, who analysed the video of cops beating women in Noida and tracked down the location it was shot at.

Eyewitnesses debunked the official claim that the video was "morphed or AI generated", or shot somewhere else.

https://t.co/xzgbipnwBx

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In Chhattisgarh, midday meal workers protested for 2 months for a hike in pay from Rs 66 a day, to at least Rs 350.

Two workers died in the course of the protest.

The protest is adjourned, but workers say they may resume in July.

@knowleena reports:

https://t.co/wX6h5AGsXm

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More than 60 years after one of India's first thermal power plants was set up, displaced Adivasi families and their descendants continue to struggle for access to basic facilities like water and electricity.

@knowleena reports from Bokaro:

https://t.co/96osaIcZ5k

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In 2025, news broke of TN authorities busting a kidney-sale racket in Namakkal.

@Johanna_Deeksha visited and found that in some areas, everyone had either sold a kidney or knew someone who had. A chilling story. [paywall]

https://t.co/8ch5YTkFsB

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Protestors in Rajasthan are currently on a 700-km march to protect sacred groves or orans.

They say that some of the state's renewable energy projects have taken over these lands, which are vital to local economies and ecologies.

@_Vaishnavi_R reports:

https://t.co/j4cycYKCRW

[Nikita Saxena @nikita1712]

Found out that @anjanaomkashyap is claiming she was misquoted in a @thecaravanindia profile. Every direct quote was played back to her as a matter of professional courtesy, on email. She called to request a minor change in one, it wasn't this quote.

https://t.co/2ZKrgtCjIp

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"Like a man seeking protection in women’s protective legislation, able-bodied person saying they face discrimination based on disabilities."

@Johanna_Deeksha reports on SC ruling in favour of UC students, who said rules against discrimination hurt them:

https://t.co/P0FthT4Ixt

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Odisha police picked up 12 of a family in November, released all but 3.

Missing since then, only when @ZamanRokibuz_ contacted the police did the family learn that the 3 elders were forced into Bangladesh. + Claims that they weren't Indian don't hold up.

https://t.co/mw4W577lke

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Shimjitha Musthafa's deferred bail plea will be heard today.

As rage simmers against her, some argue that her arrest is excessive, and that her actions need to be understood in the wider context of women's safety.

@Johanna_Deeksha reports:

https://t.co/k5fnRQZ5lR

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The "double-farming" of paddy in an Uttarakhand district was draining the water table.

@_Vaishnavi_R reports on a decision to ban the practice, and efforts to ensure farmers' livelihoods don't take a hit.

https://t.co/VmSRYClhUN

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Scenic Junnar in Maharashtra saw a spate of fatal leopard attacks in 2025.

But why is human-leopard conflict so acute in the region?

@tabassum_b and @_Vaishnavi_R unravel the complex web of factors behind the problem, including a sugarcane farming boom.

https://t.co/yNMowdtYZb

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PM Modi launched the Chardham project in 2016. It went ahead though experts warned that cutting fragile slopes was hugely risky.

In Oct, @_Vaishnavi_R traveled on the route, and counted 160 landslides in 300km, and a trail of ruined lives + livelihoods.

https://t.co/ZRPYgSR0eH

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India has deported many scholars in recent years.

But a wider repression is also underway: greater scrutiny, endless waits for visas leave many afraid to pursue research here.

The potential loss to scholarship is immense. @Johanna_Deeksha reports:

https://t.co/n2ie4U9zqf

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In the villages of Jharkhand, fears about witches and witchcraft remain a looming threat to women's lives and safety.

@knowleena's chilling story on cases in which such suspicions have lead to women being attacked, and killed.

https://t.co/tVCLHBKQQj

[Ajay Krishnan @haramitheatre]

The Indian railways is running special trains up to December 12 along major routes for travellers hit by the Indigo crisis.

But travellers are largely unaware of the measure and hundreds of seats are going unbooked.

@tabassum_b reports:

https://t.co/UMngvnM1AG