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TopicThoothukudi protests

Topic: Thoothukudi protests

As engineers turn tea sellers, Thoothukudi’s struggles fuel fresh call to reopen Sterlite Copper plant

Plant shut in 2018 over allegations of violation of environment norms. Trade unions, former plant employees, fishermen, lorry drivers say closure led to displacement of 3,000 families.

‘Give back livelihoods’ — newspaper ads pop up in support of Sterlite plant, shut since 2018 stir

While anti-Sterlite protesters call the ad 'corporate scheming', those in favour cite setback to local economy caused by plant's closure. The case comes up in SC on 21 February.

How shutting down of 1 plant turned India from copper exporter to importer in under 2 years

Sterlite Copper’s Thoothukudi plant was shut down by Tamil Nadu govt after resident protests in May 2018. India has since become a net importer.

How a small protest in Thoothukudi turned into an explosive cocktail

From a local fishermen’s issue in the mid-1990s, the anti-Sterlite movement grew to include locals, activists from across TN, and Leftist bodies.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.