Can Nicobar Islands' Corals Survive Translocation? Coral Biologist Raises Doubts

From Kerala Story to PM Narendra Modi: 10 Films Linked to BJP & RSS | The Quint

Is there a pattern behind recent “controversial” films in India? From The Kerala Story to The Kashmir Files, several films in recent years have sparked debates around propaganda, political messaging, and ideological influence. In this video, we investigate 10 such films and examine their alleged links to political figures, organizations, and networks. We look at connections involving producers, directors, funding sources, and public endorsements—and ask: Is this just coincidence, or part of a larger pattern? Are some of these films directly linked to political actors associated with the BJP, RSS and Hindutva organisations? This video is based on extensive research and publicly available statements, records, and reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Can Nicobar Islands' Corals Survive Translocation? Coral Biologist Raises Doubts

At a time when corals around the world are facing unprecedented threats from climate change, India’s plans to translocate big coral colonies in the Nicobar Islands for a mega development project has come under severe criticism. A comprehensive plan to translocate 16,150 coral colonies—as suggested by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)—enabled the Rs 92,000-crore project to get a go-ahead from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The tribunal deemed that the plan by the ZSI had sufficient safeguards to give the mega port and township project a green light. However, Dr Bryan Wilson, a renowned coral biologist and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, disagrees. In an exclusive interview with The Quint, Dr Wilson said the plan to translocate corals in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands—and the assumption that the environment will be exactly the same—is nothing short of "scientific madness". Dr Wilson further questioned whether any independent scientific authority had, in fact, verified the claim made by the ZSI in the tribunal that their previous translocations had resulted in a greater than 90 percent survival rate. "The big issue that I think as a scientist, as a researcher, that I'm really concerned about is that there has been no independent fact-checking of what the ZSI says. It truly baffles me," he said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

₹3,300 Crore Wasted: Parliament Didn’t Work. You Paid. | The Quint

Rs 3,300 crore. That’s how much Indian taxpayers have effectively paid for Parliament’s dysfunction over the last decade under the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. In this investigation, we analysed official Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs data to calculate how much scheduled parliamentary time was lost to disruptions, adjournments, and political deadlock between 2014 and 2025, and what that time cost the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Unnao Rape Survivor on the Cost of Standing Up to Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar | The Quint

In 2017, her life was reduced to a headline. This interview is about everything that came after. The Unnao rape survivor speaks about life beyond the courtroom and beyond the case against former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. She talks about losing her father, grandmother and aunts, surviving a brutal accident, raising two young children under constant threat, and fighting a case that never really ends. 'They think I have no troubles or pain just because I am not crying. My family died. My father died. I have fought a very long battle, and I am still fighting it.' She talks about fear, isolation, political power, the price her family has paid, and how even learning a skill or stepping outside feels dangerous. She also raises serious concerns about AI being used to manipulate and circulate her images, putting her safety further at risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Shubman Gill: The Hype, Data and BCCI’s Three Big Mistakes | The Quint

Yeh jo India hai na… yahan santra santra hota hai, aur apple apple hota hai. Except in 2025, Indian cricket forgot that. In this video, Rohit Khanna traces Shubman Gill’s wild year: the promotions, the hype, the numbers no one listened to, and the three mistakes that finally led to his shocking T20 drop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]