Sterlite protest; Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in; Nipah virus in Kerala; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Sterlite Protest: Speculation Rife That Police Firing Was Pre-Planned]( Kavitha Muralidharan [This is the first time the Tamil Nadu government has responded to the protests – and it has responded with force: police firing left 11 protesters dead.]( [After Karnataka, Has the BJP Lost Its Majority in the Lok Sabha?]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [While Yeddyurappa and Sreeramulu resigned as MPs to take oath in Karnataka, their names have re-appeared on the Lok Sabha website without an explanation.]( [Will Kumaraswamy’s Swearing-In Help Cement an Anti-BJP Front?]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [The Karnataka assembly election results have made it clear that regional parties will play a crucial role in 2019. But will the parties back the Congress as the principal opposition?]( [Heritage Monuments Need Preservation and Management Policies Before Adoption]( Navina Jafa [The 'Adopt a Heritage' scheme by the tourism ministry is ambitious, poorly conceived and done in haste. One way to overcome this is to first address cultural heritage instead of tourism-related issues.]( [Industrial Corridors Swallow Hundreds of Fish Species in Gujarat]( Damayantee Dhar [The coastline of Gujarat has hardly any catch to offer forcing fisherfolk to either go deep into the sea or opt for jobs like working in factories as daily wage earners.]( [Explainer: Nipah Virus in Kerala and What the Government Is Doing About It]( The Wire Staff [Ten people have died of the virus so far.]( [Forty Hours When the Fate of the Republic Hung in Balance]( Harish Khare [Last week the polity had a narrow escape. That traumatic experience has helped restore an equilibrium of sorts. The momentum in favour of fairness should not be allowed to slow down.]( [Fact Check: Pema Khandu's 'Commercial' Flight to Pasighat Was Not a 'First']( Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty [Under the Rajiv Gandhi regime's Vayudoot scheme, commercial flights operated to at least four air strips in Arunachal.]( [How Not to Write a Dalit Memoir]( Chinnaiah Jangam [In 'Ants and Elephants', Sujatha Gidla misrepresents or ignores legendary Dalit figures who built the communist movement in Andhra, distorts the struggle for Telangana and dehumanises the Dalit experience.]( [India Can No Longer Take the Orderly Transfer of Power for Granted]( Sushil Aaron [The BJP’s fear of losing in 2019 is taking India’s democracy into dangerous terrain.]( [Murder or Suicide? The Legal Complexities of the 'Cause' of Death in Euthanasia]( Severyna Magill [In the recent case where Berlinah Wallace was found guilty of using corrosive acid on Mark van Dogen with intent, but was not charged with murder, it was the UK’s understanding of assisted dying that really seemed to be on trial.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](