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Rohini Mohan

India Correspondent

Rohini writes about politics, business, the environment and human rights. For more than 20 years, she has written for publications including Time, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Economic Times and The Hindu. She joined The Straits Times in 2019. She has won several journalism awards, including the 2020 Fetisov award for investigative reporting, and the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person in 2019. She is the author of the award-winning The Seasons Of Trouble (2014), a non-fiction book on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.

Latest articles

In India’s race for development, elephants are losing out as their habitat fragments

An elephant died after it was hit by a train in the eastern state of Assam, India, on Dec 20, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS

IndiGo crisis reveals why India’s new air safety rules are vital

An IndiGo Airways aircraft prepares to land at the Mumbai airport on Dec 6, 2025. PHOTO: AFP

India govt’s attempts to mandate 24/7 phone tracking faces pushback

Recent government notifications have tried to mandate round-the-clock tracking of all phones in India in multiple ways.

From IndiGo to IndiGone? India’s largest carrier faces government and passenger wrath

ddflight - IndiGo’s operations have yet to stabilise, with nearly 800 flights cancelled across the country on Saturday. 
ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

‘All being poisoned slowly’: Air purifiers offer only limited respite from India’s chronic pollution

A man jogs near the India Gate which is shrouded in a haze caused in part by air pollution in New Delhi on Nov 24.

‘This year, we hope to have zero maternal deaths’: India’s south makes giving birth safer

rmmother - A senior nurse from SingHealth (orange shirt) shows doctors and nurses from primary healthcare centres how to deliver a child in breach using a mannequin in a simulation exercise in Chennai. Several medical professionals from Singapore have volunteered to collaborate with the Tamil Nadu health department to improve maternal and child health and reduce mortalities with refresher programmes and protocol reviews.
ST PHOTO: ROHINI MOHAN

Hanging by a thread: 50% US tariffs put Indian textile exporters in survival mode

The Tiruppur Exporters’ Association estimated the hub has been hit by a loss of 12 billion rupees since the US tariff hike was announced.

Kerala has the lowest poverty rate in India. But has it eradicated extreme poverty, as it claims?

Mrs Parameshwari S. fixes her paralysed husband Selvam's pillow as her daughters look on. The family was listed as extremely poor in a Kerala state programme.

India in ‘wait-and-watch’ mode on US sanctions against Russian crude

India has been buying discounted crude oil from Russia, but US sanctions have already eroded the advantage, and raised global crude prices, said analysts.

Tackling city chaos: Bengaluru’s experiment on governance could be model for other Indian cities

An office-goer walks along a road near the Manyata Tech Park in Bengaluru on September 22, 2025. PHOTO: AFP