The panel, in its previous meetings, had decided to review the state-owned polluting industries set up in the ecologically sensitive zone. The Cabinet sub-committee for studying the controversial Kasturirangan
Both mainstream and fringe political outfits who contested in the recently held general and Assembly elections showed any seriousness in implementation of historic acts such as Forest Rights Act, 2006
Extended Great Himalayan National Park The Action Committee of villagers and the Himachal Niti Abhiyan, an NGO, are spearheading an agitation against their proposed inclusion in the Extended Great Himalayan
Rajkot: Forest department has issued eviction notices to traditional saltpan workers in Little Rann of Kutch, asking them to vacate the wild ass sanctuary in the next seven days. Alleging that this
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Legal Services Authority (Petitioner) Versus Union of India and others (Respondents) dated 15/04/2014 on transgender community. Original
Fed up with the callousness of government and their elected representatives in dealing with their problems, many villages across India have decided not to vote this time.
While the rest of Kerala went to polling booths on Thursday to become part of world’s largest democratic process, over 340 electorates from the particularly vulnerable tribal group of Kadar in Vazhachal
<p>Urban population in developing countries will rise from 2.7 billion in 2012 to 5.2 billion in 2050 and will pose severe environmental challenges warns this 2014 edition of World Development indicators published by the World Bank with high-quality cross-country comparable statistics about development and people’s lives around the globe.</p>
Displaced from their homes, denied the promised plot of land in lieu, having survived a major fire – which many of them believe was deliberate – and the onslaught of bulldozers, the residents of the resettlement
Street children and kids living in slums in four Asian cities, including Dhaka, are among those most vulnerable to everyday hazards, disasters and climate change amid rapid urbanisation in Asian countries,
