The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
The Bombay High Court has admitted a defamation suit against "Down to Earth" magazine, edited by noted environmentalist Sunita Narain, asking it to remove an allegedly defamatory sentence in its report against Mumbai-based agrochemical company UPL, the company said on Monday. "My client has been requesting Sunita Narain to delete …
Environmental activist Sunita Narain and four of her colleagues today approached the Gujarat High Court, seeking quashing of a defamation case against them in a court at Vapi. United Phosphorus Limited, a Vapi-based company, has filed defamation complaint under the section 500 of IPC against Narain, who is the editor …
A magisterial court in Vapi had issued summons to Narain and others in the case. Noted environmental activist and director-general of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain, has approached the Gujarat High Court (HC) in connection with a defamation case filed against her by a Vapi-based chemical …
