Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Wild Ass Sanctuary in Gujarat is perhaps the only one of its kind in the world, surviving as it does along with pockets of salt manufacturing units and an army firing range. In this
THE nonchalance of salt manufacturers as well as the government is causing destruction to the wild ass sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The Kutch is also home to the near-extinct Great Indian Bustard, the caracal and the desert cat. The Kutch wild ass belongs to the …
GOA'S traditional salt industry, said to have been a major supplier of salt to the country, and an exporter to some foreign countries since the 10th century, is fast dying. "Salt farming could be extinct in Goa unless the government takes it upon itself and does something to alleviate the …
The first-ever comprehensive study on the agarias, salt workers in Gujarat's Rann of Kutch, reveals their serious occupational health problems. They show symptoms of slowly turning numb from the feet upwards. The culprit is the way the salt is produced: the agarias dip their salt in the brine and scrape …
The American multinational company Cargill Inc has abandoned a proposal to establish a $15-million salt manufacturing unit near Kandla port in Gujarat. The decision came on the eve of a satyagraha planned by Janata Dal leader George Fernandes on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who led the salt protest …
