Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Gas victims were subjected to some drug trials without their knowledge at a super-speciality hospital run by a trust, headed by former CJI Justice A M Ahmadi, a survivors
Seeking to zero down on the right healing touch to rectify the political damage from the 26-year-old Bhopal gas tragedy, the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up by the PM will look afresh at remediation measures as well as the complexities of giving additional compensation to victims. This also raises …
Ravish Tiwari As the legal dispute between India and Pakistan over 330 MW Kishanganga hydel project heads to the international court of arbitration, India has invited Pakistan to finalise the names of three neutral umpires for the seven-member bench. Government sources said India has proposed July 7 for this crucial …
The Rashtrapati Bhawan, the official residence of the President of India, is set to become the first urban dwelling to receive an ISO certification (International Organisation for Standardisation) next month. Next week, independent auditors from the Bureau Veritas Certification (BVQI), global leaders in systems certification services, are scheduled to visit …
Upset with the stiff inter-ministerial differences continuing to derail its efforts in bringing about greater transparency in the mining sector by streamlining the grant of mineral concessions, the Centre today constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to iron out the wrinkles. The 10-member GoM to be headed by Finance Minister …
The government on Tuesday backed off from its move to propose specific amendments to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill after the Opposition BJP and Left raised strong objections at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and alleged that the provisions were aimed at diluting the legislation …
The birds run into trouble when they dive for prey. From above, the water does not look so very different. And of course a bird has no way of knowing about the millions of gallons of oil that have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig …
A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system. The Hayabusa explorer returned to Earth overnight after a seven-year, six-billion-km journey, burning apart on re-entry in a …
The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits
Soon, a goldfish in a bowl may be a thing of the past. Goldfish, and indeed all fish, must only be kept in rectangular tanks, not bowls, and as a starting point, aquarium animals should never be
With the Bhopal Gas tragedy verdict coming in for widespread condemnation, the role of the Supreme Court in watering down the charges from culpable homicide not amounting to murder to a charge of death by negligence has come under increased scrutiny. Recently, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily even blamed the …
Seeking justice for the gas leak victims, survivors of the tragedy have started a campaign to get signatures on a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama.
Says soil contaminated, could lead to spread of radiation during rains The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to cement the decrepit road in the Mayapuri industrial area, where a radioactive substance was found in April. The subsequent radiation leak had claimed one life …
City anchor: high court had set up panel to initiate restoration of water bodies; Bulk of work done by delhi govt; ASI, CPWD too chip in It has taken eight long years, but if all goes well, Delhi will have nearly 300 replenished water bodies by this monsoon. As per …
Mining sector reforms have long been a victim of state apathy, which has led to the endemic menace of illegal mining. The reform process is now mired in inter-ministerial differences. The law, mines and steel ministries have aired their own sets of views on how to reform the sector, thereby …
The stand-off between anti-Posco protesters and the Orissa government over the construction of 12-million tonne Posco steel plant seems to be heading towards resolution after protesters agreed to allow socio-economic survey in the remaining areas of the project site. After meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday evening, leaders of the …
Pradeep Kaushal Seven years before the recent Bhopal verdict has brought up this issue again, a Lok Sabha committee had talked of a Central Government hand in the release of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson. The Lok Sabha Committee on Government Assurances, including four Congress MPs, in 2003 discounted the …
