The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
SAVE THE Aravallis: a slogan that like so many others stirs little response until the cost of ignoring it hits home: no electricity, no water, no construction material and, worst of all, no rain and the daytime temperature perpetually above 50 degrees Celsius. The Aravallis are the oldest mountain range …
Wonders Who Will Bell The Cat The Supreme Court on Thursday talked tough while showing its inclination for a total ban on mining in the Aravali hill areas of Haryana
Gurgaon Official Disillusioned Over Mining Row TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A day after forest department officials claimed that their case on the Aravali issue remain unrepresented in the Supreme Court, Gurgaon forest conservator R P Balwan shot off a letter to the Haryana chief secretary on Wednesday to opt …
State Promises SC It Will Abide By All CEC Directives New Delhi: Haryana has finally come forward to undo some of the damage to the ravaged Aravalis. On Wednesday, it undertook before the Supreme Court that it will follow every recommendation of the Central Empowered Committee. This means all mining …
New Delhi: State urges SC to exempt Kant Enclave, Lakewood City from demolition In what comes as a relief to residents of several Faridabad pockets, the Haryana Government on Tuesday proposed an amnesty scheme for a few localities
New Delhi: Haryana government has finally decided to constitute flying squads to check non-forest activities like construction of farmhouses and residential colonies on forest land in Aravalis. The decision comes in the wake of Gurgaon forest conservator RP Balwan reporting largescale violation of forest area. The teams to be headed …
Gurgaon: The Department of Environment and Forest, Haryana, has issued a letter to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) to take serious note of all non-forest and illegal mining activities taking place in the Aravallis. In the letter, the Environment and Forest Minister Kiran Chaudhary has directed S K …
Under Deal With CEC, Rs 45 Cr For Forest Redevelopment Manveer Saini | TNN Chandigarh: In what appears to be the first win for those fighting for the revival of Aravalis, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) is all set to hand over 379 acres of land in the hilly …
Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: Despite a Supreme Court order for status quo on the Aravali Hills and Haryana mining matters, a surprise check by the conservator of forests on Sunday revealed that constructions are still on in the prohibited areas. R P Balwan, conservator of forests (south …
Impending ecological disaster in Haryana is serious THE alarm bells had begun ringing across the country over reports of drying up of Badkhal Lake in Haryana. The state government, however, went ahead with the auction notice of mining in Sirohi and Khori Jamalpur in Faridabad district. In both areas mining …
HC Ruling Today Could Shape Fate Of Aravalis Faridabad: If still more evidence was required, here it is. A large lake, that till two years ago brimmed with water, has also dried up completely in Dhauj, just 3km from the Sirohi and Khori Jamalpur mines, ramming home yet again the …
State Had Agreed On Guidelines At Meeting With CEC To Break Monopoly Abantika Ghosh | TNN New Delhi: The Haryana government hurrying to auction off what it calls the
Matter in HC, But Govt Sets Auction Date Abantika Ghosh & Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: Disregarding the fact that the Punjab and Haryana High Court is yet to determine whether the mining lease of Sirohi and Khori Jamalpur in Faridabad district should be extended or not, the …
The mine owners of Khori Jamalpur and Sirohi have gone to the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking an extension of the mining lease that expired on February 5 after seven years. Extensive mining in this period has left this stretch of the Aravalis in Faridabad district virtually beyond repair. …
Gurgaon: A leopard and her two cubs had come under the wheels of a vehicle and were injured near Manesar last week. The reason for the accident, apart from the immediate cause, is the rapid pace of development around Gurgaon that has deprived several animals and birds of their natural …
