CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
Karwar: A team of forest officials swooped down on the Belekeri port on Monday evening and seized five lakh tonnes of iron ore worth Rs. 150 crore, Forest Department sources said. Fake passes of the Forest Department were used to transport the ore from Bellary district to the Belekeri and …
Uttar Pradesh has struck riches in the rugged badlands of Bundelkhand. Geologists have found mines of diamond, platinum and gold raising hopes that the region could one day turn into the proverbial El Dorado thereby alleviate the plight of the locals ravaged by drought for years. The UP government has …
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan endorsed the proposed amendments to Madhya Pradesh Gaun Khanij Niyam 1996. The Cabinet also endorsed the proposed amendments to Madhya Pradesh Khanij (Awaidh Khanan, Pariwahan Tatha Bhandaran ka Niwaran) Niyam 2006. The Cabinet endorsed the order given by the Chief …
MUMBAI: Rampant, illegal sand-dredging, in contravention of rules laid down by the state government in its tender agreement with the dredgers, was witnessed on Tuesday when TOI visited Bankot Creek in Raigad along with environmental activists. Locals, who have been agitating against the dredging and have even filed a PIL …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided that only traders with licence will be allotted rakes to transport minerals by railways. This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Secretary TK Mishra here today. Mishra took stock of the situation arising out of illegal transportation of iron and …
Why does the regulatory apparatus appear toothless in the face of the Reddy Republic? Union Mines Minister B K Handique says that officials of the national mines regulator, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), are too
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The black clams of the Vembanad wetland have a history of supporting a number of industries in the state, including Travancore Cements Ltd (TCL), Travancore Electrochemicals and Pallathra Bricks and Tiles Ltd. For the very same reason, these live organisms - villorita cyprinoides var cochinensis - got labelled as …
Greater Noida: Officials of the special mining squad, including a sub-divisional magistrate and a deputy superintendent of police, had a narrow escape when the mining mafia opened fire at them during a surprise check in Maujabad area of Greater Noida. However, no one was injured as they managed to flee. …
Set against the mighty Reddy Republic, these two miners are small players. But their stories are remarkably instructive since these capture the sweep of alleged irregularities that the Reddys are being scrutinised for
MUMBAI: The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team and environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek on Tuesday afternoon to report on the illegal activities. The Mahad police have registered a case of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation …
Just 22km upstream from the Okhla barrage, the Yamuna is a different river. Upstream of Wazirabad in the north, it is a big, healthy river in which fish swim and to which birds come for water. Over the next 22km, it gets reduced to a giant sewer because of a …
In the sprawling lawns of a fortified complex on a five-acre hillock in Bellary, local BJP MLA P A Suresh Babu is bowling to a 10-year-old. The boy doesn
A petition challenging the ban order on sand transportation to other states was dismissed by the High Court on Monday. Binny Abraham of Puttur had challenged the order issued by the Deputy Director of Mines, Mangalore, on August 8, 2009, banning the transportation of sand outside the State, stating that …
Successive governments, irrespective of political identity, in Haryana have not been keen on mining of major minerals. One of the reasons is that the major minerals are governed by the Central Government rules. These rules provide for a 20-year lease, which is renewable, with a deemed renewal provision. On the …
