Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
A debate exists regarding the limits of international law to influence state behaviour. Some attribute these limits to the inability of law to compel states to incorporate norms into domestic legal frameworks. Others maintain that even if institutionalised, the incapacity of states to put those norms into action is where …
Benefits of interlinking of rivers are in the areas of irrigation, drought and flood prevention, hydropower generation, conversion of wastelands to cultivable lands, better groundwater resources and so on. Areas of concern include ecological issues, deforestation, submergence of habitable or reserved lands, displacement of people and their rehabilitation. But, with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Antarsingh Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 03/07/2014 regarding Maheshwar 400 MW Hydro 3 Power Project constructed over Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh. Previous Orders
The report examines the rise of “land grabs” in Asia and how this impacts on poor and vulnerable people in the region. Recent years have seen significant increases in land deals across Asia and there is increasing pressure on land for investments in extractive resources, aquaculture, biofuels, infrastructure, real estate …
What is the basis for raising dam height?’ Even as the official-level Narmada Control Authority (NCA) asserted that all project-affected families facing displacement at the present height of the Narmada dam had been “resettled,” several people still living in the submergence villages arrived here on Tuesday from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra …
The recent identification of chromite deposits in two districts of Manipur, Ukhrul and Chandel, has led the government to grant mining clearances disregarding constitutional provisions. While environmental degradation and tribal displacement due to chromite mining in Odisha is well documented, the administration is yet to learn from Odisha’s mistakes.
Seventeen months after Congress authorized up to $16 billion to fix homes wrecked by superstorm Sandy, tens of thousands of people still are living in damaged houses or paying rent on top of a mortgage as they wait for rebuilding help. About 15,000 New York City residents are seeking aid, …
Gujarat exalted over NCA decision; activists worried In a far-reaching decision, the Narmada Control Authority on Thursday gave its nod to Gujarat for raising the height of the Narmada dam to the full reservoir level of 138.72 metres from the present 121.92 metres. The gates will be installed in an …
It’s a black day for India, injustice has been done to people of Narmada Valley who have been fighting for their life and livelihood for three decades. In complete violation of the Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal Award and the conditions imposed by Supreme Court 2000 judgement, Narmada Control Authority today …
Worried over distress sale of minor forest produce (MFP), the Centre has decided to soon announce minimum support price (MSP) of at least 10 such produce, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram said here on Sunday. "To start with MSP of sal seed, mahua and tamarind, among others, will be …
KOCHI: In a sharp criticism against the promoters of the proposed airport at Aranmula, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) termed the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted by them as ‘inadequate, incorrect, misleading and fraudulent’. The NGT made this observation while announcing the judgment on an appeal filed against the Environment …
Joshua Mendelsohn and colleagues discuss the moral, legal, and public health principles and recent evidence that strongly suggest that refugees and internally displaced people should have equal access to HIV treatment and support as host nationals and give detailed recommendations for refugees and internally displaced people accessing antiretroviral therapy in …
At least 37 people have died and six others remain missing after downpours hit provinces in south China, according to a statement from the China National Commission for Disaster Reduction on Monday. In south China's Guangdong Province, the death toll from floods had risen to 17 as of 12:00 p.m. …
New Zealand’s court of appeal has refused refugee status to a family from Kiribati, a Pacific island which is quickly sinking beneath the sea No refugees please, we’re New Zealanders. That’s the message from New Zealand’s court of appeal. In a decision released last week the court endorsed earlier rulings …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lakhan Musafir & Anr Vs. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. dated 09/05/2014 regarding the construction of Garudeshwar Weir at Garudeshwar village of Narmada District, Gujarat. The Counsel for Applicants has submitted before the Tribunal that the construction …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Antarsingh Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding Maheshwar 400 MW Hydro 3 Power Project constructed over Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh. The Tribunal has directed the Project Proponent to furnish …
Villagers have seen how parts of Kendrapara district were saved during super cyclone For Niranjan Swain, a 62-year-old farmer of Badakota village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, growing crops is just as important as making a ritualistic patrolling around a 25-acre patch of land, where he and his fellow villagers are …
Submergence of villages, displacement of people, inter-State issues and court cases will be major hurdles in implementation of the multi-purpose Polavaram hydel project. The recent decision of the Union Cabinet clearing the proposal of constituting the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) for execution of the project during the election eve is …
Agartala: A tribal woman had died and at least 1450 houses damaged and unspecified number of people displaced from their homes due to a cyclone accompanied by hail storms in two districts of Tripura, official sources said on Wednesday. One Sandhya Rani Debbarma (52) had died last night when her …
