Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
JEYPORE: Supply of substandard seeds by the Orissa Seed Corporation for the kharif season in Koraput district has hit the farmers below the belt. About 40 per cent seeds was found to be poor in quality and failed to germinate. According to farmers, as per the government norms the Agriculture …
With an increasing incidence of human-wildlife conflict, the first question hour session of the third National Assembly discussed this old and protracted issue again. Member of parliament (MP) from Sibsoo constituency in Samtse, Durga Prasad Chhetri, informed the house how an elephant had killed a 75-year-old woman in Sibsoo on …
Delhi eyes water from Himachal dam but without checking distribution losses in the city Fifty-year-old Jagir Singh Tomar is among the 700 families in Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh who would be affected by the proposed Renuka dam on Giri, a tributary of the Yamuna river. The project, via Haryana, …
Cyclone Aila dealt a heavy blow to the state food processing and horticulture department, in terms of the department incurring a loss of Rs 101.62 crore from the damage caused by the storm in the districts of North and South 24-Parganas. The state horticulture department is now reviewing the quantum …
Welcoming the decision of the Goa government to scrap the SEZ policy for Goa, the SEZ Virodhi Manch has warned that it will not rest till the approvals granted by the Central government are withdrawn and the notified SEZs denotified. Demanding that the government should not enter into any deal …
Letter to Dow Chemical Company from Congress of the United States to immediately take steps towards remediation and redress of the chemical disaster in Bhopal, India.
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: Narmada Bachao Andolan activists met the Madhya Pradesh Governor, Balram Jakhar, here on Monday and apprised him of the concerns of the dam-affected tribal population of five villages in Dewas district. The Narmada Valley Development Authority in April this year had decided to reverse the acquisition …
energy Nigerians want to own their oil Thousands of workers in Nigeria protested in mid-May the proposed deregulation of the oil sector. The government in February said it would deregulate the downstream oil sector, which deals with refining of crude oil for domestic consumption. It is managed by the state-owned …
Meegahakiula Division is probably one of the worst affected by the wild elephant menace in the Badulla district. The residents of several areas of the Meegahakiula Divisional Secretariat division are living in constant fear of wild elephants. A herd of wild elephants that roamed into Galgekanda, 13th Mile Post and …
All party meeting decided to take a delegation to Centre and State government to urge them to announce special packages for yellow leaf disease and to waive off the loans of arecanut growers. The farmers and representatives of various political parties discussed in length over the yellow leaf disease affecting …
Farmers and the Greater Noida Authority have reached an agreement for the payment of land compensation at the rate of Rs 850 per sq mt for the land to be acquired for the Peripheral Expressway around the national capital. The success of the long struggle of the Noida farmers for …
Pakistan on Monday took up water compensation issue with India for the loss of about 200,000 cusecs of water India had stopped last year for filling the newly built Baglihar Dam on Chenab River in occupied Kashmir. Pakistan discussed the issue and expressed its concern on the second day of …
Pakistan on Monday took up water compensation issue with India for the loss of about 200,000 cusecs of water India had stopped last year for filling the newly built Baglihar Dam on Chenab River in occupied Kashmir. Pakistan discussed the issue and expressed its concern on the second day of …
The Kaleghagh Dam is located at the Simdega district of Jharkhand. The dam was constructed in 1980 as a minor irrigation project of the irrigation department with the aim of irrigating land of the Simdega block, where three villages-Bernibera, Bara Barpani and Bhudhratoli were completely submerged for the dam. Intrestingly, …
Bhutan's nature conservation policy aims to integrate nature conservation and economic development. This policy is guided by a Buddhist attitude that places coexistence with nature over exploitation of nature for economic gain. We looked at how nature conservation policy affected everyday life and economic activities of local communities and what …
Land purchase deals amid gunshots in Jharkhand village investigations into the murder of four security guards at a proposed power plant in Jharkhand are revealing uncomfortable truths about industrialization in the state. The company that wants to buy land in Chakla village of Latehar district called the guards martyrs and …
