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) …
PRIME agricultural land in the fertile terai of Uttaranchal is being acquired to set up industrial estates in the districts of Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Haridwar. Mining and topsoil quarrying are compounding the problem of agricultural retreat in the terai and the hills. Following its new industrial policy of …
• Tonnes of deadly toxic waste, which killed 10 people and made thousands ill in Ivory Coast were recently shipped out of the country in sealed containers, bound for a treatment plant in France. • who, in its recent report, has noted that many deaths caused by TB in developing …
At a media-studded book release function, a leading editor was recounting a recent incident. He was travelling with a top Uttar Pradesh politician (who we will not name but call Mr A) in his brand new plane. The politician told him that the plane was a gift from a leading …
Shrimp trade marred: Shrimp, the second largest export commodity from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU), might lose its huge market, as the group is considering blacklisting a good number of Bangladeshi shrimp exporters. The commission has detected the presence of nitrofurazone, a chemical used to store shrimp in the …
Oil lease sale blocked: In a preliminary ruling, a US federal court has recently blocked the US administration's plan to allow oil companies, access to the sensitive wetlands near the vast Teshekpuk Lake in the Arctic Alaska. The ruling has come as the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed …
widespread resistance to a new uranium mine and processing plant in his long-time Pulivendula assembly constituency in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has come as a shock to chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. People from his pocket borough have dug in against his pet project: a 26.79-million tonne uranium …
The release of revised Ethical guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human subjects by the Council in 2000 was followed by a number of developments in science and technology. These have led to further widening of healthcare between the developed and developing countries. Due to globalization rapid techniques of diagnosis and …
Setback for Bhopal victims: In a major setback to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the US court of appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has rejected their plea against Union Carbide Corporation for compensation and cleanup of hazardous waste from its plant site. The petition …
function table() { var popurl="image/20060831/8-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=320,height=550,scrollbars=yes") } ever since the West Bengal government cleared, in May 2006, Tata Motor's proposal of setting up a 426 hectares (ha) small car plant in Singur in Hooghly district, farmers' protests have been relentless. Their protests forced the government to redraw its land acquisition …
three decades ago, the Left Front government in West Bengal started its rule by distributing land to the landless through its famous land reform programme. Now, the political grouping is preparing to grab 17,200 hectares (ha) of mostly agricultural land for industry
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, a woman was prosecuted in London for throwing rotting food into a recycling bin. She was, however, acquitted after councils failed to prove their case. Donna Challice of Exeter city was charged for six offences after councils found …
On July 10, 2006, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to stop construction work going on at the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam to raise its height. In April 2006, Narmada Bachao Andolan had moved the apex court asking for a stay on raising the height of the dam, in view of …
on july 20, 2006, the Union cabinet finally approved a bill introduced in 2005 to amend the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The amendment will incorporate the much-awaited recommendations made by the Tiger Task Force set up in 2005 by the prime minister. It asked for statutory and administrative powers for …
Initially, the 21 families in Tanir Bavi, a hamlet situated on the banks of Gurrupur river in Mangalore, thought the idea of a floating power plant—which could be towed along the coast or the river bank—was spooky. So, while negotiating the sale of the 32 acres owned by them to …
Victims of asbestos exposure have welcomed a recent amendment to a compensation law in Victoria, Australia. The earlier law said people who were not at work when they were exposed to asbestos had a cap on claims for lost earnings. But now asbestos victims are exempt from that legislation. "Lots …
The largest ever settlement for pollution caused by asbestos was made on May 10, 2006, when the world's largest producer of insulation products agreed to a payout. Owen Corning announced a us $5.2 billion agreement to settle all present and future claims on asbestos damage and to protect itself from …
the district court in Junagadh, Gujarat, has convicted five persons for polluting the environment, 13 years after a case was registered against them. The court has slapped each of the convicts with three-year jail terms and Rs 5,000 as fine. The judgment was in response to a case registered by …
