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Supreme Court empowers pollution control boards to levy preventive damages for environmental harm

SC reaffirms 'polluter pays' principle while hearing plea against Delhi HC order which said pollution boards lack power to levy penalties or damages for environmental damages.

Groundwater, not glacier melts, is what primarily keeps the Ganga flowing in summer—IIT-Roorkee study

Findings will go a long way in understanding patterns of other rivers & helping policymakers find more effective ways to rejuvenate them, says IIT-Roorkee head.

How air pollution is affecting India’s healthcare systems

While climate change is often regarded as the primary environmental consequence of industrialization, air pollution is an equally pervasive and systemic threat.

Tsunami warning lifted after 7.0 magnitude quake hits Russia’s Kuril Islands

The Russian govt said three areas near Kamchatka Peninsula are at risk of tsunami. While wave heights are expected to be low, it said it is unsafe to remain near the shore.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Russia’s Kuril Islands, no tsunami threat

The US Geological Survey said the quake was magnitude 7, differing from Germany’s reading of 6.7. It added there was no tsunami threat in the Pacific after the tremor.

Heavy rains cause waterlogging in Delhi’s Connaught Place, AIIMS, Sarojini Nagar

Several areas in the capital city, including Vijay Chowk, Connaught Place, AIIMS, & Lajpat Nagar, saw moderate rainfall on Thursday, as forecast by IMD, disrupting routine life.

Krasheninnikov volcano erupts for first time, ash cloud rises 6,000m over Russia’s Kamchatka

Days earlier, the remote peninsula was struck by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake. Local administration issued an ‘orange’ aviation hazard warning after the 1,856-metre-tall volcano erupted.

SC stays Bombay HC’s verdict that declared Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg land ‘protected forest’

Bombay HC restored the status of 120 hectares of land in Kanjurmarg as a 'protected forest', allowing the land to be used as a garbage landfill.

IAS officer who pulled off ‘green elections’ as observer urges EC to replicate model across India

New Delhi: If the government is promoting environment-friendly practices across various sectors, shouldn’t green elections also be the norm in India? That’s the recommendation...

Nearly 50% posts lying vacant in pollution control bodies across India, Parliament told

Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh says reasons behind staff shortage include pending recruitment approvals, delays in sanctioning staffing patterns, restructuring of posts among others.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?