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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

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.