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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicEnvironment clearance

Topic: environment clearance

Cleared for takeoff in 1997, Navi Mumbai airport set to begin operations in December

The fully operational airport, with 4 terminals, is expected to have a capacity to handle 90mn passengers annually, slightly more than the capacity of London's Heathrow airport.

Govt waives environmental permits for low-polluting industries in push for ease of doing business

39 categories of 'white industries' will no longer need dual environmental permits to start operations. Activist worries it'll weaken pollution monitoring, set a 'dangerous precedent'.

‘Unconstitutional’: SC junks Centre’s environmental clearance exemption to soil extraction for infra

Bench said Centre showed 'undue haste' and failed to provide reasons as to why it issued 2020 notification in public interest during Covid lockdown without inviting public feedback.

Over 12,000 environment clearances granted to projects in 2022, a 20 times increase since 2018

Data presented in Lok Sabha also showed that time taken for forest, wildlife, coastal & environmental clearances had also come down thanks to govt's digital clearance platform PARIVESH.

Fresh trouble for Gujarat chemical plant over ‘unlicensed’ EIA. But residents want more action

No clearance to project till June as agency didn't have licence for conducting environmental assessment of soda ash units. Villagers want action on other agency involved in review.

Environmental clearances: NGT frets over capacity building of states, asks Centre to lay rules

Centre's move to grant states the power of clearing large projects was contested by NGO. Earlier, NGT had found 'inadequacy in performance' of authorities in 2 states.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.