This is an excerpt of an 8 August speech by Supreme Court judge Ujjal Bhuyan on ‘Balancing development and sustainability: Recent trends’ at the Vivekananda Kendra in Guwahati.
AV Ranganath, Commissioner of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency, said that ‘if you start delaying the mitigation process, the damage gets more deep-rooted’.
Sonam Wangchuk was arrested under NSA for allegedly instigating 24 Sept violence amid pro-statehood stir in Leh. But for his family & native village Uleytokpo, he's their 'Gandhi'.
Trump’s return is likely to have consequences for global efforts to mitigate climate change & protect the environment. In his 1st term, he had pulled US out of the Paris accord.
India scored 0/100 in management of marine protected areas and protection of marine species, in index compiled by Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability & Climate Change and BioDB.com.
The Western Ghats has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over a decade. But for the Karnataka government, it has become a millstone around the neck.
Environmental concerns are often neglected, if not entirely absent, from the national agenda. They’re rarely a talking point in election campaigns, says conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra.
Addt'l chief secretary, environment climate change & forests, Supriya Sahu has introduced cloth bag ATMs in the state & initiatives to curb illegal poaching & smuggling.
A viral video of Tamil actor Vikram cuddling a Lar gibbon has also put a spotlight on the murky yet booming world of exotic pet trade in India. Enforcement has not kept pace.
Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.
As part of partnership, Reliance & Rolls-Royce will explore formation of dedicated Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex that will be a centre of excellence for power and propulsion technology in India.
It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.
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