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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicEnvironment (Protection) Act

Topic: Environment (Protection) Act

How Environment Protection Act lost its ‘teeth’ & why states can’t use it to penalise stubble burning

Last week, SC said EPA had become 'toothless'. Last year, Centre had amended the Act to remove 'outdated provisions that no longer serve evolving technological & business environment'.

‘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.

Patna HC orders man accused of environment law violations to plant 500 saplings for bail

Accused also told to take care of trees' upkeep for six months. Court's direction follows similar orders in past few years by high courts of Delhi, Punjab & Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.