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Topic: environment

In SC’s stop to cement unit plan near homes, farms in Punjab, a win for environment safety. What it said

Agriculturists & Vasant Valley Public School in Sangrur moved court 2 yrs ago, saying cement firm had bought 48 acres for ‘cement-related industrial unit’ in proximity to residences & lands.

From the lions in Gujarat’s Gir to Ladakh’s apricots, an interlay of art and climate action

The exhibition Sustaina India, a collaborative initiative by CEEW and artist duo Thukral and Tagra, houses 10 art installations. It ends on 15 February.

Wharton India Economic Forum: How India’s sustainability transition is turning pragmatic

Experts discuss India’s sustainability journey and how it is evolving from a narrative of climate intent to one grounded in economics, infrastructure, and long-term returns.

‘Prioritise right to life’—ex-civil servants’ letter flags SC orders ‘hurting environmental safeguards’

Letter released Sunday warns that court’s decisions on 3 matters, include Aravalli, definition, undermine the right to healthy environment. Aravalli order was kept in abeyance Monday.

Kenyan court blocks environmentalist’s bid to withdraw lawsuit against luxury resort in Maasai Mara

Kenyan environmentalist had filed lawsuit against Marriott and Kenyan officials, alleging local partner of Ritz-Carlton built lodge in violation of moratorium on new structures in wildlife corridors.

COP 30 delivered what was on the negotiating table. ‘It’s evolutionary, not revolutionary’

Ravi Shankar Prasad, former Special Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, noted that geopolitical realities dampened ambition around fossil-fuel outcomes and adaptation finance.

‘Scientifically unsound’. Conservators flag ecological blind spots in govt’s report on forests

Conservationists and former forest officials say the new accounting inherits the same weaknesses of the India State of Forest Report, which overlooks forest fragmentation.

‘Application of mind not proportionate to number of pages’—Why SC has expressed ‘anguish’ at NGT 

NGT is a specialised statutory body set up by Parliament in 2010 for hearing matters relating to environmental protection and forest conservation.

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.

Tamil Nadu on mission to get Blue Flag tag for 4 of its beaches. But Marina presents a unique challenge

4 yrs ago, state's Kovalam beach for the Blue Flag certification, a globally recognised eco-label awarded by Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.