Chaada Raju was stuck for 42 hrs in a crevice between 2 boulders in Singarayapalli forest area. A huge team of cops, forest officials & geologists blasted through rocks to pull him out.
Court exempted Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Vasai-Virar from order mandating buffer zone around protected forests. The satellite town near Mumbai has been seeing real estate boom.
India State of Forest Report released by central govt Thursday, shows trees and forests now cover 24.62% of the country’s geographical area. In 2019, India had a cover of 24.56%.
In ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’, Amitav Ghosh writes that India’s forest lands have formed an internal ‘state of exception’ where normal functioning of laws is suspended.
Asserting that land grabbers can't take refuge of law, the apex court directed Haryana and the Faridabad municipal corporation to ensure eviction within 6 weeks.
Only half of the world’s forests are still intact, a third being primary forests – natural woodlands composed of native species, not disturbed by human activity.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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