Bench bans grant of minor mineral mining licenses on learning that instead of implementing HC's 2024 order to notify PESA rules, the state was in a hurry to auction the mines.
The country must explore and extract more copper, as large resources and reserves lie unexplored and hence not mined, says Centre for Social and Economic Progress
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Mines ministry is fine-tuning modalities to auction nine tailing dumps at Karnataka’s Kolar Gold Fields. Worth of minerals in dumps estimated at Rs 25,000-30,000 crore.
For residents of the tribal belt, the issue isn’t just legal—it’s existential. 'KP risks becoming a resource colony—stripped, polluted, and excluded,' a KP resident told ThePrint.
Mines ministry announced last month that tungsten block in Madurai had been auctioned to Hindustan Zinc, sparking protests. TN assembly has passed resolution against move.
States can recover past tax dues but not for period before 1 April 2005 while tax arrears can be paid over a staggered period of 12 years, top court clarifies.
Oxygen produced in the absence of sunlight is called ‘dark oxygen’. The discovery calls into question how life on Earth began. Also, dark oxygen can support seafloor ecosystems.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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