Punjab was due to submit compensation & compliance report to Central Pollution Control Board by 25 August. In 2022, it failed to pay Rs 2,080 cr. A look at Punjab's waste management issues.
National Green Tribunal bench was hearing petition against alleged diversion of reserve forest land for establishment of a 2nd Assam Commando Battalion.
SC has stayed NGT’s desilting ban till July. According to Rajasthan govt’s submission, Bisalpur dam is a lifeline reservoir of drinking water for 3 districts — Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk.
The plan, which was stayed by the NGT twice, outlines the vision for the hill town’s future, with provisions for regulating construction activities in different zones and protecting the environment.
Apex court emphasised need to balance development & ecology and said National Green Tribunal should not have continued with proceedings while appeal was pending before Himachal Pradesh HC.
On its own, Jewar Airport doesn't threaten Dhanauri’s ecosystem. But environmentalists fear that the inevitable commercialisation of the surrounding areas will kill the wetlands.
NGT this month invoked ‘polluter pays’ principle to say the construction of 22 cement pillars at the Ramsar site ‘cannot be allowed’. Will appeal, says Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
Pollution has become a perennial problem in the holy Ganga, with various courts grappling over the issue for decades. Now, a jurisdictional question has further muddied waters.
Tribunal was hearing application by Delhi resident claiming violation of compensatory plantation scheme and construction carried out without approval of Delhi Urban Art Commission.
Omaxe's submission that there is a violation of natural justice as it was not heard during formation of the committee that found it guilty of changing river Siswan's course was rejected.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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