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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: NGT

National Green Tribunal asks Yogi govt to shell out Rs 5 crore for polluting western UP rivers

The tribunal directed the UP chief secretary to personally look into issue of availability of potable water to the affected inhabitants of six districts.

NGT refuses to waive Rs 20 crore fine on Rajasthan govt over Bandi river pollution

The Rajasthan government was ordered to pay the fine to the Pollution Control Board for not keeping pollutants from textile industries out of the river.

Panels, tribunals are framed to ensure post-retirement jobs for judges & IAS officers

Acts that govern SEBI, NGT and the IRDA among others are designed to ensure post-retirement jobs for former judges and civil servants.

Volkswagen was injurious to health: How NGT caught auto major cheating

In its report, a panel set up by the National Green Tribunal stated that Volkswagen cars released around 48.678 tonnes of nitrogen oxide in 2016.

Meghalaya miners still trapped, NGT cracks whip on illegal mining in state

The NGT has asked the Meghalaya Police to investigate nearly 1200 cases of illegal quarrying across the state.

NGT panel blames ‘un-abetted illegal mining’ for Meghalaya tragedy

The NGT report finds that a blasé Meghalaya government looked the other way when illegal mining was going on in several East Jaintia Hills areas.

The NGT had slammed coal mafia while banning rat-hole mining in Meghalaya

The NGT ban on rat-hole mining had come on petitions that warned of the exact same scenario that left 15 miners trapped this month.

Vedanta to move Supreme Court to reopen copper plant in Tuticorin

The Tamil Nadu government had in May ordered the Vedanta copper plant in Tuticorin to be closed after locals protested to it claiming it was polluting the area.

15 feared dead in coal mine: Come to Meghalaya to see just how ineffective NGT ban can be

Coal mining is said to be a big revenue generator for Meghalaya, where the collapse of an illegal mine this month left 15 people feared dead.

Tamil Nadu activists to appeal in Supreme Court against Sterlite order

NGT set aside Tamil Nadu govt order closing down the copper factory, which was at the centre of a violent protest over alleged pollution earlier this year.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

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.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

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.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

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.