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The Judicial Ouroboros: The Vanashakti Reversal & Crisis of Environmental Finality in India
Much comment was made about the obvious conflicts between two verdicts of the Supreme Court of India –the Vanshakti judgements—between May and November 2025 and as India lives with the consequences, it is essential to situate the dispute within the broader evolution of environmental constitutionalism in India.
Unchecked urbanisation, waste dumping: Study warns of ‘invited disaster’ as khadi floods threaten half of Surat
An action research report, “Invited Disaster: Khadi Floods in...
As heat waves intensify in India, some inspiring examples of how small budget efforts conserve water, big time
This report looks at some concrete examples of water conservation in rural India
Cries for Environmental Justice: India at a low 176/180 countries in the 2024 Environmental Performance Index
June 5, World Environment Day is a sombre reminder that on the 2024 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), India is ranked at a pathetically low position of 176 out of 180 countries
June 5: World environment day & the increasing importance of seed conservation by farmers and rural communities
Fifty-three years after the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm Sweden, marked a landmark event of environmental activists, indigenous people, scientists and officialdom, World Environment Day, June 5, Bharat Dogra writes on how Indian local communities, especially women, are taking charge of seed conservation and rejuvenating efforts, defeating attempts by corporates to monopolise and monetise this traditional wisdom
There should be more concern for protecting rivers than for just trying to get a higher share of their water
There are several international and regional disputes over the...
Strengthening indigenous communities means protection of the environment
Various indigenous (Adivasi) communities constitute about 8.6 per cent...
Modi Govt’s Coal Reform Policy Quashed Over Environmental Concerns
NGT rules coal source changes need fresh environmental clearances; criticises dilution of regulatory oversight through office memoranda.
Destruction of forest in Kancha Gachibowli, Telangana violation of Congress party manifesto: CCG Statement
The destruction of over 100 acres of forested land in Kancha Gachibowli, to allow an IT hub is a violation of the Congress party’s own manifesto say retired civil servants who have constituted themselves into the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG)
Mass Deforestation, Protests, Detentions: Supreme Court halts Telangana’s reckless tree felling at Kancha Gachibowli, questions permissions
Public anger mounts as Telangana authorities bulldoze through Kancha Gachibowli’s tree cover, allegedly violating environmental norms and suppressing protests with detentions and police crackdowns; scrutiny by HC and SC to continue
Steps Towards Sustainability: MP villages show how water conservation improves quality of life, and quickly
Experiments with bunds and dohas to arrest rain water flow has rejuvenated lands making villages in Shivpuri district, MP, fit for agriculture and grazing
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
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Labour
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