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Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants...
Stop mindless concretisation ‘projects’ in Uttarakhand
A look at how unplanned and unchecked development wreaks havoc on the region’s fragile ecology
Why did J. Sanjiv Khanna dissent from the Central Vista majority judgment?
While the top court upheld the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, the decision was split 2:1 with Justice Khanna giving his distinct and separate opinion
EXCLUSIVE! River erosion washes away over 35 percent of Assam’s agricultural land
Erosion of land has been a key reason for migration, and therefore a major factor affecting the citizenship issue in Assam
Equity to be maintained between industrialisation and ecosystem: Orissa HC
The court noted that although development is necessary for enhanced revenue, it cannot be at the cost of human beings
Gujarat’s environmental group demands cancellation of GPCL’s environmental clearance
The NGO expressed anger at the company’s lax attitude towards past tragedies that put local village-life in danger
Maharashtra’s fishing community fights to protect its ‘golden belt’ coast
Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project
Central Vista Project: SC bars Centre from construction, allows paperwork and foundation stone ceremony
SG Tushar Mehta undertook that no construction, demolition or cutting of trees will be carried out
Goa: Environmental groups call on political parties to protect generational resource inheritance
The GMM manifesto aims to protect natural resources and wealth for future generations in an economically beneficial manner
Goa Foundation reconsiders its stand on the mining auction announcement: Victory at last?
After initial celebrations, environmental action group takes a step back to consider the real benefits of the auctioning of mining leases
Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan
Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT
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Rule of Law
Allahabad HC grants bail in UAPA case over WhatsApp video; raises questions on overuse of stringent national security laws
Accused Savej, charged with ‘waging war’ and serious BNS offences for circulating a Pakistan-made video critical of PM Modi, released on bail; Court cites lack of criminal history, procedural lapses, and Article 21 right to speedy trial, raising concerns about misuse of stringent anti-terror provisions
Rights
Supreme Court grants six-week interim medical bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Mahesh Raut
Raut, in jail since 2018 under UAPA, secures interim relief for rheumatoid arthritis treatment; despite being granted regular bail by Bombay High Court in 2023, he remains in custody as the order has been under Supreme Court stay for two years
Communalism
15-year-old Muslim teen died by suicide in Gujrat, alleged communal harassment
Saniya Ansari, a 15-year-old aspiring police officer from Ahmedabad, died by suicide after months of harassment over a house purchase, her death has sparked questions, exposing how Gujarat's Disturbed Areas Act is allegedly being misused to marginalise Muslim families
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Anti-Dalit Crime: Dalit Family brutalised in Ghaziabad
A Dalit family in Masota village, Ghaziabad, was allegedly held hostage and beaten by dominant-caste men following a minor road altercation, FIR has been registered, at least six individuals have been detained so far
Rights
Supreme Court seeks states’ replies on pleas for stay of anti-conversion laws, to decide on interim stay after six weeks
CJP highlights UP’s 20-year minimum sentence and PMLA-style bail conditions, warn of “weaponisation” of laws against minorities and interfaith couples; Court directs nine States to respond within four weeks
Minorities
Death in Assam’s Detention Regime: 56-year-old Bengali Muslim succumbs to cancer amid denial of release
The deceased, branded a “foreigner” despite decades-old family records, died of untreated cancer after authorities denied his release; his case adds to a grim record of deaths, rights violations, and ignored Supreme Court rebukes against Assam’s detention regime
Communal Organisations
Navratri: Communal demands mark pre-festival protest in Jabalpur
Right-wing outfits AHP–Rashtriya Bajrang Dal demands Muslim ban at Navratri garba in Jabalpur, citing ‘love jihad’, demand Aadhaar checks, warns administration of consequences if tensions escalate
India
ECI’s nationwide SIR plan: a ‘unified’ push, applied differentially across states
The Election Commission is stepping into a nationwide rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) with a unified goal — but state-level realities remain fractured, as Bengal revisits 2002 data, Assam ties voter rolls to citizenship, and Bihar faces Supreme Court scrutiny