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Environment: The growing crisis on the Kho River
The river Kho, that breathes life into both the Ganga and Ramganga — and supports countless farmers — is under severe threat at its source. Both the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments need to take urgent steps to protect and preserve this river and surroundings from resorts and uncontrolled ‘religious tourism;’ besides Dogadda, a culturally and politically important town in Uttarakhand also deserves official recognition as the origin point of the Kho argues the author
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On the morning of July 30, a huge landslide...
Father D’Britto, the pioneer of the Harit Vasai movement, passes away at 81
Father D’Britto had authored over 50 books and was a prolific writer contributing to several Marathi newspaper
Navigating the grey: The Biodiversity Amendment Act, 2023, and the Water Conservation Act, 2024, steps towards leniency or leap into laxity?
A critical analysis of the recent environmental legislation in India
Set aside SIA of ‘unsustainable development projects in Nicobar’: Over 100 former civil servants to President Murmu, GOI
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) consisting of former civil servants have in separate communications to President, Draupadi Murmi, the MHA, NCST and the Director, social Welfare, Andaman and Nicobar Islands urged a credible Social Impact Assessment (SIA) that factors in the impact of such unbridled ‘development’ on the Tribal Reserve in Greater Nicobar and its vulnerable tribal groups
Understanding Uttarakhand’s ‘pain’ of ‘development’, the bane of religious and wild life tourism
Uttarakhand’s’ forest fire has resulted in loss of not...
Assam in shambles after heavy floods, 2 lakh people affected by the floods
Assam sees deaths of over 8 children, with several missing and displaced, and over all 200,000 people affected by the floods after Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc.
In North Gujarat’s Granite-Rich Idar, Locals Fearful About Aravalli Mountains’ Future
Locals are worried that if the BJP wins the elections, the Idar mountains are bound to be blasted again for mining.
Development project threatens the livelihood of port village in Karnataka
A fact-finding report reveals that the construction of a port in Kasarkod poses dire threats to the livelihoods of local residents and the ecosystem.
March to border, relay fast on climate change and demands for Ladhakh to continue as climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ends hunger strike after 21...
Ladakh, India’s highest plateau at 9,800 feet is an ecologically fragile region and has seen protests for months against industrial development, demands for statehood and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution; when talks with the union home ministry failed, the hunger strike was launched
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