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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 Surat City”, published by two civil rights groups, Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and the People's Union for Civil Liberties, Surat, states...
Arrests of fisherfolk from Uran Koliwada condemned: PUCL
People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Maharashtra has condemned...
Will the Joshimath Devastation Lead to A Change in Policy for Himalayan Region?
The recent tragic development of many houses ( and...
‘Planned’ Development Responsible for Holocaust in Joshimath and the Himalayas
New Delhi: The day since cracks started appearing in...
Armed cops, paramilitary sent to ‘protect’ top mining group, ‘oppose’ Odisha tribal rights
The civil rights group, Forum Against Corporatization And Militarization...
India’s First Draft Bill for Geo-heritage Conservation Ignores Rights of Adivasi Communities
The absence of focus in the Bill on participatory governance, as a possible model for the conservation of geologically important areas, has been pointed out by experts.
Vizhinjam project: No intimidatory procedures used against minorities, says Centre
In the ongoing Parliament session, the government says that no land of fishermen was acquired by the Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited
Is there a political deadlock over the Vizhinjam port protests in Kerala?
Both the opposition UDF and ruling LDF seem supportive of the Adani’s Group’s Vizhinjam port, now; in 2015 the LDF was a strong critic
400 academics & activists express solidarity with fish workers’ protest against Adani International Seaport at Vizhinjam, Kerala
Close to 400 prominent activists and academics representing many organisations, from across the country have endorsed an important statement in solidarity with the fish workers-led people's movement against the Adani International Seaport at Vizhinjam, Kerala and have also condemned the malicious slandering of activists who are questioning the socio - ecological and economic implications of the Port Project.
Billionaire emits million times more greenhouse gases than average person: Oxfam
Oxfam also called for steeply higher tax rates for investments in polluting industries
Delhi: Order Issued to Halt Construction Work at BJP HQ; Agency Fined Rs 5 Lakh
Larsen & Toubro was fined for violating the ban on construction and demolition work imposed in view of worsening air quality
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‘What happened to Ali Mohammad was wrong’: UP temple’s Muslim caretaker held for offering namaz; Hindu priest to arrange bail, says he served with dignity for 35 years reports TOI
In Budaun, Times of India reported how a temple priest has offered to bail out a Muslim caretaker arrested for offering namaz on temple grounds. Paramanand Das condemned the video recording and emphasised Ali Mohammad's decades of faithful service. Despite the arrest and charges of defiling a place of worship, Das affirmed Ali's respect for all faiths and the temple's inclusive nature.
India
Odisha: senior Bhubaneswar municipal official assaulted on duty, told to “apologise” to BJP leader
In an incident reported on June 30, the motley group of BJP supporters then allegedly started assaulting him without any provocation and demanded that he apologise to Pradhan, reports the Indian Express.
Farm and Forest
Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC
Urging that independent experts must be part of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) advising the SC on the impacts, adverse of otherwise of the Forest Conservation Amendment Act (FCAA), 2023 –currently under challenge-- sixty former civil servants have in an open letter warned against the possibly “comprised stand and conflict of interest of the present CEC advising the Court
Rights
How Prisons Become Spaces of Quiet Erasure
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India
Bihar 2025 Election: EC drops parental birth document requirement for 4.96 crore electors and their children in Bihar
Amidst ongoing protest, opposition and debate surrounding the hastily announced revision process in Bihar, the Election Commission of India has now taken a step back; it has uploaded the 2003 Bihar electoral rolls, exempting 4.96 crore electors, and their children born after 1987, from submitting parental birth documents; individuals not on the 2003 list can still use its extracts for parental details, directly by the voters themselves
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Poonch Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely labelling deceased teacher as “Pakistani terrorist” during Operation Sindoor coverage
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