A writ petition contests the Sikkim government’s decision to disinvest its stake in the public sector company that was operating the Teesta III dam. The petition raises allegations of wrongful financial gain by the...
On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations...
ईरान के शहर रामसर के केस्पियन सागर तट पर दो फरवरी 1971 को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वेटलैंड (आद्रभूमि) कन्वेंशन का आयोजन हुआ था। जिसमें संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ ने दो फरवरी को आद्रभूमि दिवस घोषित किया था।...
Indian banks walked nonchalantly into the new year, their indifference as thick as the smoke from industrial projects they finance. Pollution levels soared, environmental concerns, and sometimes protests, were witnessed over big infra projects...
जिन वन और वन्यप्राणियों को इंसानी हस्तक्षेप से बचाने की खातिर समूची सरकारी ताकत जंगलों में बसे इक्का-दुक्का गांवों को खदेड़ने में लगी है, उन्हीं वनों को दान-दक्षिणा में पूंजीपतियों को सौंपा जा रहा...
The second stage of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) owned Gadarwara Thermal Power Plant located in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, 2*800 (1600 MW) is currently in process. The minutes of the March...
One in three plastic generators in Tamil Nadu does not recycle plastic waste according to govt-mandated norms. Despite a Feb 2022 Union govt rule for all plastic waste generators to recycle their waste under...
Abellon Clean Energy Limited (ACEL) is a Waste to Energy (WTE) developer based out of Gujarat in India, who is developing 4 WTE plants in Rajkot, Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Jamnagar of cumulative capacity 52.20...
“We are farmers and are not uneducated. We know that this factory will spew poisonous smoke, our fields will become barren, and the water will not be fit for drinking.” Says Subhadra a farmer...
The Great Nicobar Development Plan, also known as the "Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island" plan, is a major infrastructure initiative planned in the Great Nicobar Island, located in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago...
Thirteen years after communities from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district filed a complaint at the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) accountability mechanism
Avantha Power and Infrastructure had promised to provide employment to the people living in the area when the Jhabua power plant was commissioned. Although it is currently owned by NTPC, this power plant which...
The CFA report comes during the 4th round of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee talks in Ottawa on international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in marine environment.