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Fishermen call Tamil Nadu draft coastal zone management plan ‘illegal’

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu have drawn a link between the draft CZMP and the centre's Sagarmala project saying the coastal development plan is an excuse for 'land grab'

2 min read2 Mar 2018
Politics

Tigers in trouble: Environment ministry panel clears Ken-Betwa river-linking project

The Ken-Betwa river-linking project involves diversion of around 6,000 hectares of forests, mostly from the Panna National Park tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh

3 min read26 May 2017
Industry

Norway wealth fund drops BHEL from its portfolio over environmental concerns

Norway wealth fund has dropped BHEL from its investment portfolio on environmental concerns arising from its coal-fired thermal power plant in the Sundarbans

1 min read5 May 2017
Science

Nutella maker Ferrero fights back on palm oil after cancer risk study

Italian confectionery firm Ferrero has taken a public stand in defence of an ingredient that some other food companies in the country are boycotting

5 min read11 Jan 2017
Politics

Govt may override environment concerns in northeast hydropower projects

Over 100 hydropower projects have been planned in the northeast but many of them have hit environmental snags

2 min read19 Oct 2016
Politics

Ranking should have been higher in Ease of Doing Business Index: Arun Jaitley

The finance minister said the World Bank has not factored in all the steps taken by the government to improve business environment

4 min read1 Nov 2015
Politics

Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma pushes for coal mining, hides family interest

So-called 'rat-hole' mining practised in Meghalaya killed thousands of workers, including children, before the ban was imposed in April last year

3 min read28 Oct 2015
Companies

Green worries keep foreign banks away from $3.3 bn Coal India sale

Banks' reluctance has prompted the govt this week to extend the deadline for bids from banks for a third time

3 min read17 Oct 2015
Companies

Australian govt urged to reconsider approval for Adani project

ACF says it has alerted govt about impact project would have on water and wildlife in Queensland's Galilee Basin

2 min read4 Aug 2015
News

Economic, climate crises are on collision course: WEF report

In its Global Risks 2013 report, WEF points out that crises, austerity measures severely testing global economic system

2 min read9 Jan 2013
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