Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: Environment

Rahul Gandhi urges people to protest against EIA

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over its new Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft, calling it "disgraceful" and "dangerous."

A ‘dam’ned history of development: Horrific track record of dams in North-East India

The latest assault on the rights and resources of indigenous people in the North-East comes as an aggressive push for building the 3097 MW Etalin Hydropower project in Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.

Science as a catalyst for peace and development

This World Science Day for Peace and Development, celebrated annually on 10 November, is themed “Open science, leaving no one behind”. Open science is the movement to make scientific research and dissemination accessible to all levels of society, amateur or professional

Kerala and its floods, an opinion note

Noufa C.K As of the official records on 19th of August, 2019, the death toll from the severe floods that caused widespread damage to the...

Prominent Gloucestershire lawyer who fought for the environment passes away

She has been described as 'one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement'.

Call to support IIM-Bangalore professor, censured for seeking action against Uniliver

Sections of the Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) across India have strongly reacted to the decision to censure Dr Deepak Malghan, a faculty at IIM-Bangalore. Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil, who is faculty at IIM-Tiruchirapalli, has sought wider solidarity with Dr Malghan, saying, "The administration has censured Deepak for merely suggesting a meaningful action against Hindustan Unilever for their abysmal environmental record" by “disinviting” it for campus placement.