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World Environment Day 2026 theme, logo, significance, quotes, slogans and activities you can plan on June 5World Environment Day 2026 theme and logo: World Environment Day is observed globally on June 5. This United Nations campaign unites nation...
Sikkim to open Doka-La and Cho-La battlefields for domestic tourists from October 1Get ready, travelers. Sikkim is opening Doka-La and Cho-La to domestic tourists starting October 1. Indian tourists with voter IDs can visi...
Highest altitude firing range in Sikkim gets Green Ministry nodIndia's forest advisory committee has approved the construction of a 2,000 m firing range in Sikkim and a 16 MW hydroelectric plant in Arun...
India in 2025: What 'Nostradamus' predicts for the country in the year aheadAs 2025 approaches, renowned Vedic astrologer Kushal Kumar offers a detailed forecast for India, highlighting key trends and challenges acr...
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: India's infrastructure play to counter China threatPrime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the project in 2016. The project, called Char Dham Mahamarg, will comprise ne...
Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
Sikkim CM Tamang urges Centre to build modern corridor between Sikkim and Eastern NepalThe Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang, urged the Union Government to construct a Multi-modal Corridor between Sikkim and Eastern ...
Sikkim Art & Literature Festival to celebrate literary landscape of regionThe three-day event will witness wide-ranging discourse on topics including climate change, wildlife conservation, history, culture and eth...
National security concerns: Environment ministry moves to take over state role in assessing small defence projects tooThe defence and roads ministries and the Border Roads Organisation have repeatedly sought expedited clearances for strategic projects.
India to tighten security along Nepal borderSecurity along the Nepal border will be tightened besides the security infrastructure and intelligence network in the next six months, offi...
Gujarat tops the list of states with most investment potentialThe ranking was based on 5 pillars - labour, infrastructure, economic climate, governance and political stability, perceptions and 51 sub-i...
Government plans to restart stalled power projects & create distribution infrastructurePiyush Goyal said that long-delayed Teesta Hydropower project in Sikkim, Subansiri Hydropower project in Assam & Arunachal will be soon rev...
China border projects: Security concerns will take precedence over environmental issues, says HMIt took nearly 2.5 hours to travel the 35-km distance from Tawang to Bumla border post. You can imagine the condition of the road: Kiren Ri...
Government reviewing hydro power projects: Prakash JavadekarTerming hydro power as the clean energy, Javadekar said government is trying to assess the impact of hydro power projects on river system
Environmental ministry promises speedier nod to projects on China border"There will be a policy of 'general approvals' which means that approvals can be granted by the states concerned and all files need not com...
Green nod for projects on China border to be made easierThe Environment Ministry will soon ease norms for clearances under a new policy that will give decision-making right to the states concerne...
- Mining, quarrying banned near Sikkim wildlife sanctuary
Human activities including mining, quarrying or setting up new ‘major’ hydro-electric projects will not be allowed around areas up to 200 m...
42,000-mw hydropower projects run out of steamProblems in securing long-term funding and high interest rates are also preventing developers from taking up big hydropower projects.
- States differ on linking rivers; SC quotes national interest
The ambitious project of the inter-linking of rivers is in national interests and the states opposed to it will not only harm their neighbo...
- China way ahead on border infrastructure
India has completed only 9 of 73 earmarked roads due to red tape, lack of funds.