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Thailand revives $30 billion coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca StraitThailand plans a massive "Land Bridge" to connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. This project aims to offer a new shipping route...- Maharashtra govt decentralises land approval powers to speed up projectsMaharashtra's government has boosted the powers of district collectors and divisional commissioners. This move aims to speed up approvals f...
- Not a minor issue! Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu raises Major Laterite Matter with CentreAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has raised concerns over a recent Union government policy change. This change reclassifie...
- Great Nicobar project commercial enterprise; ecological havoc assured: Congress' Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh, a senior Congress leader, has strongly criticized the Great Nicobar Island Project. He labels it a commercial venture that w...
- Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
- Tamil Nadu CM Vijay opposes Mekedatu project, writes to PM Modi after SC nod to KarnatakaTamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to halt Karnataka's Mekedatu Reservoir Project. Vija...
- 2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...
- Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh to Defence ministerCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has alerted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the project in i...
- Assam makes first legal agarwood export to Gulf, eyes Rs 50,000 crore potentialAssam has struck gold with its groundbreaking legal export of agarwood chips to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, valued at a remarkable Rs 2.35 cr...
- 'Insult to science, make a mockery of EIA process': Jairam Ramesh on Great Nicobar projectSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escal...
- Great Nicobar project concerns must be debated in parliamentary forum; govt rattled by Rahul Gandhi's visit: CongressThe Congress party has detailed serious concerns regarding the Great Nicobar project. They highlight ecological damage, tribal rights viola...
- Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
- Government announces Rs 5K cr incentive for states to expedite mining blocks' auction, operationalisationIn an effort to boost the mining sector, the government is allocating a substantial Rs 5,000 crore to states that enhance the efficiency of...
- Consent of tribal and forest-dwellers not required to decide on diversion of forest land: Environment MinistryAccording to the environment ministry, compliance with the Forest Rights Act is to be considered only when the central government decides t...
- Tribal Affairs ministry, MoEF seek more time on diversion of forest landThe recommendations for all practical purposes allow the forest clearance process to bypass the gram sabhas, or village assemblies.
- Forest clearances under national green tribunal ambitThe environment ministry has failed in its attempt to keep forest clearances outside the purview of the National Green Tribunal though it m...
- Forest clearance must for mining projectsMining projects will not get environmental clearance without the mandatory forest clearance, the environment ministry has decided.
- Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan rejects demand to dilute forest clearance processOn her part, Natarajan is learnt to have said this proposal was unacceptable as it went against the Forest Conservation Act.
- Ramesh, Jaiswal take stock of coal mining projectsFaced with mounting complaints that the environment ministry was holding up clearances for as many as 81 projects, outside of the contentio...
- Another green hurdle hits Navi Mumbai airportThe Navi Mumbai airport could hit yet another green hurdle, this time set up by the Bombay high court.
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