Tag: ecology

GSI’s Handbook on Northeast India Masks Extraction Behind Technicalities

NB: Congratulations to Bonojit, a former Ramjas College student; for his groundbreaking research and activism. DS The handbook casts the Northeast as a mineral-rich periphery, that is “underexplored” and ideal for private investment. Since March this year, around 55,000 bighas of land across Assam have either been cleared or marked for eviction. Of this, only… Read More GSI’s Handbook on Northeast India Masks Extraction Behind Technicalities

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Conflict of interest in Central Empowered Committee may compromise FCAA cases: Retired bureaucrats write to CJI

A group of 60 former civil servants has written to the Chief Justice of India, claiming that a “conflict of interest” in the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) could compromise the outcome of cases challenging the Forest Conservation Amendment Act, 2023. In their open letter dated June 30, the signatories, including former secretaries, ambassadors,… Read More Conflict of interest in Central Empowered Committee may compromise FCAA cases: Retired bureaucrats write to CJI

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Rare event breathes life back into Australia’s arid outback, attracting both animals and tourists

By Angus Watson It appears in satellite pictures like great blotches of blue and green ink; swirling, spreading, sinking into parchment paper. In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland sea, born from a deluge that has traveled hundreds of miles through the veins of a giant, parched continent. The rare event is now… Read More Rare event breathes life back into Australia’s arid outback, attracting both animals and tourists

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Punarchith (Re-Think). Reflections on a decade-long journey

Punarchith (‘Re-Think’) is a collective that focuses on evolving alternative perspectives and activities related to education, environment, democracy, and society. It seeks pathways and perspectives that would lead to ideas and learning for an equitable and just society. Its foundational premise is to evolve and engage with ideas that are suitable for everyday life in… Read More Punarchith (Re-Think). Reflections on a decade-long journey

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Grassroots activists who fought corruption & corporate power share environmental prize

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste trafficking Nina Lakhani Grassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most prestigious environmental prize. The community campaigns led by the seven 2025… Read More Grassroots activists who fought corruption & corporate power share environmental prize

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The Idea of Development: A Conversation in Chandigarh

Whether in electoral rhetoric or in the most high profile Supreme Court cases or in public policy, the word on everyone’s lips is Development. Punjab’s labour laws have been proposed to be reformed for– Development. Schools are being set up and strengthened for– Development. Building regulations are being changed so that rural areas and urban… Read More The Idea of Development: A Conversation in Chandigarh

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