4+ hour, 26+ min ago Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday dismissed claims that the Centre had diluted protections for the Aravalli hills. He said the government remained committed to protecting the fragile ecosystem and clarified that nearly 90 per cent…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago The new definition of what constitutes the Aravalli hills has triggered protests from Haryana's Gurugram to Rajasthan's Udaipur, with environmental activists fearing that the changed definition could prove detrimental to the ecological balance of one of the country's oldest mountain…...

19+ hour, 23+ min ago Environmental activists on Saturday held protests in Haryana's Gurugram and Rajasthan's Udaipur against the new elevation-based definition of what constitutes the Aravalli hills, which they feared could prove detrimental to the ecological balance of one of the country's oldest mountain…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago Key trends and patterns in international partnerships: India's policymaking architecture for critical minerals is still evolving. The NCMM provides a broad framework, but coordination remains fragmented across ministries, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), industry, and new entrants such as NITI Aayog....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago Taking a stern view of rampant illegal mining and serious environmental violations in Panchkula district, the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued strict directions to the concerned departments to conduct monthly surprise inspections to curb illegal mining and environmental…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago Kot, surrounded by rocky hills and dry decidous and thorny scrub forests, lies in one of the last relatively intact stretches of the Aravallis in the National Capital Region. Residents allege that significant portions of Kot's common land are already…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago Dhanbad, A team of experts from Coal India arm CMPDIL on Friday began a drone survey of localities affected by gas emission from underground mines in Bharat Coking Coal Ltd's colliery areas in Jharkhand. Gas leakage was earlier reported from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago Ranchi, Revenue receipts from minor minerals in Jharkhand declined consistently between 2017-18 and 2021-22 due to several factors, including short or non-levy of royalty, dead rent and penalties, according to the latest Comptroller and Auditor General report tabled in the state assembly…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago Billionaire Gautam Adani's $1.2 billion copper smelter in Gujarat is receiving only a fraction of the ore required to operate the 500,000-ton-a-year plant at full capacity, as a global supply squeeze tightens. Kutch Copper Ltd., which began processing metal in June…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago Canadian giant Barrick and Mali announced Monday they had reached an agreement ending their dispute over one of the world's largest gold complexes, as the country's economy grinds to a halt under a jihadist fuel blockade. In mid-June, a Mali…...