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News ScanPolluters must and will pay, says Jairam
The Centre has said polluters will have to pay for environment and maritime losses caused by the collision of two merchant vessels off the Mumbai coast, on August 7, and has assured fishermen who could not fish due to the oil spill that they will be given compensation More... Govt panel calls Vedanta mining project illegalAfter a stop-work order on the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project, a four-member panel appointed by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests deals a blow to yet another big-ticket investor in Orissa, the London-based Vedanta Resources Ltd More... Govt sets up commission to look into illegal miningThe Indian Cabinet, on August 16, 2010, ordered a probe into alleged illegal mining in the country. Of late, the issue has been in the limelight especially in mineral-rich states like Karnataka, Orissa and Jharkhand More... Mumbai oil spill: Fish, mangroves affectedOver 500 kg of fish samples were found to be contaminated by the oil spill off Mumbai’s coast. Mangroves near Elephanta Island and near Vashi in Navi Mumbai were also affected. There is, however, no estimate of the scale of the damage More... India to launch forestry satellite by 2013India is set to launch a satellite to monitor forest cover, in 2013. Meanwhile, consultations for finalisation of the Green India Mission too have reached the final stage. The government hopes to expand forest cover from 23% to 33%, and carry out afforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded forest land More... Oil spill concern as ships collide off Mumbai harbourTwo Panamanian cargo ships, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-111, collided on August 7, 2010, off the Mumbai coast causing an oil spill that could pose a huge environmental threat More... Jaitapur nuclear project: Villagers oppose forceful land acquisitionKonkan Vinashkari Prakalpa Virodhi Samiti has demanded that the Maharashtra government immediately cancel forceful land acquisitions by the Nuclear Power Corporation for a proposed power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district More... Finally, Nuclear Liability Bill moves towards consensusThe government and the Opposition have been at loggerheads over the issue of financial liability. The T Subbarami Reddy Committee held its 25th meeting this week and is understood to have fixed a timetable for clearance of the Bill More... Bhopal gas killings: CBI for stringent charges against accusedIndia’s Central Bureau of Investigation has moved the Supreme Court seeking to restore the stringent charge of culpable homicide, which attracts a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail More... |
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