Energy

Maharashtra MLAs will work towards accelerated development of renewable energy in the State.

In a meeting organized by Youth Forum of Legislatures and Climate Parliament, a global network of legislators on 11 June 2014 in Mumbai, cross party MLAs along with experts from IIT Mumbai and Climate Parliament have identified several policy and financial challenges that need to be urgently addressed by the state and the central governments, to give a boost to both off grid and grid connected renewable energy in the state.

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Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Off-Grid, Maharashtra, Political Parties
Governance And Institutions

The battles against Modi

Today, we stand at a juncture where the chief beneficiaries of the neo-liberal model of “development” have succeeded in presenting it as the one best suited for everyone’s needs, which the Bharatiya Janata Party has used to garner electoral support. If we are honest about fighting Modi, it is time to seriously interrogate our complicity in the story of “development”.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2014
Akash Bhattacharya
Economic and Political Weekly
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Governance And Institutions, Political Parties, India, Politics, Conflicts, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Development, Corruption, Industrial Workers
Environment

Mr Modi, wish us a Happy Environment Day

Mr Modi, wish us a Happy Environment Day.

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Publication Date: 
Sunday, June 1, 2014
India Environment Portal
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Environment, India, Sunita Narain, Political Parties, Governance, Development
Water Pollution

Fatehabad bodies to launch stir against polluted Ghaggar

Several organisations from Ratia in Fatehabad have decided to launch a renewed agitation against the reported indifference of the authorities to pollution of the Ghaggar flowing near the town.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2014
Sushil Manav
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Haryana, Fatehabad (D), Ghaggar, River Pollution, Political Parties, Industrial Waste, Water Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation

Tribals in 3 polling stations to boycott LS poll

Tribals in three polling stations of Jasrath in the Pattan valley, Karpat and Challing in the Miyar valley have announced boycott of elections tomorrow in protest against the failure of successive

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Kuldeep Chauhan
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Himachal Pradesh, Lahul & Spiti, Roads, Bridges, Floods, Tribals, Political Parties, Habitat And Urbanisation
Science And Technology

Indian elections fall flat on science

As Lok Sabha elections 2014 in India ends with vote-counting on 16 May 2014, this paper published in Nature warns that with two of the three main parties making scant mention of science in their manifestos, Indian science will not get the boost it needs to become internationally competitive. Says that whichever party wins, the government must do more than pay lip service to science.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2014
Sanjay Kumar
Nature
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Governance And Institutions, Political Parties, Science And Technology Policy, Research, Nano Technology, Nuclear Power, Energy, Environment
People

Brisk polling expected in Baramulla hinterland, near boycott in towns

The election mood is palpable in this village, 14 km from Baramulla town of north Kashmir.

Posters of Muzaffar Hussain Beigh stand out on the rustic walls of Chandoosa, which is also the native village of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Baramulla constituency.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2014
M Aamir Khan
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Jammu & Kashmir, Baramula (D), Development, Roads, Political Parties, People
Natural Disasters

उत्तराखंड : 5 में से 4 सीटों पर आपदा राहत है मेन इश्यू

यात्रा शुरू होने के साथ और गरमा गया है मसला

Publication Date: 
02/05/2014
पूनम पाण्डे
Navbharat Times (New Delhi)
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Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rehabilitation, Floods, Roads, Almora (D), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Political Parties, Natural Disasters
Habitat And Urbanisation

Villagers of Sissen threaten to boycott polls

The villagers of Sissen village under Pangin Assembly Constituency in East Siang district has reiterated their stand not to participate in voting or any other democratic process of the Centre as we

Publication Date: 
01/05/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
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Arunachal, East Siang, Roads, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Land, Political Parties, Habitat And Urbanisation

Gujarat villagers of Mundra resist Adani’s Shipbreaking Project

Opposition parties must support villagers of Mundra against Adani’s shipbreaking project; Adani’s proposal for shipbreaking unit in Mundra disregards grave lessons from Alang’s environmental crisis

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Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Environment Clearance (EC), Political Parties, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Public Hearing, Coastal Regulations, Pollution, Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

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