Health

A New Beginning

VICTORIOUS: Health Minister Anbumani
Ramadoss has been a strong advocate of a

Publication Date: 
13/10/2008
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Canada, Smoking, Supreme Court, Singapore, France, Ireland, United States Of America (US), Brazil, Delhi
Health

Smoking in public, R.I.P.

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss couldn't have given a better birthday gift to the father of the nation.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2008
Shyamlal Yadav
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, Supreme Court, India
Forests

Forest dept says Patiala MC usurped its land

Patiala, October 03 Government officials have reportedly usurped and later tried to auction Forest Department land measuring 52 kanal in Jhill village.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Forest Act 1980, Municipal Corporations, Supreme Court, Patiala (D)
Health

Supreme Court refuses to stay ban on smoking in public places

J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for implementation of the Centre

Publication Date: 
30/09/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Smoking, Supreme Court
People

 In court

Exxon

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Transport, Public Transport, People, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Supreme Court, Human Rights, Indonesia, United States Of America (US)

 Ignorance and arrogance make for good floods

This year, for once, the devastating floods of Bihar seem to have touched us. Last year, when the same region was reeling under what was said to be the worst floods in living history, we simply did

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Environment Economics, Islands, Mining, Ecology, Development, Marine Fisherfolk, Panna NP, Benefit Sharing, Poverty, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Supreme Court, India, Vedanta Aluminium, Mangroves
Energy

Court grants leave to proceed in environment conservation levies

The Supreme Court yesterday (22) granted leave to proceed with the rights petitions challenging the four new environmental conservation levies on all bulbs exceeding 40w except CFL, motor cycles and motor cars with internal combustion engine, cellular phones and television broadcasting and telephone transmissions.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2008
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Environment, Supreme Court, Sri Lanka
Wildlife

Shillong zoo to outsource animals

SHILLONG, Sept 22

Publication Date: 
23/09/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Zoos, Wildlife, Supreme Court, PETA, Shillong
Land

India Inc. stuck

It

Publication Date: 
21/09/2008
Suman Layak; Kushan Mitra
Business Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, POSCO, Singur, Malaria, Farmers, Compensation, Turtles, Tata Motors, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Supreme Court, Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, West Bengal
People

Implement NHRC recommendations on Salwa Judum, Supreme Court asks Chhattisgarh government

Legal Correspondent

Commission report painful; it says the self-defence group is armed and committing atrocities
Whatever is urgently required, do it: CJI
It is not state-sponsored, but a people

Publication Date: 
20/09/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Chhattisgarh, Naxalites

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