India

 Blue Lady docks in Gujarat but no word on breaking yet

The Blue Lady touched Indian shores in the first week of July. The 38,000-tonne ocean-liner's year-long search for a breaking yard has been dogged with controversies, with groups such as the Ban

Publication Date: 
30/08/2006
Kushal P S Yadav
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Asbestos, Shipping, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hazardous Products, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, France, India, Gujarat, Toxins
Industry

 Reservation debate

The anti-reservation agitation sparked off by Union human resources development minister Arjun Singh's announcement of an increase in reservations in institutions of higher education, including medical colleges, highlighted several issues.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
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Health, Education, Supreme Court, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Industry

 In court

penalised: A US-based water company, United Utilities Plc, has been prosecuted for the fourth time this year. A UK court asked it to pay about US $18,600 as penalty for discharging 56,000 cubic

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
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River Pollution, Land Resources, Mining, Waste Disposal, Tribals, Industry, Supreme Court
India

 Pricing forests: Net present value assessed

Committee submits report on net present value

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
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Land Use, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Development, Industry, Supreme Court, India
Solid Waste

 In Short

green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
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Shipping, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Products, Bannerghatta NP, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Gujarat, Toxic Wastes
Forests

 Fined out

PIL over forest slapped down

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
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Forests, Forest Encroachments, Supreme Court
India

 No rude awakening

The Supreme Court of India recently asked the Union environment and forest secretary to explain the government's failure to implement its 1996 directive measures on sludge removal. These measures

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Supreme Court, India
India

 In Court

toxic pool: The Local Area Environment Committee (LAEC) recently termed the Eloor and Edayar indus

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
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Heavy Metals, AIDS, Patents, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Kerala, Toxins
Industry

 Narmada, Bhopal are issues of democracy, fair deals

Over the past few days, Jantar Mantar has been the venue of two protests against two of worst tragedies Independent India has witnessed. On one side of the road were activists

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
Sunita Narain
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Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Rehabilitation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industry, Supreme Court, Governance, Politics, India
Industry

 In Court

what an odour: A court in Tasmania recently fined a food packaging company for creating environmental nuisance. Classic Foods was charged after allowing wastewater to pool and stagnate, creating an

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
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Pollution, Food Process Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Green House Gases, Legislation, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), Australia

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