In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy today agreed to strengthen forest department security by sanctioning 40 additional armed police parties. During a review meeting, he asked the Chief Secretary P.K. Mohanty to submit a comprehensive report on the methods being followed by the police department and measures taken …
Madhya Pradesh is a crucial link in the international poaching corridor straddling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and Tibet. But even as tiger hides from the state's reserves are being seized even in faraway Nepal, the MP forest department is reluctant to lodge cases of poaching. With the big cat population …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Wednesday in its preliminary arguments told the Supreme Court that no mining operations can resume in Goa unless irregularities are rectified. Amicus curie ADN Rao told a bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik that mining companies in Goa have violated rules and regulations in …
Illegal sand mining will be “closed down” in the next 15 days, said District Collector S.B. Deepak Kumar. On Wednesday, the collector went on an inspection to the various parts where illegal sand mining is rampant. The visit included Soriyankuppam in the Bahour area, where sand is taken from the …
Development comes in the wake of a spurt in illegal mining cases despite a slew of measures by the Centre and the states Mineral rich states have been asked to expedite formation of empowered panels on the pattern of an inter-ministerial committee at Centre to check the menace of illegal …
The Tamil Nadu government, which had suspended mining of rare earth minerals like garnet, ilmenite and rutile along the Tuticorin coast last month following complaints of large-scale illegal mining, on Tuesday extended the ban to Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Trichy and Madurai districts. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa, in a statement, said a …
Wants states to submit quarterly reports to IBM The Ministry of Mines, in a bid to further step up joint efforts to curb illegal mining, has asked state governments to regularly share information with it on the measures taken by them. Besides, the ministry at its recent meeting with the …
Various events would be organized to mark World Ozone Preservation Day on Monday by the regional office of UP Pollution Control Board. Regional officer Mohd Sikandar said that a symposium would be organised at Saras Hall of Vikas Bhawan on 'preservation of ozone layer'. It would be attended by students, …
The government is not empowered to distribute scarce natural resources to “favoured companies as largesse” without following any competitive, transparent and objective process of selection, counsel Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Common Cause, an NGO, told the Supreme Court on Thursday. Stating that the entire allocation of coal blocks to private …
Even as it looks as if the Apex Court will hear the Goa mining case only after the Constitution Bench hearings are over, the 27 mines are to get their leases renewed – agreements signed – by the end of the month. Officials said that the payments for the mines, …
The Human Rights Protection Centre (HRPC) here has alleged that illegal garnet quarrying is rampant in Tirunelveli district despite the order of the National Green Tribunal prohibiting quarrying. Advocate S. Vanchinathan, Deputy Secretary of the HRPC, told the media in a press meet on Thursday that a fact-finding team comprising …
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed district magistrate, Allahabad, to take action in pursuance of the report on illegal mining of Silica sand. The report was submitted by the five officers of district. While fixing October 7, as the next date of hearing, a division bench, comprising Chief Justice …
चंडीगढ़। पंजाब ही नहीं चंडीगढ़ में भी रेत का अवैध खनन किया जा रहा है। सेक्टर-53 और मोहाली फेज-3 के बीच से गुजरते चो से हर रात 5 से 7 ट्रक व ट्रालियां रेत निकाली जा रही है। इतनी रेत निकाली जा चुकी है कि चो के साथ लगते एरिया …
The batch of petitions related to pleas for resumption of mining activity in Goa has not been listed in the cause list displayed on the Supreme Court website and this has raised speculation among parties involved in the matter that there may be a brief delay before the matter is …
More than 100 illegal borewells have been detected by the revenue department in Hi-Tec City and the adjoining areas, resulting in rapid depletion of ground water. These wells have come up in every nook and corner of areas such as Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Miyapur, officials said after conducting a survey …
The state government will be filing a status report before the Supreme Court on September 17 Even as the industry expects Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on mining exports, the state mines and geology department is yet to take several initiatives suggested by the apex court's Central Empowered …
Odisha government will soon cancel all nine mineral concession applications of Deepak Steel and Power Limited (DSPL). Faced with severe criticism for its apparent failure to curb illegal mining, the Naveen Patnaik government for the first time has taken a pro-active move to punish DSPL in the wake of startling …
Toxic levels of mercury dumped in Amazon rivers gets into food chain, posing serious health risk to children, study finds Indigenous children in Peru's south eastern Amazon, an area where tens of thousands of illegal gold miners operate, have unsafe mercury concentrations over three times the level of their non-native …
Alleged incidents of illegal sand mining have been reported in recent times The Centre has written to all state governments in the country to take steps to stop illegal sand mining activity in their respective states, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said today. "We have written to all state governments to …
Bangalore: Call it an irony or simply the absurd ways of our political system. M Shamim Banu, the retired IAS officer who was arrested, was part of a highlevel committee to review the report of the Lokayukta on illegal mining in 2011. Banu was part of the committee comprising four …
