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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2026)

India, April 17 -- NGT orders Ramgarh factories violation probe committee. NGT mandates SWM Rules enforcement via Rajasthan committee. NGT directs Barabani illegal brick kilns inspection. Probe ord... Read More


Noida workers' protest: The global cost of living crisis comes home

India, April 17 -- Tens of thousands of workers took to the streets in Noida demanding a minimum wage of at least Rs 20,000 a month. In real terms, wages in the region have fallen over the past decade... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 15, 2026)

India, April 16 -- NGT application flags encroachments, silting endangering Bihar's River Tel flow. Bihar terminates director, fines Toshiba Rs 1.09 crore for STP lapses. NGT report notes 80,000+ un... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2026)

India, April 15 -- Joint committee clears Growth Centre, Khara, of pollution allegations. Tripura ULBs achieve full waste segregation, zero legacy waste: Report to NGT UP seals illegal borewells at ... Read More


NHRC to hear 216 cases of alleged bonded labour in brick kilns across various districts of Uttar Pradesh

India, April 14 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold an online hearing of 216 cases of alleged bonded labour in the brick kilns across various districts of Uttar Pradesh at its pre... Read More


Indigenous knowledge: Researchers decode cancer-fighting potential of traditional Konyak Naga herbal medicine

India, April 13 -- Researchers from Nagaland University, Berhampur University, and Saveetha Medical College have, in a preliminary investigation, identified traditional herbal formulation used by the ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 10, 2026)

India, April 13 -- NGT flags non-compliance by several states with CPCB directions on retrofitting emission control devices in diesel generators Notices issued to pollution control bodies; replies so... Read More


As the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway is opened tomorrow, new study documents 18 wildlife species using key underpass near Haridwar

India, April 13 -- Eighteen species are utilising a key underpass on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14, 2026, a recent government state... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 9, 2026)

India, April 10 -- NGT orders replies, joint report on illegal sand quarries harming biodiversity, flow. Dindori stone crusher: NGT forms committee to probe illegal crusher causing pollution, lacking... Read More


Caribou survival depends on lichen and snow: Study

India, April 10 -- If lichen continues to decline across the Arctic, caribou populations could struggle to survive the winter, according to a study by researchers at the State University of New York C... Read More