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Sumedha Pal
Odisha: Similipal Fires Continue While Govt Claims Situation Under Control
06 Mar 2021
Located in Mayurbhanj district, the forest fires in Similipal—India’s largest and Asia’s second- largest biosphere reserve—have spread across 21 ranges.
Newsclick Report
‘In Some Places IT Rules Against Principle of News’: DIGIPUB
27 Feb 2021
‘For the executive to have the absolute power to regulate the content of news portals or publications would be to strike not only at the constitutional scheme but at democracy itself.’
Manya Saini
New Rules Announced to Regulate Content on OTT, Social Media, Digital News Platforms
25 Feb 2021
The new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, will supersede the earlier Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011.
Ayaskant Das
Modi Govt Flouted SC Order in Granting Environmental Clearance to OIL India in Assam?
16 Dec 2020
The Gauhati High Court has stayed the environmental clearance till OIL conducts the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Study in accordance with its undertaking in SC.
PTI
CPI Lawmaker Flays Prasar Bharati Bid to Shut Down Govt-Funded Radio, TV Channels
30 Nov 2020
In a letter to I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, Binoy Viswam said online versions are no substitute, cannot be accessible to all.
Ayaskant Das
Modi Govt Scraps Corporate Environment Responsibility Fund
09 Oct 2020
This has opened an easy way for corporates to procure prior environmental clearances, but the chances of non-compliance to the environmental commitments are now high.
Ayaskant Das
Did Modi Govt Tweak Green Laws to Allow Oil and Gas Exploration in Assam’s Rainforests?
19 Aug 2020
The OIL has proposed in its project report that hydrocarbons will be extracted by drilling seven wells beneath the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park using the modern state-of-the-art technology called ‘…
Ayaskant Das
How Draft EIA Notification Compromises Rights of Tribal and Forest Dwelling Communities
12 Aug 2020
The draft notification seeks to dilute the concept of public consultations, which lies at the core of the Environment Impact Assessment process, for a large number of projects.
Arun Kumar Das
Decline in Tiger Population in Odisha Linked to Poaching?
29 Jul 2020
Odisha has excellent habitat and vast forests for tigers to live and flourish. However, rampant poaching of prey base and tigers is taking a toll on their population.
Sonali Jain
Draft EIA Notification 2020: Whose Interests Does it Secure?
24 Jul 2020
The new draft EIA Notification proposed by the Union government recently is a regressive departure from the 2006 EIA and would supersede it.