-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed that the government had reasons to doubt its verdict laying down auction as the only way of allocating natural resources, in what is seen as an indication of a significant judicial rethink. "On cancellation of spectrum licences allotted without following a transparent system, there is no doubt about its correctness. But if one reads the judgment to mean that auction must be...
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Govt to provide direct subsidy on kerosene
-PTI Government today said it planned to provide direct subsidy to beneficiaries of kerosene oil and a pilot project in this regard in Alwar district of Rajasthan was yielding good results. "Direct subsidy on kerosene is planned in future ... We have to move towards it. It will be done using UID cards... We are benefiting from the pilot project," minister of state for petroleum and natural gas RPN Singh said in...
More »Italy's compromise with kin of killed fishermen illegal, says Supreme Court
—PTI Describing Italy's compromise with the kin of the two Indian fishermen who were shot dead by its marines as “illegal” and “astonishing,” the Supreme Court said on Monday that they were “playing” with the Indian process of law and felt Kerala should have filed an objection. A Bench of justices R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale was perturbed that the compromise reached between the parties was placed before the Lok Adalat and...
More »Two years after BP oil spill, disaster not over
-AFP NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Two years after the worst maritime oil spill in history, fishermen, scientists, and environmentalists up and down the US Gulf Coast warn that the disaster may be far from over. Dead dolphins keep washing up on shore in unprecedented numbers. Oil-coated coral reefs are dying in the deepwater. Eyeless shrimp and crabs with holes in their shells are showing up in relatively empty fishing nets while killifish,...
More »India's fish, foodgrain production scene bright
-The Times of India The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is upbeat about fish and foodgrain production during the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) period. While the current fish production - marine and inland is about 12 million tonnes and foodgrain production touched 250 million tonnes in last fiscal, ICAR's projection for fish production in 2017, when 12th FYP ends is 15-16 million tonnes. Foodgrain production target of the nation...
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