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Troubled by protests, Sterlite awaits green tribunal’s order -Gopu Mohan

-The Indian Express Chennai: The fate of Sterlite Industries, and that of thousands of people of coastal Tuticorin, now depends on the south bench of the National Green Tribunal, which is hearing the company's petition against its closure ordered by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). The biggest copper smelting unit in the country, part of the Vedanta Group, moved the tribunal after the TNPCB ordered closure of the plant following...

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‘Serious gaps’ in EIA of Mithivirdi nuclear plant-Darshan Desai

-The Hindu Environmentalists say EIL is not qualified to conduct study, want report to be reviewed by an independent experts panel Ahemedabad: Environmental experts and activists, who have alleged that Engineers India Limited (EIL) is not qualified and accredited as yet to conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the Mithivirdi nuclear power plant in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, have found serious gaps in the EIA report itself in its present form. They have...

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Kundapur: RTI Activist's Murder - Four Contract Killers Arrested in Bangalore?

-DaijiWorld.com Kundapur: Four persons have reportedly been arrested in Bangalore in connection with the murder of RTI activist and Congress member Vasudeva Adiga, whose body was found on January 12 in Chikmagalur. Adiga was allegedly kidnapped on January 7 from Goliangadi. Five days later, his body was recovered from a pond at Kadur, with signs that he had been strangled to death. It is said that the police have arrested four persons who...

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India could face crippling heat waves -N Gopal Raj

-The Hindu THE SUNDAY STORY An analysis of the output from 18 different global climate models indicates that India’s average annual surface air temperature could go up by between four degrees Celsius and seven degrees Celsius by the end of this century. The warning signs are already out there. Global air and ocean temperatures have risen in response to human-driven emissions, particularly of carbon dioxide. Oceans have become more acidic and the...

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Rich Economy, Poor Management -Pranab Bardhan

-Outlook Don’t blame globalization for inequality – but rather policies hijacked by a few Economic globalization in the sense of expansion of foreign trade and investment is, of course, somewhat anaemic, reflecting the impact of global recession, although still vigorous in the sense of continuous international transmission of technology, information, ideas and social media. But in the world of politics and policymaking a cold wind is blowing, dimming earlier enthusiasm for global...

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