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The road to a Himalayan blunder -CP Rajendran and Mallika Bhanot

-The Hindu In its current form, the Char Dham road project goes against all environmental safeguards The Char Dham road project, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016, is an ambitious attempt to widen nearly 900 kilometres of hill roads at the cost of ₹12,000 crore. The project, which will be executed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), aims to provide all-weather connectivity to the four major shrines...

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Mizoram shows why centre’s palm-oil plans will be disastrous for farmers, environment -Kimi Colney

-CaravanMagazine.in On 15 August 2021, marking India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a crowd-packed Red Fort. “Just as we are making sure that no person or no class should be left behind in the development journey of society, similarly no part of the country, no corner of the country, should be left behind,” he told the crowd. “Development should be all-round, development should be all-pervasive, development should be...

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Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha

-The Hindu Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha. With the Tourism industry among the hardest hit due to the pandemic, it is estimated that about 21.5 million people working in the sector lost their jobs during the nine-month period from April 2020-December 2020, as per the data shared by the government on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said a...

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Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase

-UN News  The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, shows the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the 2030 Agenda, as the landmark annual High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) officially got underway.  Gains rolled back In addition to the almost four million deaths due to the coronavirus, between 119-124 million people were pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger, and the equivalent of 255...

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Number of fresh COVID-19 cases down but second wave not over yet: Ministry

-The Hindu ‘Revenge Tourism being witnessed at hill stations a dangerous trend’ India has registered a decline of 13% in average daily new COVID-19 cases in the last week said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, Health Ministry on Tuesday adding that “revenge Tourism” which is being currently witnessed at India’s hill stations where COVID-appropriate behaviour isn’t being followed is a dangerous trend. “We have to be careful, responsible and cautious as the second COVID-19...

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