-The Hindu Decision was taken after representations from industries which process waste that there was too little waste for them After banning the import of plastic waste in 2019, the Environment Ministry has permitted PET Bottles, as plastic waste, to be imported for processing. The decision to rollback the ban was taken last year after representations by several industries in the business of processing waste said there was too little waste available...
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‘Compromise’ on TRIPS waiver is a sellout -Latha Jishnu
-Down to Earth Tough new conditions emerge in the compromise deal to ease WTO intellectual property barriers to production of COVID-19 medical tools We are back to square one. Back to the beginning after 18 months of a wearying, tortuous series of negotiations that carried on while millions of lives hung in the balance — and still do. The waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights on medicines, vaccines and diagnostics to fight the...
More »Delhi govt orders probe as Ghazipur landfill fire rages on for over 24 hours
-IndiaToday.in Ghazipur landfill fire: The Delhi government has ordered a probe to find the cause of the fire raging at the Ghazipur landfill. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has ordered the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to investigate the cause of the fire at the Ghazipur landfill site. Instructions have been issued to submit a report after investigating all aspects of the incident in 24 hours. Strict action will be taken against those...
More »TMC Leaders Concede Rampurhat Incident Has Put Party on the Backfoot -Rabindra Nath Sinha
-Newsclick.in Perhaps for the first time, TMC leaders concede in private discussions that after Bogtui the party finds itself on the backfoot and the carnage has been proving hugely embarrassing for the party chief and chief minister. Kolkata: Perhaps for the first time in the 11 year-regime of Trinamool Congress, a section of Imams who function under the banner of Bengal Imams Association and Welfare Trust (BIA) have targeted TMC supremo and...
More »India Witnessed 3,399 Cases of Communal or Religious Rioting Between 2016 and 2020
-TheWire.in MoS Home reply in Lok Sabha reveals that there were a total of over 2.76 lakh cases of rioting across the country during this five-year period. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that there were as many as 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting in the country in the five year period from 2016 to 2020. Overall, it said there were...
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