-The Hindu At the foothills of Datla mountain of Satpuda Valley in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh is located the picturesque village of Dhadaw. Located on the banks of Dudhi River that also defines the boundary of the district, Dhadaw falls in the district's forest belt. Within the periphery of this village lies a world that has efficiently maintained the essence of traditional agricultural practices - a remarkable feat at...

-The Hindu   People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy to lay siege to township tomorrow TIRUNELVELI: The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has "successfully completed" the mandatory penultimate tests before commissioning its first unit by testing an array of steam relief valves under operating pressure and temperature. The tests, started on last Friday to evaluate the performance of high-precision steam relief valves at operating pressure and temperature, were completed on Monday. "We're immensely satisfied with the...

-Reuters India's top court imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore ($18.40 million) on Sterlite Industries for polluting Environment through its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu. The case is unrelated to a separate order that has shut the Tuticorin plant, India's largest, since last week following complaints of a gas leak. Despite the fine, the Supreme Court overruled an earlier order from the Madras High Court to shut down the plant over...

-PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Vedanta Group, to pay Rs. 100 crore as compensation for polluting Environment through its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu but refused to direct its closure. A bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik said that the Environment has been polluted for a long time due to the discharge from the plant of the multinational company and it has...

-The Hindu   The government does it purely on the strength of a certificate issued by the district administration Even as the recent affidavit submitted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) before the Supreme Court in the Vedanta case has caused dismay among tribal communities and activists for the dilution of its stand on diverting forest lands of tribal communities, the Ministry has gone a step further and allowed diversion...