-Live Mint Vedanta can mine bauxite in Orissa with gram sabha nod, some Karnataka iron ore mines to reopen Two key judgements passed by the Supreme Court on Thursday bode well for India's troubled natural resources sector, keeping alive Vedanta Resources Plc's hopes of mining bauxite in Orissa and promising an alleviation of raw material shortages at steel makers by partly lifting a ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka. The country's top...
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Coca-Cola plans to expand its bottling plant in water-stressed area-Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Locals allege Coca-Cola is to blame for the rising water crisis in the area Varanasi: Holding it responsible for the aggravation of water crisis in the area, village councils here have opposed Coca-Cola's plans of expanding its existing bottling plant at Mehdiganj, 20 km from here, and called on the government to stop the company's current groundwater extraction. Fifteen panchayats or village councils here have asked the Central Ground Water Authority...
More »States should not unjustifiably prevent internet access: UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem "Navi" Pillay
-PTI JOHANNESBURG: States may not prevent access to websites because they display opinions or beliefs that are critical of governments or established systems of thought, UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem "Navi" Pillay said here. Pillay, a South African of Indian Tamil origin, was delivering a lecture on 'Human Rights Achievements and Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World' at the University of the Witwatersrand as part of South Africa's celebration of Human Rights...
More »UN Expert to Visit India to Assess Abuse of Women
-Outlook Geneva: For the first time, a UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women will visit India next week to assess the overall situation of violence against women at a time when questions are being raised on the safety and security of women there. Rashida Manjoo, the Special Rapporteur, charged by the Human Rights Council to monitor violence against women, its causes and consequences worldwide, will meet with government authorities and...
More »Vedanta's alumina project in Odisha stuck as SC refers mining issue back to gram sabhas -Samanwaya Rautray
-The Economic Times Vedanta's alumina project in Odisha's Lanjigarh will be stuck for at least five more months, with the Supreme Court today referring the controversial issue of mining the nearby Niyamgiri hills back to the gram sabhas. A bench, comprising justices Aftab Alam, K.S. Radhakrishnan and Ranjan Gogoi, said that the issue of tribal Rights, especially their religious Rights, had not been determined before grant of permission to mine the hills...
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