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2.4KNGT Finds Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), Coal India Ltd (CIL) Guilty Of illegal Mining, Pollution, Imposes Rs 160 Crores Cost For Damaging Environment
In a landmark decision, the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal comprising of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel in Judgment dated 20-3-2020...
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Two Barges Carrying Flyash To Bangladesh Capsize In Hoogly River: Raises Concerns About Impact On River Ecology
On 9th of April, two barges carrying flyash from thermal power plants in West Bengal to Bangladesh capsized on the Hoogly...
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Not Safe Even During Lockdown: 185 Acres Of Land Within National Parks And Sanctuaries Proposed For Diversion By National Board For Wildlife
In the peak of the Covid-19 Pandemic, as the whole country is on a lockdown mode, there is something that has stopped:...
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Greta Thunberg Once Again Targets World Leaders For Ignoring Climate Emergency
Accusing world leaders of ignoring the climate emergency and “sweeping their mess under the rug”, Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg once again...
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Five Takeaways From The UN’s Proposals To Protect Biodiversity
Dubbed by some the “other COP”, UN negotiations over revised biodiversity targets and a new international framework for nature restoration and conservation...
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What Now For J&K’s State Animal And Bird?
Before August 5, 2019, when the former state of Jammu & Kashmir was converted into the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu...
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Himalayan Cold Wave, Avalanches, Kill Hundreds In South Asia
In a video gone viral among some circles, an old man lies curled up in the snow, frozen to death. Some people...
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Report To National Green Tribunal Raises Spirits In Kashmir
At a time when Kashmir’s forests face the axe and the government looks to demarcate land for investors from elsewhere in India...
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Kashmir’s Forests Face The Axe
The former Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir was very busy in September and October....
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No Appetite To Pay To Stop Global Warming
The annual summit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) starts just a few weeks before the 2015 Paris Climate...
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![The Hangul, or Kashmir stag, in Dachigam, the only area where its threatened population is stable [image by: Khursheed Ahmad]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kashmir-Stag-e1579680434160.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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![Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority has scrambled rescue operations in the Neelum Valley, but many people remain out of reach [image: NDMA]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NDMA--e1579596774398.jpg?resize=450%2C230&ssl=1)
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![Part of a degraded forest in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kash-forest-1-e1576304932258.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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![Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa taking questions on the first day of the conference [image by: UNclimatechange / Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Secretary-General-Antonio-Guterres-and-Executive-Secretary-Patricia-Espinosa-2-e1575365575142.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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