The green court ruled that it will not “interfere” with the Forest and Environment Clearances accorded to the mega developmental project on Great Nicobar Island.
Concerns over ecology, rights of the indigenous communities and the tectonic volatility and disaster vulnerability of the island have been disregarded.
Few terms are more paradoxically promising to a scientist than ‘open data’. ‘Funding approved’ is better, but that’s not the subject of this review. Open data promises ‘data’, the cornerstone of a scientist’s life. And this data is information that is available freely – not behind paywalls or red tape, not at the end of […]
The A&N Islands Pollution Control Committee has issued a notice for a public hearing for the Niti Aayog-pushed, Rs 72,000 crore Great Nicobar project, being termed as a "monumental folly" by an environmentalist, "the price .
The A&N Islands Pollution Control Committee has issued a notice for a public hearing for the Niti Aayog-pushed, Rs 72,000 crore Great Nicobar project, being termed as a monumental folly by an environmentalist, the price paid for which cannot even be comprehended.