Plans for Andhra's scheduled castes, tribes remain on paper

No vision, no planning, no adequate allocation and utilisation of funds, says Cabinet panel report still under wraps

Apex court rejects petition against NH-7 widening project

Petitioners have been asked to appear before the Bombay High Court and inform it about the measures needed to be taken for tiger conservation

Supreme Court asks NGT to monitor industrial units polluting Ganga

Apex court had recently asked government to explain why Central Pollution Control Board has no chairperson for the past six months

Dhari Devi idol goes missing

Activists claim idol deliberately removed to favour infrastructure firm GVK and help expansion of Shrinagar hydel project

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

Activists cite violations of statutory regulations in GM mustard approval ahead of SC hearing

GM mustard did not undergo even the limited testing that Bt brinjal underwent

COVID effect: Pendency of cases in district courts went up by 13% in 2020, finds think tank

Disposal of cases saw a decrease of 42.33%; case filings went down 32%

Supreme Court gives go ahead to local polls in Andhra

Elections will be held as per existing reservation quotas

Child sex ratio worsening faster among STs: census report

Data also shows higher marginationalisation of the country's Scheduled Tribes

Dalit-adivasi agenda for inclusion of SC, ST rights in election manifestos

Kerala launches an on-line campaign on dalit and adivasi concerns