Indigenous communities of Jharkhand have long defended their native forests from exploitation.

Environment Ministry seeks to justify its star rating for green clearance

First it offered star rating as an incentive to promote ease of doing business and now the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has justified/clarified it as a further step "for encouraging the efficiency, transparency and accountability" in states' functioning. Jan 25, 2022
Basavaraj Bommai

K'taka CM meeting experts today on lifting of weekend, night curfew

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the decision on lifting of weekend and night curfew will be taken on a scientific basis. A meeting with expert committee members later in the afternoon would decide on the continuation of weekend curfew, he said. Jan 21, 2022