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
Military service by BTS back as S. Korean poll campaign issue

Military service by BTS back as S. Korean poll campaign issue

Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of South Korea's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, again voiced his scepticism on Thursday over whether to grant special favours to K-pop superstar band BTS for mandatory military service by its members. Jan 21, 2022