Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry
Kath-Kuni: A young architect brings back the glory of his homeland's traditional architecture
Rahul Bhushan, a 29-year-old Himachali local and alumnus of CEPT is trying to bring back the glory of Kath-Kuni structures
Crushing job: Study points out risks for migrant workers at stone quarries
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj found significant child labour at quarries in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle
Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)
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Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease
Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels
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Saleli quarries ordered to close down
Telangana has shut illegal stone crusher units, fined them; but much more needs to be done
Operational practices of the sector need to be strengthened and the guidelines released by the state board should be strictly implemented
Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story
Around 20,000 years ago, foragers in some African regions were almost exclusively finding their partners locally
Cross-continent social networking may have existed 400,000 years ago, fire use patterns suggest
The various groups of hominins were tolerant towards one another and exchanged ideas much like modern humans
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Granite greed
Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar
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Pollution in news on April 16
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around pollution
Rajasthan High Court quashes state mining policy favouring masonry stone miners
Petitioners allege loss of public revenue because of discriminatory policy
‘Dim-witted’ Neanderthals? They were ‘early engineers’ who produced multi-component glues to handle stone tools
Ability to make multi-component adhesives could be first expressions of the modern cognitive processes that are still active today, researchers say
Andhra’s 247,000 year old cache: Who had such advanced stone tools?
A study adds to evidence that modern humans may not have necessarily introduced advanced stone tools to India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Placing stone crushers in ‘green’ category will create a huge environmental mess
CPCB draft report on classification of industries intends to shift stone crushing to green category from orange
Punjab slips for sand mine, again
Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 29, 2024)