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Refugees who died off Italy 10 years ago remembered as new crisis flares

A decade after two tragic shipwrecks that shook Europe, Lampedusa is at the centre of a humanitarian crisis again.

Al Jazeera · Oct 3, 2023

Delay in lifting clearance suspension over Yadadri Thermal Power Station after compliance of issues to cost State dearly

TSGenco is awaiting MoEF's response to lift suspension over EC for YTPS to meet energy demand. CBI case registered against lawyer of NGOs who filed petition in NGT. TSGenco complied with 3 issues raised by NGT & submitted compliance report to MoEF. No wildlife sanctuary in 10-km radius of project…

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2023

Israeli Minister Cancels Prayer Service Amidst Tensions In Tel Aviv

Organizers move mixed-gender prayers to avoid confrontation with counterdemonstrators

Zenger · Sep 28, 2023

A flood of misinformation about migrants in Lampedusa

Thousands of individuals, predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa, have recently arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, reigniting the discussion on the EU and European states' approach to handling illegal immigration. Amidst this context, people online have been sharing three deceptive videos with the intent of disparaging migrants arriving in…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2023

NGO finds 177 environmental activists murdered worldwide in 2022

In its annual review, the Global Witness NGO named 177 land and environmental defenders who had been killed in 2022 – from the Amazon to the Philippines and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 14, 2023

China makes developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts – here's how this unique scheme works

In 2017, the Chinese environmental NGO, Friends of Nature, sued the developer of a dam in Yunnan province in the country’s south west. The NGO alleged that the project’s environmental impact assessment had failed to fully capture how the dam would affect the surrounding rainforest, and particularly the endangered green…

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘too early to say’ whether Ukraine’s summer offensive has failed – as it happened

Gen Mark Milley, head of the US military, says offensive has gone ‘slower than anticipated’ but battle isn’t done

The Guardian - AU · Sep 10, 2023

Madras High Court takes up suo motu revision against withdrawal of disproportionate assets case against O. Panneerselvam in 2012

Madras HC takes up suo motu revision of order allowing DVAC to withdraw case against former AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam & family. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh to hear petition on Wed. DVAC had registered FIR against Panneerselvam in 2006. NGO Arappor Iyakkam seeks court-monitored probe into allegations of disproportionate assets.…

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2023

HC asks Centre to respond to plea by NGO challenging suspension of FCRA licence

CPR challenges Centre's suspension of its FCRA licence; HC asks Centre to decide on CPR's plea for release of 25% of frozen funds by Sept 5; Centre asked for records & replies which were given on May 15; HC asked to release funds as interim measure to enable NGO to…

The Hindu · Aug 29, 2023

Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance

Swedish teenager Ia Anstoot says group’s ‘unscientific’ opposition to EU nuclear power serves fossil fuel interests

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023