The Delhi State Wetland Authority has filed a report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) informing it that there are 1,367 water bodies in 11 districts of Delhi, including 1,045 listed water bodies and 322 wetlands identified through satellite imagery.
The report, however, also revealed that a substantial number of water bodies are not identifiable through satellite imagery, indicating that they may have been illegally filled or encroached upon.
The Bench of Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Judi...
The Supreme Court of India recently overturned a 16-year-old National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission verdict that had categorized charging excessive interest rates on credit card dues as an unfair trade practice. This judgment enables banks to continue imposing interest rates exceeding 30 percent on overdue credit card payments. While legally sound, the decision has sparked debates about its ethical implications
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna recently apprised the full court of the Supreme Court of the Collegium’s meeting with the Allahabad High Court judge. The Collegium had met the judge after his remarks targeting Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event led to an uproar and Opposition demands for his impeachment
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By Neeraj Mishra
Micro-finance schemes, Jan Dhan Yojana and women's Self-Help Groups (SHG) may have been the toast of many presentations on development. But they have introduced rural women to the new world of debt trap and suicides.
More than 40,000 women and a Rs 350-crore loan scam involving 45 banking institutions in Chhattisgarh has led several women and agents to suicide.
Chhattisgarh has produced the latest playbook on how small loans taken by a large number of debtors can enri...
Despite having its first tribal Chief Minister in decades, the state seems to be perpetuating a dangerous strategy: pitting tribals against tribals in its battle against Naxalites, leaving local communities to bear the brunt of violence and exploitation.