In 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.
“No one escapes, from the womb to the grave,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director-general in a resounding alert to the world about the growing ill-effects of air pollution. Read more
Courtesy: Down to Earth
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the world’s largest statue, the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. At 182m tall (240m including the base), it is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, and depicts India’s first deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Read more
Courtesy: Business standard
On the eve of the unveiling of the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya Colony, as many as 16 tribal activists and leaders were detained by police from various villages across Narmada district on Tuesday for “planning to hold protests” during the inauguration of the world’s tallest statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Wednesday. Read more
Courtesy: The Indian Express
In all the interest around the Supreme Court judgment allowing only green or zero-emission firecrackers, what has been forgotten is that the same petition also pleads for controlling pollution created from other sources, such as burning of crop stubble, garbage as well as vehicular emissions. Read more
Courtesy: Financial Express
भूमि अधिकार आंदोलन के बैनर तले मध्य प्रदेश में जारी जन आंदोलनों का राज्य सम्मेलन 23 अक्टूबर को शाक़िर सदन, भोपाल में आयोजित किया गया। बैठक में मध्यप्रदेश के विभिन्न किसान संगठनों, भूमि संबंधी मुद्दों, जल-जंगल एवं पर्यावरण से जुड़े जन आंदोलनों तथा मध्यप्रदेश के नागरिकों ने आगामी विधानसभा चुनावों में निर्णायक भूमिका निभाने तथा जनता एवं किसान विरोधी नीतियों के विरूद्ध अपना असंतोष मुखर रुप से व्यक्त करने का आह्वान किया है। Read more
Courtesy: Sangharsh Samvad
