Year: 2018

A garbage dump near Kenduwal village, where solid waste from Baddi is dumped. Credit: Manshi Asher

The Farce of ‘Integrated Waste Management’ in Himachal Pradesh

Manshi Asher 17/07/2018

What is an open dumping yard in reality is...

FILE PHOTO: A volunteer, for recovery work, wipes his sweat as he takes a break in a heat wave at a flood affected area in Kurashiki

Heatwave Kills 14 People in Japan over Long Weekend

Reuters 17/07/2018

Temperatures of 35 or above – known in Japanese...

Use of Trade Name Similar to Registered Trademark Not Infringement: Delhi HC

Manu Sebastian 17/07/2018

The court held that to make out a case...

Research on coral reefs published by scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has been found to have plagiarised content, some of it wrong and misleading.

Joint Director of Zoological Survey Plagiarised Book, Published False Data

Nithyanand Rao 17/07/2018

His and his colleagues' actions imperil coral research within...

SC Refuses To Stay Centre’s New Notification On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products

LiveLaw News Network 16/07/2018

The matter has been adjourned for hearing in August.

Local residents look at the carcasses of hundreds of crocodiles from a farm after they were killed by angry locals following the death of a man who was killed in a crocodile attack in Sorong regenc

To Avenge One Man, Indonesian Villagers Kill Nearly 300 Crocodiles

Reuters 16/07/2018

After the burial of the man on Saturday, villagers,...

The location of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Source: Google Maps

Maharashtra Denies Habitat Rights to the Most Backward Tribal Communities

Asavari Raj Sharma 16/07/2018

The status of implementation of habitat rights is quite...