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Earth Day in lockdown: A chance to imagine a different future, say conservationists

Award-winning conservationists and filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert said lockdowns around the world due to COVID-19 have created a chance to reimagine relations with the natural world and for young people to continue pushing for change.

An empty jetty is seen ahead of Earth Day, during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease.(REUTERS)
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 10:10 AM IST
London | ByReuters

Zimbabwe’s former leader Mugabe dead

Mugabe enjoyed strong support among the population and even the West soon after taking over as prime minister and Zimbabwe’s first post-colonial leader.

Singapore’s foreign ministry later said he died on Friday at the Gleneagles Hospital there, saying it was working with Zimbabwe on arrangements for Mugabe’s body to be flown home.(AP image)
Updated on Sep 06, 2019 11:52 PM IST
Harare/ New Delhi | ByAgencies

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Family ties influence Odisha politics

Cutting across political spectrum, family lines are a dominant factor of Odisha’s electoral politics. Experts say many of these families have huge tracts of lands and fat purses, and therefore, come with formidable resources.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is the son of former CM Biju Patnaik, and while he is a bachelor with no family members in politics, his party depends on a number of other influential families.(Arabinda Mahapatra/HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 07:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Sambalpur | By

Change in land preservation law leaves Aravallis in peril

The Haryana assembly on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Punjab Land Preservation Act 1900, opening thousands of acres in the Aravallis and Shivalik ranges for real estate development and mining, which could be a major threat to the environment and ecology in Delhi-NCR.

The amended law will exclude tracts of land included in the final development plans or town improvement plans from the ambit of the PLPA.(File Photo)
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 05:23 AM IST
Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Shiv Sena opposes developement plan to open up salt pans for low-cost homes in Mumbai

The recently released development plan (DP) 2034 allows the state to open up more than 130 hectares of salt pan land for affordable housing

Updated on May 17, 2018 11:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Maharashtra government to open religious plots for private use

The state has proposed to amend the Act through ordinance, after its attempt to pass the bill in the budget session failed last month.

Officials from the state revenue department, which has proposed the amendment, said the Khidmatmash Inami lands don’t come under the purview of the Wakf Act.(FILE)
Published on Apr 16, 2018 10:21 AM IST
By, Mumbai
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