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A protester demands the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, in Mumba on 15 February (EPA)
A 22-year-old climate campaigner has been arrested and two other activists are wanted by Delhi Police in a case related to a toolkit shared by Greta Thunberg in support of Indian farmers, sparking outrage amongst prominent Indians who claim it’s an attempt to crush dissent.
On Saturday, police reached Disha Ravi’s house in Soladevanahalli village in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Karnataka state, where she lives with her single mother. Her mother was told that she was being taken for questioning and it was only later that she came to know that her daughter was taken to Delhi where she was arrested,
SC seeks reply from Centre, States on plea against coal blocks auction in densely forest areas
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and seven states on a plea challenging the decision to allocate/auction coal blocks for commercial mining in densely forested areas.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice and tagged the matter along with other pending matters related to mining.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an activist Sudiep Srivastava said that this is a serious issue as the government has itself declared the areas as no go areas.