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Union Commerce Minister echoes Greenpeace’s concerns on pesticide residue in the national drink. Greenpeace urges Indian tea companies to look for real solutions and not hide behind the regulation
New Delhi, August 21, 2014: Expressing serious concern on the issue of pesticide residues in tea, the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in a recent media interview, raised questions on…
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Greenpeace urges fair and transparent vote on protection of India’s Mahan forest
Amsterdam, 18 August 2014: Greenpeace International today joined Greenpeace India’s call for Indian authorities to protect democracy and ensure a fair and transparent village council vote in the Mahan forest,…
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Tea companies commit to Non-Pesticide Management in tea; Unilever and Girnar lead the way. After 50 hours volunteers climb down the billboards
August 13th, 2014, Mumbai: In an encouraging turn of events, two of the leading tea companies have come forward in support of Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) in tea. Earlier this week,…
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Book people behind Fake Letters in Greenpeace’s name, demand MSS and Greenpeace
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, August 6, 2014: Greenpeace India and Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS) today filed a police complaint against the fake letters that are being circulated among residents of Amelia…
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‘Systematic clampdown on People’s Movements Unacceptable’: MSS Amidst police excesses, MSS demands that the CM should revoke Mining license given to Essar and protect the Rights of Forest dwellers in Mahan
August 5, 2014, Bhopal: Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) supported by prominent members of other social movements today urged the government of Madhya Pradesh to end the systematic clampdown of the…
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Ex-CM Nitish Kumar visits the solar village of Dharnai, Jehanabad, Bihar
Patna, 4 August: In a thumbs-up to Greenpeace’s solar-powered micro-grid, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday visited Dharnai village in Jehanabad district, where the micro grid has been setup.…
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Civil Society urges the centre not to trample over the Rights of Forest Dwellers in Mahan. Implement FRA in 54 villages of Mahan, demand Mahan Sangharsh Samiti
1st August, 2014, New Delhi: Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) supported by prominent members of civil society organisations today urged the Indian government not to trample over the rights of the…
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Bombay HC accepts Essar’s affidavit to include malicious IB report that was ‘leaked’ last month
July 31, 2014, Mumbai: At the hearing of the interim gag-order on the Greenpeace, MP, the Bombay High Court today accepted Essar’s affidavit to include the ‘leaked’ IB report that…
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Crackdown on Forest Rights Activists Intensifies. Police arrests two Greenpeace activists in the middle of the night in bid to “intimidate people” before Gram Sabha
July 30 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: The police in Singrauli have stooped to a new low, according to Greenpeace. Barely two months after four forest rights activists were arrested from…
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Mahan Gram Sabha to be Held ‘Behind a Curtain’ as Police Seize Signal Booster, Solar Panels and Other Communication Equipment
July 29, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: A Greenpeace mobile phone signal booster was confiscated by local police today, along with other communication equipment in Amelia village in Singrauli district of…
