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The city’s official temperature rarely reflects what its residents actually experience on the streets during peak summer heat

A greenpeace report reveals that traditional British Sunday roasts are laden with over 100 different pesticides on vegetables, including banned substances linked to health risks. This chemical cocktail harms wildlife and the environment, prompting calls for stricter government action and support for sustainable farming practices.

Community murals in Delhi's Sundar Nagri, unveiled on International Workers Day, powerfully illustrate the harsh realities of extreme heat on laborers. greenpeace India's campaign urges recognizing heatwaves as a national disaster, demanding funding and action to protect workers from the escalating crisis.

Marking Chernobyl's 40th anniversary, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy accused Russia of "nuclear terrorism," citing drone activity near the plant and warning of man-made disasters. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck a Russian fertilizer plant, causing a pipeline leak. Russia also launched numerous drones overnight, with Ukraine intercepting most.

The government also issued a showcause notice to greenpeace India asking why it's registration should not be terminated.

greenpeace India had moved court challenging the Centre's move to block funds dispatched from its Amsterdam headquarters since June last year.

greenpeace India will meet representatives of different political parties and raise the issue of fundamental rights, after the government suspended its FCRA registration and blocked its domestic and international bank accounts.

The home ministry has asked RBI to refer to it all foreign contributions directed to greenpeace India from greenpeace International and Climate Works Foundation for prior clearance.

Weeks after being rapped by the Delhi High Court for “offloading” greenpeace India activist Priya Pillai from a London-bound flight, Indian immigration authorities on Saturday denied entry to a foreign activist of the NGO, Aaron Gray-Block, and returned him to Australia, his home country, via Kuala Lumpur.

greenpeace India on Thursday hit out at the government for suspending its licence and blocking foreign funding, saying it will not be "cowed" down by a "campaign against dissent" and is seeking legal counsel in the matter.

The government on Thursday choked all foreign funding to greenpeace India by suspending its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 for six months.

greenpeace India has one month left to fight for its survival with the threat of an imminent shutdown looming large, the NGO's executive director told the staff on Wednesday

The registered office of greenpeace India has been inspected by authorities in Chennai who are investigating the organization’s society status.

Essar group has lodged a complaint with a trial court in Singrauli seeking action against international environment watchdog greenpeace India for allegedly instigating villagers in and around Mahan coal block area.

: In yet another crackdown on NGOs, government on Thursday cancelled the registration of greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA) for its activities which allegedly hampered country's economic growth.

As government battles it out with greenpeace on the Priya Pillai offloading case, the NGO has won an interim plea against Essar’s attempt to enforce restrictions on greenpeace at district court in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.

With the Madras high court staying the order on cancellation of greenpeace India's FCRA licence, the home ministry has put off its proposal to order a CBI probe into alleged financial irregularities committed by the NGO in violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.

greenpeace India employee Priya Pillai, who had a valid UK business visa and was scheduled to address British MPs in London on January 14, was stopped at New Delhi airport on Sunday by immigration officers and barred from flying.

Executive director of greenpeace India, Samit Aich, offered his resignation to the greenpeace India Board, which accepted it yesterday, the NGO said, adding that a programme director, Divya Raghunandan, too, has quit.

Aich said that greenpeace will not wind up its activities in India in the light of the two IB reports pertaining to it and would take legal steps to defend its constitutional rights.

In a relief to greenpeace India, Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed it to access its two accounts to accept domestic donations.

The Madras high court on Friday stayed the government order cancelling greenpeace India’s registration, observing that the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies (RoS) had not followed principles of natural justice.

The court further said the inspection in the matter has already been carried out by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and they have produced no material on record against the NGO here and greenpeace International.

The Narendra Modi government's crackdown on foreign funding of NGOs has prompted greenpeace India to move the Delhi High Court, seeking directions to the government for release of foreign contribution to the tune of Rs 1.87 crore.

The home ministry’s inspection report on greenpeace India Society cites its protest-creation activity through front organizations, expenditure on securing bail bonds for volunteers and staff without the donor’s consent and the “unjustifiably large” amounts paid as salaries and consultation fees to its functionaries to allege that its “activities were neither charitable nor in line with its Articles of Association”.

Romgaz, Romania's state-owned energy company, is suing greenpeace Romania, seeking its dissolution amidst a dispute over Black Sea gas extraction. This action is part of a broader pattern of increased scrutiny and pressure on environmental and human rights NGOs in Romania.