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World Environment Day 2025 puts plastic crisis under global spotlight
Listen to article As the world marks Environment Day on June 5, environmental groups are renewing calls to 'Beat Plastic Pollution,' a global theme repeated for 2025 amid rising concerns over plastics' health and environmental impacts. the organisation behind April's Earth Day campaigns, is urging individuals, communities, and policymakers to take decisive action. Their 2025 theme, Our Power, Our Planet, focuses on grassroots strength in the face of sluggish international negotiations. Despite hopes that this year would see the finalisation of the UN Global Plastics Treaty, talks in Busan failed to reach consensus, forcing a sixth round of negotiations (INC5.2) later this year in Switzerland. Countries including Saudi Arabia, Russia and China have resisted proposals to limit plastic production and toxic chemicals. 'Delays now mean more harm for both the planet and human health,' said in a statement. The Rio Sucio or "Dirty River", where one branch is colored yellow/brown by the minerals it carries from the Irazu Volcano, is seen mixing with the clear waters filtered by the tropical rainforest in the Braullio Carrillo National Park, 50 km (31 miles) east of San Jose, June 5, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate Plastic's invisible toll According to the organisation's data, more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, half of which is single-use. Much of it never reaches landfills, instead polluting ecosystems and entering food and water sources. 2023 Babies vs Plastics report and its follow-up campaigns have linked plastic chemicals to cancer, infertility, developmental disorders, and even dementia. Recycling, once a hopeful solution, is now under scrutiny for spreading microplastics and being mostly ineffective. Ram Singh (L) and his relatives, dressed in traditional Hindu saffron-coloured clothes walk on a garbage-strewn beach against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on World Environment Day in Mumbai, June 5, 2012. According to the United Nations Environment Programme website, World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 to raise global awareness and motivate action for environmental protection. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash Local cleanups, global impact Despite slow progress at the diplomatic level, organisers are championing local action through the Great Global Cleanup. In 2025, over 4,000 cleanup events have removed more than 7 million pounds of waste globally. Activists also urge public support for the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act and the Global Plastics Petition, aimed at pressuring lawmakers to adopt stricter controls. 'Change doesn't have to wait on governments,' the group said, calling back to the grassroots success of the first Earth Day in 1970, which led to key US environmental laws. Boats are docked at the polluted Amatitlan Lake, 30 km (18 miles) south of Guatemala City June 5, 2012. REUTERS/William Gularte A call to act, not wait While World Environment Day is annual, the group stressed that its goals require constant, year-round effort. 'This is a fight for our health, our planet, and our future,' said A dead tortoise is seen near the shores of Lake Xolotlan, also known as Lake Managua, which has an area of approximately 1000 sq km and has been receiving raw sewage from Managua's one million residents since 1920, in Managua June 5, 2012. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
Hindustan Times
23-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Bathinda: ASI, accomplice held for accepting ₹1-lakh bribe
BATHINDA The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) apprehended an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), Major Singh, posted at the anti-narcotics task force (ANTF), Bathinda range, and his driver Ram Singh red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹1.05 lakh on Thursday. VB's deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Kulwant Singh told reporters the arrests were made following a complaint lodged by a resident of Raipur in Mansa. He added that the complainant approached the VB and informed that the ANTF team in Mansa had registered a case under the NDPS Act at Mohali against his son and others. During the investigation, the accused ASI came to the complainant's shop and told him to release the gold kept in possession of the police during the body search of his son on his arrest and demanded a bribe of Raipur 2 lakh. The complainant alleged that on his request, accused Ram Singh demanded ₹5,000 for himself and ₹1 lakh for the ASI. After a preliminary inquiry, the VB team laid a trap and arrested the ASI and his driver.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Time of India
Illegal liquor operation busted in Bijnor, 3 held
Bijnor: In a coordinated operation, the Noida STF and Bijnor police raided a roadside eatery on the Haridwar-Kashipur highway under the Rehar police station, uncovering a major illegal ethanol and liquor distribution network. During the operation on Thursday night, the team seized a tanker containing 20,000 litres of ethanol, along with 760 litres of illicit liquor stored in 19 cans. Three cars were also confiscated at the site. Authorities arrested Sunil Kumar, Ram Singh, and Guddu. The eatery is owned by Liaqat Hussain, a resident of Jaspur in Uttarakhand, and was leased to Sunil, who has a previous record of involvement in unlawful activities, said police. Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had been stealing ethanol from the IGL company plant in Kashipur. The stolen ethanol, meant for pharmaceutical companies, was being diverted for illegal liquor production. Based on a complaint by UP STF Inspector Sachin Kumar, a case was registered against four additional suspects identified as Sukhvinder alias Sethi, Bhup Singh, a loading worker at IGL, and two other unidentified individuals under BNS sections 3(5) (common intention), 303(2) (theft), 317(2) (receiving or retaining stolen property), 274 (adulteration), 275 (selling or offering for sale noxious food or drink), and sections 60 and 72 of the Excise Act. Bijnor SP Abhishek Jha said that during interrogation, it was revealed that Guddu is a container driver with New Dashmesh Transport Company. Along with Bhup Singh, Guddu had been getting the vehicle filled with extra ethanol. He would then deliver the ethanol to Ram Singh. Ram Singh supplied the ethanol to Sukhwinder, and in return, received his share of the money and handed it over to Guddu and Sunil. Sukhwinder then adulterated the ethanol to make poisonous liquor, which he sold under various brand names. Two other drivers from New Dashmesh Transport Company are also involved in similar ethanol theft operations. Authorities have received information about adulterated liquor and packing material stored at several of Sukhwinder's hideouts, and necessary actions are being taken.
Hindustan Times
12-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Cab driver's abduction: FIR lodged after three years
Three years after he was allegedly abducted, held hostage for three days, and robbed by miscreants posing as passengers, a cab driver from Balrampur finally had his case registered at BBD police station following a court directive on Sunday. Inspector Ram Singh of BBD police station confirmed that an FIR has now been lodged and investigation is underway. According to the complainant, Ahmad Hussain, a resident of Uttraula Dhaurahara, Barela, in Balrampur district, the incident took place on the night of February 25, 2022. He had travelled to Khadra in Lucknow with passengers and was returning around 2am when three men stopped him near the BBD area and asked for a ride to Barabanki. When he refused, the trio forcibly entered the cab. After driving a short distance, one of the men pulled out a firearm and forced Ahmad to stop the vehicle. They tied his hands and legs, blindfolded him, and made him sit under the backseat. Ahmad alleges that the assailants robbed him of his mobile phone, ₹8,300 cash, Aadhaar card, PAN card, driving license, and debit card. He was then kept hostage in the car and driven around for three days. On February 28, the accused dumped him in an unconscious state on the Yamuna Expressway before fleeing. Later, upon checking his bank statement, Ahmad discovered that the robbers had used his debit card to make purchases worth ₹74,000 at petrol pumps, liquor stores, and automobile shops. Ahmad claims that despite his complaint, BBD police failed to take any action. It was only after a court order that an FIR was registered.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Time of India
Banker, part of ‘digital arrest' gang, held in Rs 84L scam in Noida
Noida: A private bank employee who, along with others, placed a woman under 'digital arrest' last year and cheated her of Rs 84 lakh was arrested on Wednesday. Earlier, three people had been arrested in the case. DCP (Cyber) Preeti Yadav said Sonu Pal, a resident of Sitapur who worked with IDFC First Bank in Mohali (Punjab) as an assistant manager, and his accomplices cheated the woman in June last year "by posing as law enforcement officials and placed her under digital arrest". Pal's main job was to provide bank accounts to fraudsters. Earlier this year, the police arrested Ram Singh, Narendra and Akshay involved in the fraud. Pal's name came up during the investigation. According to the complaint lodged at the Cyber Crime police station last year, the woman said she was contacted by fraudsters from June 23 to 25. They said her name was connected to a parcel of drugs and kept her engaged on a video call for two days. They got her entire bank account amount, Rs 84.16 lakh, transferred to various accounts by employing threats and pressures. 'Digital arrest' is a type of scam where fraudsters contact people online or through WhatsApp calls and claim they are implicated in some illegal activity, such as involvement in a crime or tax evasion. They then threaten to arrest the targets and pressure them to transfer money to their accounts. Pal opened an account in the name of Ram Singh, one of the accused arrested earlier, and kept the kit with himself. Rs 69 lakh of fraud money was transferred in several instalments to this account, a large chunk of which he kept as commission. Police raided possible hideouts of Pal for the past several days. The management of the bank has also been informed about his involvement in the fraud. During interrogation, Pal revealed that he used to give tempting offers to people, including getting them benefits of govt schemes. If someone was ill in the house and if one needed a loan immediately, Sonu got accounts opened, but would keep the kits with himself. After some time, the bank account and all the information related to it would reach the gang of thugs. In return, Sonu used to take a huge commission. He has been involved in such frauds since last year.
