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New safety rules set training standards for train dispatchers and signal repairmen

New federal certification rules have been finalized for train dispatchers and signal repairmen will set minimum standards for those jobs to counteract the investor pressure on railroads to continually cut costs while making sure those employees have the skills they need to operate all the high-tech systems on today's trains

The Independent UK

LGBTQ+ gains thwarted by enduring discrimination and violence

Despite legal advancements and greater openness about sexual orientation, discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people is on the rise in places including Europe – while elsewhere in the world many countries still criminalise same-sex relationships.

Radio France Internationale

Carlos Rodríguez seals overall victory at the Tour de Romandie for Ineos Grenadiers

The Spanish rider continues to build his form ahead of the Tour de France with his maiden general classification win

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Forest Rights Act implementation mixed in 5 States, shows report

A fact-finding committee formed by Call for Justice, a Delhi-based organisation, has found “mixed” implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 in five States across the country.

The Hindu

Rónán Dunne takes the downhill MTB crown in the jungle at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania. Full results and analysis

Huge crowds see history making rides as Gracey Hemstreet and Louise-Anna Ferguson become the first female riders to compete in the Red Bull Hardline Final

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A year after Ohio derailment, U.S. freight trains remain largely unregulated

ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America's aging freight train system. He says the FRA monitors "less than 1% of what's happening on the rails."

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Exclusive: Head of constitutional ST body flagged grave concerns with new Forest Rules before early ‘resignation’

Over the last two years, the union environment ministry amended the Forest Conservation Rules and the Forest Conservation Act, the former in June 2022 and the latter in December 2023. Both moves were widely criticised for making it easier to give away forest land to corporate interests, thereby undermining the…

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Holders La Rochelle Face 'Crucial' Champions Cup Week

Double Champions Cup winners La Rochelle are among a host of clubs battling for a place in the Champions Cup last 16 when they head to Sale in Pool 2 on Sunday in the final weekend of the group stage.

International Business Times

The government has trapped Project Tiger, now 50, in a tough spot | Explained

The Indian government’s violations of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Forest Rights Act have exacerbated conflicts in Tiger Reserves between the forest bureaucracy and forest-dwellers, ultimately endangering India’s tigers.

The Hindu

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

The biggest lacuna in the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act implementation is the incomplete recognition of community rights to manage forests

The Hindu

Activists hail compensation awarded for land regularised under Forest Rights Act

Tribal right activists say with the payment of compensation, individual title holders can rest assured about their tenurial right over FRA land

The Hindu

What community forest resources say about India’s forest plans | Explained

FRA was enacted to address insecurity of forest dwellers' rights, recognise historical injustice, and prescribe a procedure to record and issue titles to pre-existing rights. It was hailed as a beacon for conservation and was to usher in democratic forest governance. MoEFCC reported evictions of 1.52 lakh hectares of forest…

The Hindu

Is this the end for the HPD Super Formula scholarship prize?

New Zealander Callum Hedge wrapped up the Formula Regional Americas title last weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, ending the season with an impressive tally of 13 wins from a possible 18.

Motorsport

Are train derailments becoming more common?

For the last decade, an average of 1,300 trains derailed each year, accounting for 61% of all train accidents.

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Racism towards black people is growing in Europe, report finds

Racism towards Black people has risen in the European Union, a report published Wednesday has found. It pinpointed Germany, Austria and Finland as countries with the highest rates of discrimination and harassment.

Al Jazeera

‘Wake-up call’ for EU as report reveals spike in anti-Black racism

Calling the findings ‘shocking and shameful,’ the European Agency for Fundamental Rights has demanded action.

The Hindu

Over 1,500 tribal people of Jawadhu Hills in Tiruvannamalai get title rights for land

Tiruvannamalai Dist. Collector issues forest title rights to 1,569 tribal people & other traditional forest dwellers in Jawadhu Hills. 49,400 hectares of forestland covered; beneficiaries can collect minor forest produce. 568 applications initially rejected, now approved. FRA law monitored by committees headed by Chief Sec., Collectors & RDO's.

The Independent UK

NTSB chair says new locomotive camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads

Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives

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The Independent UK

Federal railroad inspectors find alarming number of defects on Union Pacific this summer

Federal inspectors found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at the world's largest railyard in western Nebraska this summer, and the railroad was reluctant to fix the problems

The Hindu

Explained | How the amended Forest (Conservation) Act imperils the Northeast

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

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Hafta letters: Gandhi, political activism and Science desk

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The Independent UK

Rail union wants new rules to improve conductor training in the wake of 2 trainee deaths

The nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland

The Independent UK

Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation

Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say there is a clear pattern across the industry of railroads retaliating against workers who report safety violations or injuries on the job

The Independent UK

Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems

The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana

The Hindu

Tribal rights will be protected, survey of forest and revenue land to be conducted: Minister

Minister Khandre vows to protect tribals' rights under FRA; to hold State-level meeting to resolve confusion over revenue & forest land boundaries; to consider settlement of land rights claims of those tilling encroached govt/forest land before 1980; to install rail track barricade in areas with high human-elephant conflict; to protect…

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