Weekly News: 29-12-2024: Human Development and Character Building

In Pushpa 2 movie, a smuggler is portrayed as a hero. A man with zombie-like tendencies, driven by his ego, engages in any activity he desires. Lakhs of trees, including red sandalwood, are being felled by this smuggler to satisfy his ego and support a negative syndicate. Interestingly, the director portrays him as a hero, and the audience also perceives him as a hero.

On the other hand, when trees are required to be cut for essential activities like mining—where they do the planting of double the number of trees elsewhere, contribute to GDP, and create jobs—people often protest. For instance, just two days ago, in Odisha, the Nayani coal project faced protests as locals objected to the felling of 90,000 trees.

In my opinion, this film should be banned in India as it promotes anti-environment and anti-social concepts.

Another negative side of our society- statistics reveal that advanced technological resources like drones, CCTV cameras, and GPS remain ineffective in curbing illegal sand mining, storage, and transportation in India.

These issues remind us of the need to prioritize human development and character building over mere technical advancements.

With this background I am adding this week’s key news highlights as follows:

• Government cancels the auction of 11 critical mineral blocks.
• In the current financial year (up to December), coal companies have provided jobs to 13341 people
• Mongolia reaches deal for $1.6 billion uranium mine with Orano
• JSW secures Hindustan Copper mines in Jharkhand in a strategic move into non-ferrous metals
• Stocks to benefit after Govt plans to secure lithium and cobalt mines in 2025 are- Tata Motors, Ola Electric, Exide Industries, Amara Raja Energy & Mobility
• Iron ore price hits five-week low as traders fret about Chinese demand

Source: mining.com, livemint, economic times, newindiaexpress etc

See last week’s article- https://waartsy.com/the-mining-production-disparity-in-india/