## SC reaffirms mining ban within 1 km of wildlife sanctuaries

Authored by tribuneindia.com

Regarding restriction on mining activities within one km from national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, the Bench said, “It has been the consistent view of this court that mining activities within one km of the protected area will be hazardous to the wildlife.

“We direct that mining within national parks and wildlife sanctuaries and within an area of one km from the boundary of such national park or wildlife sanctuary shall not be permissible," the Bench said, citing the top court’s order dated April 26, 2023.

The verdict came on petitions raising issues related to the notification of areas under Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary (SWL) and the Sasangdaburu Conservation Reserve (SCR) as a conservation reserve in Jharkhand.

The proposal to notify the Saranda and Sasangdaburu forest areas in West Singhbhum district as a wildlife sanctuary and conservation reserve respectively has been pending for years.

Directing the Jharkhand Government to notify the region as a wildlife sanctuary, the top court clarified that the rights of tribal people and forest dwellers in the region should be protected as per the Forest Rights Act.

It had contended that the move would help safeguard their forest rights and protect schools and educational institutions already existing within that region.

However, in an affidavit before the top court, it submitted that an area of 57,519.41 hectares was erroneously arrived at and the area of 31,468.25 hectares will be notified as a wildlife sanctuary. »

### Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data

Authored by apnews.com

He also copied Fannie Mae’s CEO, Priscilla Almodovar, on the email, which bore the subject line: “As Per Director Pulte’s Ask.”

Pulte requested confidential Fannie Mae data and has publicly signaled that he is considering a crackdown if the companies do not increase construction volume.

“I’m looking at the Fannie Mae builder data and with the top three homebuilders we buy EASILY over $20 billion in THEIR LOANS!” »

### The Epstein Scandal Is Snowballing

Authored by thenation.com

Politics / The Epstein Scandal Is Snowballing And Republicans are running scared.

After a summer of increasingly bad Epstein news, Johnson essentially shut down the House and refused to swear in Grijalva to keep the bill from passing.

“Journalist” Michael Wolff, who was supposed to be writing a book about Epstein, turned out to be an unofficial adviser. »

### GTA 6 Won’t Be On PC Day One Due To Optimization Reasons, It’s Claimed

Authored by clawsomegamer.com

As per sources, the developer skips major PC releases simply due to optimization reasons.

It’s due to optimization, the reason Rockstar Games don’t release their games’ day 1 on PC is because they don’t have the bandwidth to do it.

PC gamers looking to jump into GTA 6 in 2026 must, therefore, consider switching to consoles for the day-one experience. »

### US announces ‘Southern Spear’ mission as forces deploy to South America

Authored by aljazeera.com

“The Western Hemisphere is America’s neighborhood – and we will protect it,” he said.

SOUTHCOM is the acronym for US Southern Command, whose area of responsibility covers 31 countries through South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

“I think it’s clearly a message that is much more geared towards pressuring Caracas,” Dickinson said. »

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