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India’s solar ambitions face a factory-floor test: Rollout of new rules sparks industry concerns over domestic cell shortage, stranded investments

Puja Das
6 min read
New ALMM-II rules require government-backed, net-metered and open-access solar projects to use domestically made cells, but manufacturers seek transition period and warn local supply is far below modu ...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 20, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2026)

DTE Staff
4 min read
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
World environment day: How Khasi farmers are reviving Meghalaya’s soil
Agriculture

World environment day: How Khasi farmers are reviving Meghalaya’s soil

Monuhar Pegu
5 min read
Indigenous & sustainable farming practices are undoing harm to soil biology from prolonged chemical-intensive chilli cultivation
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Energy

India’s solar ambitions face a factory-floor test: Rollout of new rules sparks industry concerns over domestic cell shortage, stranded investments

By
Puja Das
6 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 20, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2026)

By
DTE Staff
4 min read
Hormuz disruption: 50% oil price increase can add $20 billion to import bills of vulnerable economies
Economy

Hormuz disruption: 50% oil price increase can add $20 billion to import bills of vulnerable economies

By
Puja Das
4 min read
Andhra Pradesh natural farming programme wins 2026 Food Planet Prize
Food

Andhra Pradesh natural farming programme wins 2026 Food Planet Prize

By
DTE Staff
2 min read
Ganga runs polluted
Rivers

Ganga runs polluted

By
Vivek Mishra
2 min read
Harvest of heritage
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Harvest of heritage

By
Vibha Varshney
2 min read
Some of the highest rates of livestock depredation by tigers in India now occur outside protected areas, precisely where lantana dominance is highest
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Rethinking conservation: The saga of the ‘lantana tiger’

By
Ninad Avinash Mungi
2 min read
Rethinking conservation: India’s striped cats are unevenly distributed
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Rethinking conservation: India’s striped cats are unevenly distributed

By
DTE Staff
1 min read
Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace

By
DTE Staff
2 min read
Rethinking conservation
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Rethinking conservation: India’s tiger story must move beyond rising numbers and expanding protected areas

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
2 min read
Conflict in the backyard: In Karnataka, the forest has entered the field
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conflict in the backyard: In Karnataka, the forest has entered the field

By
K A Shaji
6 min read
Conflict in the backyard: Is ‘Fortress Conservation’ at the root of Kerala’s human-wildlife clashes?
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conflict in the backyard: Is ‘Fortress Conservation’ at the root of Kerala’s human-wildlife clashes?

By
K A Shaji
7 min read
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