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BANDHWARI DUMPSITE FIRE

Waste

Up in smoke: Bandhwari dumpsite fire underscores need to overhaul waste management practices in Gurugram

The landfill caught fire around 8-8.30 pm on April 22, 2024

NEWS AND VIEWS

Governance

Punjab’s ‘Donkey Flights’ to the world’s conflict zones

Punjab's men and women migrated out of the state when agriculture turned non-viable. Photo: iStock

Widespread joblessness explains why Punjab’s migrants resort to desperate means to …

Economy

A job in a warzone or unemployment at home

Indian diplomatic missions need to closely monitor the security situation and assess the …

Climate Change

G7 way off-track in emission cuts to achieve 1.5°C target; finding significant as WMO says Asia ‘global disaster capital’

G7 nations way off-track in emission cuts to achieve 1.5°C target; finding significant as WMO christened Asia as ‘global disaster capital’

Present policies mostly paper tigers; India need greater ministerial integration to counter …

Governance

India’s unhealthy patent amendments

Despite strong pleas, the Modi regime has changed the rules to impose a cost on those who …

Food

Global food crisis: 1 in 5 people in need of urgent action

Over 72 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity because of extreme …

Environment

Heatwave and hot winds claim two lives in Bihar

Photo for representation: Vikas Choudhary / CSE

IMD issues ‘yellow’ alert for heatwaves in over a dozen districts in the state

Water

Australian researchers develop model to estimate groundwater recharge more accurately

To provide a more precise estimate, they used improved chloride deposition map with …

Waste

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: INC-4 kicks off in Canadian capital

The initial day of negotiations was uneventful, with member states participating in contact …

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Videos

Climate Change

General Elections 2024: Elections in the time of heatwaves

The Election Commission of India has made preparations to ensure voter safety and accessibility amid the prediction of blistering heatwaves

Waste

World Earth Day 2024: Urgent need to stop marine plastic pollution

Agriculture

Wheat worries: Standing guard over future pandemics

Environment

After 8 years, IMD forecasts above normal rainfall

Climate Change

Extreme weather events in Mumbai and Dubai

Health

Whooping cough outbreak reported around the world

Cartoons

Photo Gallery

Environment

Ghazipur landfill fire: Annual choking hazard for Delhi

Authorities have missed multiple deadlines to clear out the legacy waste from Ghazipur landfill

Africa

Sudan, a country displaced

One of Africa’s largest and most populous countries is on the brink of famine after a year of war between its Army and main paramilitary

Down To Earth video journalists, Prabhat Kumar and Dhruval Parekh, are at the ground zero of the ‘Farmers’ Protest 2.0’. Both were at the Shambhu border crossing between Patiala in Punjab and Ambala in Haryana as hundreds of farmers from Punjab attempted

Agriculture

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

It has been an ‘arid winter’ in the Union Territory of Ladakh. There has been a complete absence of snowfall since November 2023. And it has set alarm bells ringing in the fragile region. This photo shows the Sangam Point near Nimmo village of Leh distric

Climate Change

Ladakh: No snow in the cold desert

The arid winter in the region this time is raising concerns among the local population, as it forebodes a potentially alarming situation

डाउन टू अर्थ

प्लास्टिक

डाउन टू अर्थ खास: जहां-जहां हैं पेट्रोकेमिकल रिफाइनरी, वहां के लोग हैं ज्यादा बीमार

उत्पादन से लेकर इस्तेमाल और फिर ठिकाने लगाने तक प्लास्टिक उन लोगों के लिए खतरनाक है, जो लगातार इनके संपर्क में आते हैं

जलवायु संकट

बढ़ते तापमान से सावधान! जलवायु परिवर्तन से जुड़े हैं ब्रेन स्ट्रोक से होने वाली पांच लाख मौतों के तार

रिसर्च में यह भी सामने आया है कि जिन क्षेत्रों में तापमान ज्यादा है वहां ब्रेन स्ट्रोक से जुड़ी मौतें बढ़ रही हैं

यमुना

मैली होती यमुना: एनजीटी ने आगरा और मथुरा-वृंदावन नगर निगम पर लगाया भारी जुर्माना

आगरा में जहां साढ़े छह करोड़ लीटर दूषित सीवेज यमुना में छोड़ा जा रहा है। वहीं मथुरा में सीवेज ट्रीटमेंट प्लांट की स्थापित क्षमता और कुल सीवेज के बीच 12.5 लाख लीटर का अंतर है

Data Centre

Waste

Global stances on various facets of plastic pollution

As the fourth round of talks begin in Ottawa for a global plastic treaty, CSE analyses positions taken by various countries on plastics

Environment

The ground beneath our feet

Why soil health and biodiversity matters for the survival of the planet

Water

Parched Garden City

How Bengaluru’s water crisis is of its own making

Water

Counting India’s waterbodies

Down To Earth breaks down data from the country’s first census on waterbodies conducted by the Centre last year

Factsheet

Water

Scheduled for Day Zero

The cities with population above 1 million in 2016, which would face water scarcity in 2050

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets