Six tropical storms whirling over Atlantic and Pacific

The combined number of active storms has reportedly tied a modern record, set in September 1992

Reservoir levels now at 85%, but storage in six states still low

West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Nagaland collectively have a deficit of 41 percentage points, while in Uttar Pradesh it is 11 per cent and …

मंदी के इस दौर में ग्रामीण संकट को माप सकता है यह उपकरण

इंडियन स्कूल ऑफ बिजनेस के चार शोधकर्ताओं ने यह तैयार कि�…

Indian rivers crossed highest flood level 25 times in August 2019

This caused extreme floods in many states, according to Central Water Commission data

Sewers are gas chambers where manual scavengers are sent to die: SC

Apex court comes down heavily on govt on the issue of manual scavenging

Southeast Asia enveloped in haze

The primary cause of the haze has been hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia

Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps

Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM

Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers

Most of the recent floods in the country have occurred due to sudden release of dam water

बंजर होता भारत -8: गुजरात भी मरुस्थलीकरण की जद में, 50 फीसदी क्षेत्र में दिख रहा असर

दुनिया भर में जमीन का बंजरपन बढ़ रहा है। भारत में भी ज्या…

CoP 14: Only 25% nations include gender discussions in land degradation targets

Of around 80, 20 countries do not have role of gender and women into targets and measures to halt land degradation by 2030

Desertification in India: How a faulty government scheme degraded Gujarat's Banni grasslands

Introduction of a non-native plant, Prosopis juliflora, in the region on the recommendation of the third Planning Commission to fight salinity, …

‘We need to take a relook at our air pollution standards’

Down To Earth speaks to NEERI director, Rakesh Kumar on India’s air pollution standards

Reservoir levels now at 79%

There’s 133.588 billion cubic metre of water in 113 reservoirs in the country

Urbanisation to cause huge loss of prime farmland: UNCCD

Between 1.6 and 3.3 million hectares of such land could be lost by 2030, estimates the United Nations Convention to combat Desertification report

Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report

It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked

Nigeria shows way to reverse land degradation

Launched in 2015, NEWMAP — a World Bank project — has successfully restored gullies, along with catchment planning, soil and …

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बंजर होती धरती पूरी दुनिया के लिए चिंता का विषय है, इसका �…

Traffic pollution may lead to vision loss: Study

Prolonged exposure to nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide can increase risk of age-related macular degeneration that can cause irreversible …

वायु प्रदूषण से आंखों पर पड़ रहा है गंभीर असर: रिपोर्ट  

यह अध्ययन ताइवान की आबादी पर किया गया है, लेकिन भारत में �…

Water management practices dismal in states: Niti Aayog

Gujarat, Andhra, MP, Himachal keeps up tight water management

Ganga cleanup delay may cost states Rs 10 lakh/month: NGT

Green bench order also said the National Mission for Clean Ganga would be held liable to pay 50% of the amount if directions not followed&…

Rains get reservoir levels to 73%

Overall storage still less than normal in seven states

India emits the most sulphur dioxide in the world

Five of the top 10 SO2 emission hotspots from coal/power generation industry across the world are in India, finds a Greenpeace study

Maharashtra, Gujarat top sulphur dioxide polluters in India

India is the world's largest emitter of SO2. Of the 45 hotspots in India, emissions at 43 are due to coal-based electricity generation, while …

Yamuna breaches danger mark in Delhi

Development after Haryana released 8.28 lakh cusecs of water on August 18