Here are some non-nutritional components of grams and vegetables that don’t interact well with vitamins and minerals

Although the average farm income per month saw a rise in the last four years, it is still not enough to help farmers cope with the current agrarian crisis

Of the 613 districts considered, nearly half the districts are unlikely to achieve the target of reducing deaths in newborns and under 5-year-old children by 2030

The degree of deforestation was greater in Assam compared to Arunachal Pradesh, say researchers from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

Two old timers recall the contributions that Vajpayee made to the field of environmental governance in India

It was in Machilipatnam that the world caught the first glimpse of light from a new material - helium

The ban is delayed and addresses only a part of the problem of toxic pesticides in India

Fire fighters in New South Wales are battling 81 grass and bushfires, 38 of which remained uncontained

Rains continue to batter the state, which has received 41 per cent more rainfall than normal in this season

The ex-environment minister writes to the current one saying the new rules make for a fit case to move a privilege motion against Vardhan

Marine heawaves have already become longer-lasting and more frequent, extensive and intense and this trend is likely to accelerate under further global warming, says a new study

Experts from the fields of history and conservation tell Down To Earth about why, despite featuring so frequently in Indian history and culture, the elephant is struggling to find a home for itself in India

There are chances that the scheme will just see a formal launch on September 25 and won’t be rolled out across the country

Kendu pluckers union is batting for state collection of Kendu while the activists oppose it

Melting of Arctic ice might be altering the paths of certain high speed winds in the region called jet streams, also associated with tornadoes in the summer season in the US

A national survey of India’s coastline from 1990 to 2016 shows West Bengal saw the biggest coastal erosion followed by Puducherry, Kerala & Tamil Nadu

The first Hothouse state last occurred 125,000 years ago, and the risk of a new one was raised by a study recently 

A preliminary report by the Sikkim government suggests the green state is carbon-negative, but emissions are on the rise

The whole Himachal Pradesh got 500% more average rainfall within a day than it normally does

Thought to be a game changer for India's mining affected people, the District Mineral Foundation is yet to identify its beneficiaries

The rules of the Compensatory (Afforestation) Fund Act 2016 are better than the draft but not impactful

A new study says that it will be challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation as most areas suitable for growing palm oil are primate habitats

The last most powerful quake in the North Slope was in 1995 at 5.2, and the jump to 6.4 is significant because earthquakes rapidly grow in strength as magnitude rises

It's a reason to worry because this caterpillar can also destroy crops like rice, cotton and sugarcane

Floods triggered by the southwest monsoon is being likened to the 2009 typhoon Ketsana, which killed hundreds in Metro Manila

Scientists say that by 2050, the capital of Indonesia will be entirely submerged

Global warming does not cause wildfires. Rather, global warming exacerbates the conditions and raises the risk of wildfire

Despite excellent information from across the border from Nepal, and much preparation Bihar remains flood prone, with problems of communication with officers in the field and an embankment approach to flood management

A California court awarded a compensation of $289 million to him as he got cancer from using Monsanto's herbicide 

The floods in this monsoon season have caused the state a loss of Rs 8,316 crore

Flash flood has ruptured the main pipeline that supplies drinking water to the town

This last-minute decision came after the Jain community protested against livestock export to the Middle-East

Japan reveals that its major car makers conducted improper fuel economy and emissions tests on their vehicles

36 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo less than two weeks after the WHO declared an end to the outbreak

Hardly one-third of the fire is under control and it is unlikely to be extinguished before early September

The resorts have been built in the major elephant corridor in the area, something that the court was especially displeased about

Since the beginning of the monsoon season, 14 districts in the state have been affected by floods comprising over 2,000 villages, says the National Disaster Management Authority

IIT-Gandhinagar researchers found that average fire load energy density was three times the average found during a study done conducted 20 years ago in Kanpur

The state’s scheme, aimed at creating environmentally sustainable villages, saw only up to 6% funds being used for green projects

Refineries of Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have seen a string of fire incidents in the past two years

All of them launch a protest today to make their demands heard

Developed by scientists at the Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology & School of Engineering at Vels University, the sensor can be deployed on drifting buoys on the sea

A new study shows that species richness of birds was higher in agricultural lands than in the protected area, except for specialised species such as hornbills and large woodpeckers

In 2017, carbon dioxide concentration at Earth’s surface was 405 ppm—greater than the 2016 level

From 2006 to 2010, the cost of setting up an AIIMS shot by 147% under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, shows a report by the Comptroller Auditor General of India

This is happening when 80 per cent of deliveries are taking place in health facilities, says a report

The latest CAG report says the country might not meet the SDG goal as well with its current schemes

The DMK patriarch was a pioneer in reforming governance in Tamil Nadu. Here are three of his most notable schemes

Looking at raw materials, manufacturing, transport, and eventual disposal, researchers calculate greenhouse gas emissions, waste disposal, water and energy consumption and other impacts

From seed banks to rainwater harvesting, one village on the Brahmaputra has spread innovative agriculture through the region – as farmers battle against worsening floods and droughts

A Parliamentary Standing Committee report says the potential of the fisheries sector in India needs more exploring

The presence of the lumps of solid crude mean there has been an oil spill in the area

The food regulator refuses to take those food products off the shelf, ignoring possible risks

Almost 90,000 people and more than 7,500 hectares of land under water as NEEPCO dam releases water from the Doyang river that flows through Nagaland and Assam

The magazine had reported on how UPL's chemcial and pesticide units were worsening pollution scenario in Vapi

Villagers were protesting the lack of notice and the lack of information in the local language

A new study says warm and humid climate led to formation of Himalayas

Experts say 80 per cent of food production depends on pollination, but pesticides are affecting pollinators like bees

Wildlife Conservation Trust recommends measures to achieve a win-win solution for development and wildlife

Early warning systems and better weather forecasting have become a matter of life and death for communities facing more frequent and intense flash floods

This was the second earthquake in Indonesia in a week

Rashtriya Kisan Mahashangha demands farmers's involvement in deliberations over use of MGNREGA in farm sector

No clarity on LPG use for the rest of the beneficiaries

Despite having immense nutritive and medicinal properties, the rice bean is a lesser-known pulse

While IMD says the climatic phenomenon will be ineffective, other forecasters disagree

Indian researchers have shown that antibiotic resistant genes are present in micro-organisms of mangrove regions in Kerala

A transformation in the food system is underway with 100 consumers funding traditional millet farmers

Scientists and manufacturers are looking for ways to keep synthetic microfibers from getting into the environment in the first place

Food manufacturers have been issuing warnings that they’ve nearly run out of carbon dioxide. So why we can’t just capture the excess CO2 from the atmosphere and use that?

The government is dragging its feet over controlling dog population, vaccinating them or even making enough shots available for victims

Although Earth Overshoot Day is a compelling concept, the methodology used to calculate it and the ecological footprint on which it is based is conceptually flawed

India’s booming e-commerce industry has huge environmental costs and there are no estimates about the amount of packaging and waste disposed from e-commerce

By 2080, deaths from heat waves could increase by up to 2,000 percent in some areas of the world, say Australian researchers

A new Bill will amend all laws that discriminate against leprosy patients, but the list is long

Arsenic Trioxide - a naturally occurring metalloid – may be helpful in inducing cell death and also halt growth of liver cancer cells

The questionnaire-based tool, Chandigarh Autism Screening Instrument, has been developed specifically for autism screening in North India

Poor policy measures, rising input costs and limited market are affecting growth of organic farming in the country

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie

Unusual heat wave, floods, wildfire, extreme rain and drought hit everyone worldwide

In the garb of streamlining green clearances, the Union government has sidelined communities and diluted environmental regulations over the past four years

Farmers seek MSP since surplus skimmed milk powder is lowering demand and prices

A certain protein of zika virus affects proliferation rates of human neural stem cells and promotes faulty neuron formation

Earth dwellers have used a year’s worth of resources in seven months

The price of the totapuri mango has crashed due to low demand for its pulp, leaving farmers to dump produce on roads

The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first seed but is excluding most beneficiaries

Monsoon ditched them so bad that they stare at lowest rain deficit in 13 years

Globally, companies are collecting and processing waste through producer responsibility organisations

Rockets may have been intended for use in Tipu’s wars against the British

The court is of the opinion that common people should be informed about the impacts of polluted river water

The scheme, which attempts to increase solar installations while consequently providing relief to Delhi’s agricultural sector, offers very little for any of the stakeholders involved other than well-off, large landowning farmers

FSSAI says it will frame a law to regulate GM food, but fails to talk about the prevalent illegal trade and mislabeling

The Ladakhi engineer, environmentalist and innovator has been awarded ‘Asia’s Nobel’ for ‘harnessing nature, culture and education for community progress’

According to the Coalition for a GM-free India, CSE's findings point to adoption of an anti-citizen policy by the government

A biosphere reserve is a site destined to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity and human activity through the sustainable use of natural resources

Besides its application in finding a breakthrough against TB, the new work is expected to be of importance in terms of the further development of the biopharmaceuticals sector

A slew of measures like horticulture, beekeeping, polycropping and creation of water harvesting structures guarantee income augmentation among rural poor

From endosulfan poisoning in Kerala to the presence of a carcinogen in bread, CSE has conducted many studies of imminent concern to human beings

The underground lake is about 20 kms wide and is on Mars’ southern ice cap

These 8,214 projects, launched between 2009-10 and 2014-15, should have been completed in 4-7 years

The five are among a total 16 projects approved by the Indian Government as part of ‘a Scheme of National Projects’ for water resource development and irrigation

Climate change could be linked to a total of 14,020 excess suicides in the US and 7,460 excess suicides in Mexico by 2050, says a new study

The country-wide truck operators’ strike continued for the fourth day and it was the farmers who lost the most

While 22 districts in Odisha see 200 per cent more rainfall than normal, Bihar’s 22 districts get less than 50 per cent

Mark Dybul, an American AIDS researcher and diplomat warned of a situation where the AIDs epidemic could spiral out of control, at the ongoing International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam

The GST rate on these products was brought down from 5% to nil by the GST Council in its 28th meeting held on July 21

The US’ FDA has approved a drug that can flush out a recurring parasite that causes 34 per cent malaria cases in India

In a letter dated June 27, Leena Nair, the then secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs had written to the chief secretaries of states raising violations under FRA, especially in Kerala

Urgent global intervention is needed to stop the unregulated dumping and reduce health and climate risks

Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

When water shortages loomed in Chennai, India, one man’s campaign to conserve rainwater saved the day

Uttar Pradesh, which generates over 130,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, needs to take early measures to facilitate the transition

In the past 10 years, extreme weather events cost developing countries over $62 billion in higher external interest payments

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Tree rings have commonly been used to reconstruct past environmental and climatic conditions in the absence of direct observation

The level of pesticide is much higher among 11-15-year-old girls as compared to boys in the same age group

Child marriages are not illegal yet but they could be if the WCD ministry’s proposal is accepted

Worse, the government's latest move to regulate the domestic organic market can also push tens of thousands of organic farmers out of business

While the Bill has a provision of punishing those who leak information, it does not guarantee that DNA data won't be breached

Dredging, freight transport, pollution, and a lack of management plan leaves India’s only dolphin sanctuary under threat, and a drop in numbers has experts worried

A recent SC order approving a recommendation to set up a landfill and a Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi Ridge is an ill-thought move

Land owned or managed by indigenous people is valuable for conservation. About 65% of indigenous lands have not been intensively developed, compared with 44% of other lands

Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits

A survey by FAO, OIE and WHO has found wide discrepancies in countries’ efforts toward tackling AMR

It says 6,500 km of fibre-optic cables are under threat of being submerged by water by 2033

Tree spinach, or chayamansa, is nothing less than a superfood for humans as well as livestock

Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030

It suggests measures for managed motorised access into such areas for bear conservation

ISRO researchers have found that about 28.66 sq km area of high tidal mudflats was eroded in less than 4 years in Gulf of Khambhat, that is a hotspot for major development activities

Researchers identified immune-modulatory function of a protein that could potentially help in treating sepsis and other inflammatory diseases

Maharashtra’s dairy farmers are on an indefinite strike to seek Rs5/litre subsidy to make up for crashing prices

A vicious cycle of debt and loan waivers is worsening the plight of the marginal and tenant farmer

Weaponisation of space has long seemed inevitable and Trump's announcement of Space Force diverges from historical conventions that consider space as a global common for peaceful purposes

Activsts took to Twitter raising issues about misuse of tribal lands, displacement of communities under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 

Scientists at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi identified bacteria involved in breaking down natural rubber in order to make it environmentally safe

The fibre-rich fenugreek seeds and sulfur compound-rich onion are now understood to possess significant sugar-lowering as well as lipid-lowering action

Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs

The worst affected states in terms of loss of lives have been Karnataka and Maharashtra

In a guidance note, the food regulatory authority has advised consumers, traders and lab technicians to use the preliminary test kits, developed by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology

The apex court asks the Parliament to draft a new legislation against lynching

Indonesia’s Ciptagelar community, 130 km southwest of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is in many ways both a model smart village of the future as well as a relic of the past

Processing is difficult and rural women often feel the burden of this onerous task. To help them, both states have set up processing units

Rushed up notifications, illegal raids, and lack of alternatives have marred Maharashtra's plastic ban 

10 million farmers have dropped out of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in just a year

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for Conservation of Nature

India has been dragging its feet over abating odour pollution. Does it lack in infrastructure, or will?

A slew of crucial Bills are likely to be tabled in the session, which will have only 18 working days

The union territory’s administration has sent a proposal to delist the animal from Schedule 1 of the Wldlife Protection Act ‘in order to control their growing numbers’

They killed a protected species and can be fined or imprisoned for it

A giant detector at the South Pole has discovered that a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre, also produces neutrinos

Lack of standards means there is no benchmark from which to calculate the Sustainable Development Goals

The survey will be conducted from August 1-31, and top performing states and districts are expected to be awarded on October 2

The latest study argues that uranium leaching from the Himalayan granite rocks has possibly contaminated Punjab's groundwater

So far, rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic plain has remained deficient, with last week recording largely deficient rain

High variability of rainfall has created increased occurrence of droughts and floods

Justice DY Chandrachud told lawyers that same sex couples living in denial with no access to medical care were more prone to contracting and spreading sexually-transmitted diseases

The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried

Some places have even seen about 337 per cent week-over-week increase in rainfall 

The objective is to curb the illegal use of herbicide-tolerant BT cotton

The SC blasted the Lieutenant Governor as neither he nor the civic bodies are ready to take the responsibility for the city’s poor garbage disposal system

Application of Nitrogen Phosporus Potassium with farmyard manure increases the minerals' availability in the soil as compared to other treatments

Data suggests that the Earth can support at most one-fifth of the present population, 1.5 billion people, at an American standard of living

The apex court was told by the Centre that it won’t contest the petitions seeking to decriminalise homosexuality 

They say that Kalahandi district’s divisional forest officer issued a transit permit to take bamboo out of forest land when he has no right to do so

Dry taps and tube wells and a possibility of a prolonged water crisis is casting huge shadows on Ladakh's present and future

Researchers found evidence of 14 species of native animals that are extinct now by analysing DNA from fossils

The apex court imposes penalty on states and union territories for failing to comply with its orders regarding solid waste management

After Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, now Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have reined in on thermocol and plastic

The court blasts the Centre and UP government on their ‘lethargy’ to protect the monument

Last year, herbicide tolerant cotton was blamed for the deaths of farmers due to inhalation in Vidharbha region

These states and UTs, mostly in north and east India, reported a deficit between 27 per cent and 74 per cent till July 10

It also recorded a deficit of 9% between June 28 and July 4. What explains the anomaly?

The WHO's decision to list gaming disorder as a mental health condition has several gamers and experts debating on its acceptance and validity 

Fracking is a controversial method used to extract shale gas by breaking rock and is considered to be very harmful for the environment

The objective is to combat negative nutritional trends and fight lifestyle diseases

Indian scientists have identified biomarkers to reflect the impact of heat stress on meat characteristics and productivity in goats

Youngsters in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are giving up their guns to become a driving force behind wildlife conservation

The Church plans to withdraw investment from companies that don’t follow the terms of the Paris Agreement

Members of the Association of Responsible Krill decided to voluntarily stop fishing for the crustaceans in order to ensure fisheries are sustainable

Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society

The Environmental Investigative Agency has found that CFC-11, a gas banned under the Montreal Protocol, is being used extensively in East Asia, mainly China

The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015

The dogma that invasive alien species should be eradicated is now suspect

Discussions on funding proposals could not happen due to process-related disagreements among Board members

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to political protests and accusations of bias as many states that have done well in controlling population will end up receiving less money from the Central tax pool

The increase in consumption along with wastage of fish, overfishing is likely to have huge impacts on global food security

Bawana was created to shift polluting industrial units operating in Delhi's residential areas, but the initiative has benefitted factory owners at the cost of workers

While extreme rain in western Japan has caused devastating landslides, destroying infrastructure, more such landslides are on cards

Most males in the area have fallen prey to power lines built by Suzlon and GETCO

Look no further than the plate you are served in 

While the masses are struggling, there are few Mumbaiites who are trying to keep the rest informed

Scientists at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute at Phaltan in Maharashtra developed a solar water purifier, that does not require electricity and does not waste water

Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global trading system

Modi’s government should focus on local solutions and stronger governance rather than build large dams and river diversions, argues Ashok Swain

The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected

European Environmental Agency, in its study, finds English rivers, lakes and estuaries to be among the worst

Kaluwala, Sodhinagar and Bhagwatpur were given the revenue status, which means that the inhabitants, Tongia tribals, will now have access to civic amenities 

Conflict is one of the main driving factors of hunger; strengthening sustaianble agriculture can promote peace, says the UN Food and Agricultural Organization

Sale of incandescent bulbs, which consume four times more power than a CFL, accounted for half the total sale of bulbs and tubelights in India last year

CUSAT ST-205 Radar is specifically designed to scan the stratosphere which is the upper skies

The girl from Sheopur district was admitted in a centre for malnutrition treatment; in the past hundreds of children have died in several districts due to malnutrition 

Cotton, oilseeds, pulses and coarse cereals are among the worst-hit crops

With the US halving its contribution to the Global Environment Facility, the oldest green fund sees first budget cut in 27 years, hurting the Least Developed Countries the most

Many LDCs will not be able to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating all forms of malnutrition by 2030

Progressive provisions like social impact assessment and consent of the affected people are being ignored

If procurement of farm produce increases with the announcement of a new MSP, farmers’ post-harvest losses may increase manifold

When it comes to managing their waste, small cities are showing the way through key policies and strict monitoring

A contradictory policy towards export of red sanders is fuelling illegality and hurting farmers

There is a huge decline in the number of Monpa and Sema speakers

The Union government is trying to centralise food procurement in the Mid Day Meal Scheme. Instead, it should decentralise purchasing

Thermal power plants will not be able to meet emission norms by 2019 and brick kilns’ conversion to a cleaner technology will not lead to real reductions in emissions

As tiny fibers shed from synthetic textiles invade our bodies, researchers scramble to identify potential threats

The absence of concrete measures gives the government space to shrug off all responsibilities

Protests are against the amendments in the land acquisition act, which dilute social impact assessments and consent of the landowners  

Animal rights experts and lawyers hail the move, calling it a good evolution of law

Howard Bamsey resigned abruptly after a 'disappointing' meeting on expansion of GCF-funded projects

Herders in villages on the outskirts of Ladakh's Hemis National Park were involved in initiatives that helped reduce attacks on livestock and make the snow leopard a symbol of fortune

Declining demand for transport fuel will lead to reduced demand for ethanol in the US and EU—main markets for ethanol

Ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew made from two plants, has been used in Amazonia for centuries

While the Modi cabinet claims that land rent is included, calculations suggest otherwise

NPCIL has missed 2018 deadline for building AFR facility to store spent nuclear fuel, which is currently kept within the power plant

Notification mandates use of only cleaner fuels and bars all toxic and polluting fuels from being used in the city

Be it Europe, Asia or the Middle East, all are setting heat milestones

The first species is named after a sacred abode of a spirit invoked by Mishmi community in Lohit district, & second acknowledges the work by RIWATCH, Dibang Valley district

Data from one of the largest state-funded health insurance scheme in India shows gender disparity continued even where free hospital care was provided

One Tiger Reserve and three wildlife sanctuaries will become unsuitable for the wild mountain ungulate in the future due to climate change

The scientific idea that forests influence rainfall fell into decline during the middle of the twentieth century. But it has regained popularity, particularly during the past 2 decades

Thanks to a high yield sugarcane variety, India witnessed bumper harvests in the last 3 seasons, but sugar prices have fallen and sugarcane farmers have been incurring heavy losses

With major GEF grant countries set aside political differences and try to restore the mangroves and coral reefs of the world’s largest bay

FSSAI has rolled out new standards for used cooking oil and it is exploring possibility of using it as feedstock for biodiesel production

Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality

According to a recent study, indigenous people and local communities are able to conserve forests by investing only 16–23 per cent of the amount spent by governments and NGOs

HIV rate among gay men in Indonesia has increased five-fold from 5% in 2007 to 25% in 2015

Scientists from the Indian Council of Medicl Research reportedly confirmed the source of Nipah virus to be fruit bats

Per capita meat consumption will grow most strongly in the developed world

To bring scientists working in both the poles together, the International Polar Year was observed during 2007-2008 and it was decided to have such an event once in every ten years

The amendment to the Rules has taken away the right of people to participate in making decisions on a fund meant for them

Nutrify India Now allows search in 17 languages and six food groups. Users can also search foods by nutrients in the National Institute of Nutrition's app 

Although production has grown strongly across commodities, demand growth is decelerating

This information is needed to access the impact for humans and enables implementation of possible control measures for antimicrobial resistance in humans, animals, and environment

After scientific interventions helped revive the dying springs in more than 300 villages, communities took the ownership of maintaining these resources

Apart from not factoring in increasing input costs, the renewed emphasis on revised MSP is taking away the focus from key interventions that Indian agriculture needs

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to half the world’s mountain gorillas

Sunday's incident follows the trend of a steep rise in number of days with cloudburst-like events in the Himalayas from 2001 to 2013

Temperature and population density could facilitate transmission and thus increase in antibiotic resistance, say scientists 

Northern River Terrapin, Clouded Leopard, Arabian Sea Humpback Whale, and the Red Panda were added to a recovery programme for critically endangered species

It's hard to measure the value of a tree, but scientists equipped with lasers have come one step closer

In a city like Delhi, where air pollution is a round-the-year phenomenon, rains can provide only temporary respite

The founder of the discipline of statistics in India also had a pioneering role to play in nurturing another branch of science

Petition filed against proposed broad gauge conversion through Melghat 

A pest that feeds on sorghum, millet and maize will cause severe destruction to crops if left unchecked, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization

There has been a more than 300 per cent hike in dengue cases since 2009, and even the total number of deaths in 2017 was the highest in the last one decade

While more than a century-old data projects a warmer world, India still needs a proper regional data on climate vulnerability

At least 75,000 passengers globally have been affected in the latest eruption

While automation can drastically bring down the maintenance cost of solar plants, ensuing job losses cannot be discounted

Cause of death included getting entangled in wire fencing and being attacked by stray dogs

Amounts received would be used for planting and nurturing trees as well as cleaning water bodies

This is the fifth GIB to have died due to collision with power lines in the last one year

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

Most affected states will be Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh

New zoos in the country would be designed as per the manual

The revised price will push more sugar mills to produce ethanol and increase their revenue

Being an EU member state, the UK had been insulated from WTO rules that dictate the size of subsidies and how they are paid

The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced

Globally, irrigation accounts for an estimated 70 per cent of total freshwater withdrawal

Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century, rapid polar warming may release additional greenhouse gases, and sea-levels will rise by several metres

With most of the global export market for bamboo products yet to be tapped and potential to generate 516.33 million man days of work every year, India’s restructured bamboo mission needs serious thought and effective implementation

Activists are calling for setting up of a multi-member judicial commission to do a comprehensive enquiry into the process of land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement

The Kasturirangan Committee has been set up to suggest measures to conserve the ecology of the hill range

Emissions from crop stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh are increasingly spreading towards central, southern states & eastern fringes of the Indo-Gangetic Basin 

1.6 people should escape poverty every second but currently just 1.1 are doing so. Worryingly, by 2020, the rate of poverty reduction would further slow down

New report highlights how many wild plants used in everyday products are sourced without any consideration to supply sustainability

Sustainable timber sourcing can protect over 5 million hectares of tropical forest, says a new report on sustainability of Europe’s timber imports 

DMF fund should instead be used to address concerns of mining-affected people like lack of access to clean drinking water, health care, livelihoods and poor nutrition levels among children

Much of the groundwater in Malwa, Punjab has chemicals exceeding permissible limits, putting children at risk of a blood disorder

Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining to prop up its economy. But a huge part of the area is a fragile ecosystem that can be severly affected by the project

The river continues to stink, in the fifth year of the Modi government

The Kerala state body tried to change the status of the land it acquired for a marine park near Kozhikode as it was 50 metres away from the seashore

IIT-Delhi researchers have developed models which are being used by many Indian Ocean rim countries, besides Indian Meteorological Department, for operational purpose

The hump-backed mahseer, native to South India, has been given a scientific name in a race to save it from extinction

A new study shows that starfish can resort to rapid genetic selection when subjected to mortality shock due to a wasting disease

Weak legislation, corruption, lack of data are compunding environmental problems in a country which has over 10% of its area covered by national parks

What is a comfortable temperature? The question seems benign at surface but the answer has far reaching ecological consequences

Between 2014 and 2017, the government planted 28,12,000 trees against the target of 36, 57,000, leaving a shortfall of 845,000 trees

Although each volcano is different, there are some generalisations that help us understand what these risks are likely to be

New report notes that renewable energy is mostly being used in the power sector

Let’s find out how reliable the government’s assessment of the country’s state of cleanliness is

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, attempted to estimate how weather conditions can lead to a more severe outbreak 

Draft guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economical Responsibilities of Business water down specific recommendations on accountability of businesses 

With at least 290 districts receiving deficient and largely deficient rainfall, about 1.2 million fewer hectares have been planted this month than last year

4 people die as the southwest monsoon brings torrential rain to the city

Mallet navigates the various issues, including culture, politics and practises that define the Ganga

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The interactive voice response system has been introduced in Anantapur district to cover groundnut farmers

Total fertility rate falls below two children per woman in 12 states, reaches replacement levels in 9 others

Southern states such as Tamil Nadu and Telangana are not doing any better, finds National Health Profile 2018

According to the latest National Health Profile, India is one of the countries with the lowest public health spending

Residents protesting against a dump site did sadan and kachra aasan to highlight the irony that while yoga is being promoted, the government is risking their lives by dumping garbage there

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, rice plants produce fewer vitamins and other key nutrients

Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are facing fresh bouts of flooding besides facing hardships due to earlier bouts

The fully robotic optical research telescope is designed to capture cosmic events occurring in timescales much shorter than light years – years, days and even hours

The conglomerate blames the government for the sulphuric acid leak and demands that power supply be restored in the plant

As floods ravage Assam and other north-eastern states in India, failed promises by politicians to deal with floods come under close scrutiny

Haryana saw an almost 100% spike in chikungunya cases from 2013 to 2017, according to the National Health Profile 2017

Latest data from the National Health Profile 2017 confirms a previous study which said that hypertension is a bigger concern than diabetes in India

Infant mortality, neo-natal mortality and maternal mortality are much higher in these states as compared to national average

States that are wealthier and more urban on an average have a higher risk of heart disease incident within a decade, shows a new study

Rising sea temperatures will reduce the availability of prey for the predator seabird and their population growth rate will decline by 5.3%

Coal’s contribution to global electricity generation will shrink from 38 per cent to just 11 per cent by 2050 as comparative costs shift in favour of wind, solar and batteries 

New research reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect climate hazards if global greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked

There is a probability of El Niño developing between July and September, which are the peak monsoon months in India

Climate change is making sea levels rise, which is putting 2.5 million properties along the coast at a risk of chronic flooding

Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day meal scheme

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

Strong westerly winds are flowing in from north India in the absence of monsoon current, thus, increasing both minimum and maximum teperatures

As the continent feels the heat of climate change, it is time it adopts measures to better manage its water and land to build greater resilience to droughts

Almost half the world’s population and 20% of its economy depend on Himalayan rivers. China and India’s competition for their headwaters increases this threat

Currently, policy instruments and investments to promote the spread of sustainable land management technologies are non-existent

Eruption followed a series of nine earthquakes

Women with the most common type of early stage breast cancer can be spared chemo as researchers identified patients who will best benefit from it based on a test called, OncotypeDx

While a two-year-old response to an RTI query said the site had been cancelled for the waste-to-energy project, a recent public notice called it a sanitary landfill

4 died due to floods and landslide in Assam since Friday

Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the UK are no longer at the forefront of the fight against climate change

The World Health Organization classified traditional medicine in International Classification of Diseases (ICD -11), a system that allows health professionals to share information globally

The sterlite plant used to sell about 600,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid

A 6.1-m quake that hit the coastal city set off fires, caused walls to collapse and cracks in roads

US retail giant Walmart is desperate to take-over the Indian market in retail and online segments. But will it go the extra mile to fill a critical gap in storage capacity for agricultural produce?

Sterlite Copper's survival despite being shutdown five times in the past two decades owes much to India's malleable regulatory authorities

According to experts, farmers should be paid for the ecosystem services they provide

Withering of Aravallis, mainly due to erosion of forests along the northern and central tracts, is making dust storms more intense

Poor soil fertility is a major constraint to improving farm productivity and farmer livelihoods in Africa

Experts at the 3rd National Dialogue on Himalayan Ecology called for assessing the value of ecosystem services in monetary terms

The NITI Aayog, in its latest assessment, analyses the water index scores of states between 2015-16 and 2016-17

Nipah virus is part of a clutch of emerging pandemics threatening the world due to global warming and environmental pressure

The forecast for the next three days says PM10 levels will be in the “Very Poor” category

Dust coverage across Haryana-Delhi area has shown slight improvement owing to a dip in maximum temperature and increased moisture content in air

It’s time researchers and policy makers think about managing the water when even the more resilient of the two poles has given in to climate change

While ICAO has proposed that biofuel use in passenger planes be increased rapidly to cut carbon emissions, environmentalists disagree

Desertification, unprecedented heat wave conditions, more Western Disturbances, increasing cyclonic circulations & 2 lines of low pressure winds combined to trigger the storms 

A confluence of global, regional and local variables is leading to the development of massive storms

NITI Aayog will launch Composite Water Management Index to assess and improve states’ performance in efficient management of water resources

A survey of 9,641 houses in Thiruvananthapuram underlined the fact that dengue control should start right from one’s own home

They suspect climate change to be the cause of the death of baobab trees that live for thousands of years

Since shell composition varies with ambient temperature and moisture, scientists use these as parameters to map future weather changes and predict climatic trends with more certainty

The Sikiya millet grows on its own in the bewar plots managed by the Baigas. Currently, IIMR is working towards establishing its nutritional qualities

GreenDispo will incinerate the sanitary napkins completely with minimal flue gas emission

Air pollution levels alarmingly high a day after dust storms from Rajasthan hit the city

A recent study attributes increasing surface air temperature over India between 1956 and 2005 to anthropogenic factor

India may not have killed sharks in a “genocidal proportion” ever, but ecological balance demands zero tolerance, says the court

The magnitude of floods is likely to increase by 25 per cent in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, parts of Meghalaya and Nagaland

After a deadly smog episode in winter, the city witnessed severe ozone pollution this summer, followed by a spike in PM10 level due to pre-monsoon storm season

The tribunal refuses to accept financial crunch as the reason behind the nagar palikas polluting the river

The criteria for exemption from labelling of food containing GM ingredients need to be much stricter

Shifting reliance from one fossil fuel to a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonization

Local farmers and communities are succeeding to conserve crops and wildlife where government has failed in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots in northeast India

This is when severely high levels of Uranium are present in groundwater that people consume, says a study

Elandha vada is a traditional nutritional snack that is fast disappearing from our food basket

Cheap electricity, rising incomes, and badly designed buildings that trap heat are encouraging energy intensive practices, shows a CSE analysis of Delhi’s electricity demand this summer

As groundwater levels fall to crisis levels, the government moves to limit use of borewells, but activists say it's not enough, and not based on any information of water needs and usages

The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success

The governing body of world football updates its sustainability policy for the world cup by including changing certain norms for green stadiums, waste management and recycling

National Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed at various places, including Hindmata

Grossly neglects the scope of mining-affected people to have a say in investments and decisions of DMFs 

NTPC’s power plant in Dadri is the first in the country to decide on adopting DSI that is expected to lower SO2 emission and eliminate high operational costs

An FAO report says Cabo Verde and Senegal have been added to a list of 39 countries that need external food assistance owing to poor cropping season and pastoral conditions

Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions

Farmers are in distress owing to low farm prices, poor logistics for transport and government-assured purchases

More than 90 per cent of IMD’s forecast for the next two days is about strong advancement of monsoon; in the coming week, it has predicted the same

State taxes are affecting inter-state supply for ethanol, which could, otherwise, generate additional income for farmers

Here's a round-up of today's news and reports on waste

Here's a round-up of today's news reports and debates in health

India can achieve this if it replaces 1 per cent of the area under food grains with horticulture

The analysis reveals 99 genes that are unique to peacocks and could be responsible for peacock’s feathers and its long life span  

The biggest hurdle is finding uniform production processes across diverse geographies and climatic conditions

Union minister for science and technology said this step is towards expansion and upgradation of weather services

This is important since oilseed crop requires cold days and the number of cold days required for full plant cycle has shrunk owing to climate change

Small cities such as Vengurla and Panchgani manage waste better and are innovative in their approach, shows a CSE report which assessed waste management models of 20 cities

Increased emission from vehicles and growing heat stress has accelerated formation of ozone

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on waste

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on health

The low performance of these 5 states can prevent India from achieving 100 % toilet coverage by October 2019

Storm water drains are being cleaned; Mithi river has been widened, but flood sensors are yet to be installed in five rivers and two lakes

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

60 school children have died due to an anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, provided by a government-run immunisation program in spite of the admittance by the manufacturer of its dangerous side effects

The study contests car manufacturers' claim that newest diesel cars are far cleaner

Thousands of villages in Maharashtra are water stressed but will not receive help from the Centre because they fall short of the new definition of drought

Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme will ensure that farmers have enough money for next crop cycle if their current crop is destroyed by natural calamities

Besides loan waiver and MSP+50 per cent as remuneration, the farmers are now demanding fixed income

While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling current price crash

Researchers took Gehyra variegate, a gecko, as the sample species and found that it does not shy away from heat and can maintain its population during drougt

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on waste

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

Government and corporations have started working on different programmes aimed at reducing plastic pollution

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

The research is meant to help develop measures to correct the harmful effects of the organic compounds on the environment

Gujarat can find solace in its traditional water monuments. For that, it first needs to restore them

The convergence of multiple factors have ensured that almost four decades since the epidemic broke in the US there are now several ways of treating AIDS and containing HIV

By 2018 end, the Paris Agreement rule book has to be finalised. But efforts to finalise these set of rules at Bonn was marred by tardy pace and no concrete text

Can an alien worldview like western science be taught in the vernacular or is it best conveyed in the languages of the culture that created it?

The World Health Organization launched a global action plan to reduce physical activity in adults, a major risk factor in lifestyle diseases

SoE in Figures is an annual compendium of environmental statistics put together by Down To Earth magazine

UNEP chief Erik Solheim, during his visit to India, the global host for World Environment Day, says unlike climate change, plastic waste can be tackled without treaties and targets

The country has not followed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on waste

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

A new study shows that recycling black plastic from electronic waste is introducing harmful chemicals such as bromine and lead into everyday products, including food and toys  

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure

With just nine months to go, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, a scheme that is low on priority of the Lok Sabha and Rajya MPs, is way off the target and calls for a regular and strict monitoring 

Kerala Agricultural University scientists have developed a database that lists 40 mango varieties based on features like the type of flower, seed, leaf, time of flowering

In a survey of 504 persons, scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory found that 47% of people were unaware of the difference between over-the-counter drugs and antibiotics

Despite this, policy and implementation is woefully out of step to deal with the problem of managing the mounting waste

But that doesn’t mean you get to consume more because even if India's per capita consumption is low compared to developed countries, it will continue to rise year-on-year

Here's is a list of exterme weather events that have happened in June across the world

Apart from the cloudbursts, there have been heavy rains in several districts of Uttarakhand

The city’s peak demand has been consistently higher than that of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai combined during this time of the year

The new 10-day probabilistic forecasts will be able to provide rainfall forecasts with probabilities according to rainfall intensities

577 conservation projects raised $4 million since 2009 for projects ranging from protection of wilderness areas in remote Tasmania to research informing the conservation of California's coast

As people hunt animals from zoos to feed themselves, the President, accused of extrajudicial executions, is busy blaming the US and the opposition party

The Zambian government has selected two projects— agriculture and electricity generation development—for receiving financial boost from the Green Climate Fund

A farmer’s plea to register a traditional rice variety has once again raised concerns about loopholes in the Protection of Plant Variety Act

Crop losses, caused by extreme weather events, steered small-scale farmers towards new farming techniques

With time, cancer has increasingly come to be understood as a lifestyle and an environmental disease with several causal pathways

Globally, only 24 countries seem to be achieving WHO's 2025 target of reducing global prevalence of tobacco use by 30 per cent

Here's an overview of recently released reports and studies on air pollution and e-vehicles

Since Sub-Saharan Africa is largely off grid, it has great opportunity to skip installing fossil fuel-based power generation infrastructure and jump to renewables

A UN-backed mechanism to curb carbon sequestration and ensure biodiversity conservation, REDD+, is compromising community rights. Is there a better way?

Almost 70 per cent of the funds committed by developed countries to finance climate action in Africa are tied to conditional loans and credit lines

These ‘climate victims’, who live near the coast or in the mountains, are witnesses to melting glaciers and affected by permafrost melting

As opposed to the promise of creating 2 crore jobs, the government now stands witness to a steady decline in job growth

Lominda Afedraru visits farmers in various parts of Uganda and assesses how the government is mitigating climate change impacts

Flies can keep the bacteria in their gut for a week and since their flight can last up to 10kms they can act as vectors to disseminate it

The five-day assembly also agreed upon other resolutions concerning topics like digital health and assistive technology

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology researchers say a protein that comes into the picture early in an aggregation pathway could be responsible for development of Parkinson’s

Dietary changes are better than vitamin supplements in prevention of cardiovascular disease, says a recent study

The Kashmir red deer is the only surviving sub-species of red deer in the Indian sub-continent

Distributing LPG connection is a job half done as ensuring its sustained usage is a bigger challenge that the government is currently facing

Rain deficit, scanty snowfall, leaking pipelines are few of the many reasons that landed the tourist town into the water crisis

During the first stage long-range forecast issued, IMD had predicted 44% probability of below-normal monsoon

Given the serious threat that such fire incidents cause to human health, the Delhi administration has to answer why it has not yet taken action against illegal factories clustered in residential areas

The swine flu and PRRS outbreak, which killed over 2,900 pigs in Mizoram since March, could mean an increased risk of transmission of swine infections to humans

While the state says the order was based on the pollution control board’s findings, the opposition and activists doubt its legal strength

10 countries, 20 writers and a continent in churn

With extreme weather events becoming the new normal, forecasting has become more important than ever. It's time African nations invest in observation networks 

Rising temperatures coupled with misuse and overuse of water resources has had a catastrophic impact on the nation

The continent, home to around 16% of the world’s population, produces less than 1% of the world's research output

Large-scale changes in rainfall can happen based on how tropical forests respond to excess CO2 in the atmosphere

Thunderstorms and negative Indian Ocean Dipole indices could affect its distribution and progress

Here's an overview of recently released reports and studies on renewable energy 

On Monday evening, the state government passed a government order to shut down Vedanta group's Serlite copper smelting plant permanently

Amidst crop losses, researchers call for using genetically modified maize

BITS Pilani scientists developed a microneedle, which unlike a syringe needle, doesn’t cause much injury as they need minimal invasion of the skin

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a membrane that can separate water from various forms of oil-contaminations

An important but contested roles of journalism is the act of putting political violence into words. If they sound neutral, it’s likely you’ve avoided layin responsibility 

While droughts and floods have wreaked havoc on the sector, change in farming practices can bring about a better tomorrow

More than 2,000 natural disasters have hit Africa since 1970 affecting 500 million people and killing 0.9 million

Cape Town’s diversification of supply from surface water to groundwater, desalination and water recycling has also filtered into the business community in South Africa

Grace Manda from Malawi never thought a climate-resilient method of farming could help her build a fixed roof, send her kids to school, that too from cultivating a hectare of unfertile land

Extremely high summer temperature and inflammable pine needles causing fire to engulf forests in the state

Activists say the government plans to cremate the protestors who died in police firing on its own

Despite a court order, ban on internet has not been lifted and activists claim police are harassing people

Women adopt sustainable menstruation after govt stops funding their pad-making units

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

Several businessmen, investors and experts are of the opinion that energy transition is the key to keeping the world peaceful and stable

The current rate is just nine cases a day

Unlikely since nobody knows where and how it has spent environmental cessess, such as the coal cess, meant to mitigate climate change 

A public health problem in some parts of the country, filariasis is caused by parasitic worms 

Non-communicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, low and middle-class countries account for 80 per cent of these deaths

India was among 20 countries who abstained during a vote on a draft decision on 23 May, proposing support to Palestine to provide health services in lieu of the May 14 massacre

The research organization’s efforts to ensure that pollution was not directly attributed to the copper smelting plant led to the SC not ordering the plant to be shut down earlier

Africa is the only continent that imports more food than it produces. Down To Earth brings ground report from 10 African countries to assess steps taken to become self-sufficient in food

A district-level analysis of data shows that 19 per cent of the time low BMI is the factor contributing to difference in stunting prevalence between very high and low-burden districts

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

Protests against the expansion of the smelter have been going on for three months

Although tribes in Arunachal Pradesh have used Stapletonia rigoense for almost a century, scientists have only recently discovered and published their results

Farmers need to be better informed where they can sell their crops for good prices so that they’re confident they can recoup the cost of investing in water harvesting

Women in rural areas face humiliation due to absence of safe bathing spaces. Can Swachh Bharat Mission address this issue?

The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-waste will be created 

This three-point strategy aims at ensuring that 1 billion people get health coverage, are better protected from emergencies and enjoy wellbeing by 2023

According to new rules adopted for waste management and recycling by the European Council, all member states must recycle 50% plastic packaging by 2025     

A study conducted 11 north Indian cities says that annual premature mortality rate linked to air pollution ranges from 150-300 people per 1 lakh population

The corals in the Gulf of Mannar suffered severe losses during the global coral bleaching event that occurred between March and October 2016, says a new study

Now, government has promised ‘world’s largest health scheme’ whose implementation is not possible, at least in 2018.

Plastic debris in oceans is a potential threat to Africa's food security, economic development, marine ecosystems and establishment of a vibrant blue economy

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

At the 71st World Health Assembly, the Union minister spoke about India’s efforts to provide more people with access to health services

Guardians of the Amazon, a tribe in the forests sent this message to the Brazilian government to help them protect an uncontacted tribe and their forests from illegal loggers

At least 30 others were injured when police opened fire to quell the protest

Chemical pollution in oceans, release of radiation into the atmosphere are some of the human activities that are causing animals to suffer

Even as West Africa struggles to plug rampant illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, rising sea surface temperature poses new challenges

It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the world

It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity-rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the world

The six-day World Health Assembly kicked off in Geneva on Monday

They stress on the need for a comprehensive and party-driven negotiating text by Bangkok intersession in September 2018

These 10 species are the most likely to go extinct in the next few years

Indian scientists have developed a biosensor technique, which can be used to develop a point of care device for rapid identification of the dreaded disease

Know the most likely animals in India to become extinct soon

Support smallholders, family farmers to reduce poverty, says FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva at a regional conference in Russia

A new survey finds that one-third of this area is subject to pressure from human developments, potentially putting wildlife at risk

An upcoming study raises concern over lack of data to back claims that spring rejuvenation has improved water availability in Sikkim

Forest officials admit that they are facing resource crunch when it comes to tackling forest fires

Coral reefs along the east coast of Africa have been badly hit due to ocean warming and acidification. This has hit tourism badly. Some efforts, however, are underway to revive them

Designed to resist the bollworm pest, Monsanto's Bollgard II is seen as useless as the pink bollworm ravages cotton fields across the country

Cyclone Sagar, one of the rare ones to penetrate into western Gulf of Aden, was also the strongest tropical storm ever recorded in Somalia

The government has stalled standards that could have made heavy-duty vehicles guzzle and pollute less. Is it hand-in-glove with the industry or under pressure from it?