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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2025)

24 Oct 2025

5 min read

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

News

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2025)

24 Oct 2025

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2025)

19 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Heat Tracker: Minicoy, Chennai and Diu record highest night-time temperature

Daily heat tracker: Two Himalayan cities among those that recorded highest rise in temperatures

18 Oct 2025

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2025)

17 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2025)

16 Oct 2025

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 14, 2025)

15 Oct 2025

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

13 Oct 2025

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

10 Oct 2025

4 min read

Interviews

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

17 Feb 2025

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

Ngala Killian Chimtom

11 Feb 2025

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

14 Jan 2025

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

11 Jan 2025

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

20 Dec 2024

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

18 Dec 2024

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

17 Dec 2024

The ‘Ateshgah’ in Baku was actually a Jvala Mukhi temple dedicated to Goddess Durga and maintained by Indian merchants during the 17th-19th centuries. It was often mistaken to be a Zoroastrian fire temple by visitors.

One of the most significant Indian merchant communities during the 17th-19th centuries was in Baku: Scott Cameron Levi

15 Nov 2024

India would be an environmental disaster zone even if climate change did not exist: Ramachandra Guha

India would be an environmental disaster zone even if climate change did not exist: Ramachandra Guha

29 Oct 2024

Future languages will be less ‘auditory’ and more ‘pictorial’: G N Devy

Future languages will be less ‘auditory’ and more ‘pictorial’: G N Devy

22 Oct 2024

Lalit Kumar

International Translation Day 2024: Fractured or not, the world will always need good translators, says Lalit Kumar

30 Sep 2024

‘The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people’

‘The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people’

21 Sep 2024

Blog

Vidyapati and the idea of ecological sacredness

Vidyapati and the idea of ecological sacredness

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

25 Oct 2025

5 min read

Vehicles queuing at a gas station during the 2022 crisis in Sri Lanka

Renewables have now passed coal globally — and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal

Reihana Mohideen

09 Oct 2025

4 min read

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

Christopher F Meindl

07 Oct 2025

5 min read

Green isn’t always clean: Rethinking urban tree plantation for cleaner air

Green isn’t always clean: Rethinking urban tree plantation for cleaner air

01 Oct 2025

4 min read

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

01 Oct 2025

4 min read

Areas of low ozone above Antarctica in September 2025 (above) and in September 2000. The purple and blue regions are where there is the least ozone, and the yellows and reds are where there is more ozone

A slow healing

16 Sep 2025

3 min read

Videos

Delhi’s Rs 523 crore plan to tackle dust pollution this winter

Delhi’s Rs 523 crore plan to tackle dust pollution this winter

09 Oct 2025

2 min read

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

19 Jun 2025

1 min read

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

14 Jun 2025

1 min read

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

08 May 2025

1 min read

Remembering Pope Francis and his legacy of environmental advocacy

Remembering Pope Francis and his legacy of environmental advocacy

24 Apr 2025

1 min read

Earth Day 2025: Clean Energy Movement gives hope for our 'Pale Blue Dot'

Earth Day 2025: Clean Energy Movement gives hope for our 'Pale Blue Dot'

21 Apr 2025

3 min read

Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

08 Mar 2025

1 min read

AAD 2025: Dr Donthi Narsimha Reddy talks about how pesticide overuse is harming India’s land and health

AAD 2025: Dr Donthi Narsimha Reddy talks about how pesticide overuse is harming India’s land and health

27 Feb 2025

1 min read

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Books

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

11 Oct 2025

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

15 Feb 2025

In leading role again

In leading role again

Aditya Zharotia

21 Dec 2024

Recap 2024: Narratives

Recap 2024: Narratives

16 Dec 2024

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A mighty tree falls

A mighty tree falls

Vikas Choudhary

08 Oct 2025

1 min read

Delhi roads choc-a-bloc as Diwali countdown begins

Delhi roads choc-a-bloc as Diwali countdown begins

Vikas Choudhary

03 Oct 2025

1 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

01 Oct 2025

3 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

16 Sep 2025

3 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

01 Sep 2025

3 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

18 Aug 2025

3 min read

A unique mode of transport in the Mizo Hills

A unique mode of transport in the Mizo Hills

05 Aug 2025

1 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

01 Aug 2025

2 min read

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