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

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

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

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

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

6 hours ago

4 min read

Deviation of recent annual mean total ozone columns from the geographic long-term average distribution. A dobson unit (DU) represents the integrated amount of ozone in the atmospheric column; 300 DU is a typical level for mid-latitudes, but this value can be higher or lower in the polar and tropical regions, respectively.

World Ozone Day: Earth’s protective layer on track to return to 1980s levels by mid-century, says WMO

Nandita Banerji

16 Sep 2025

2 min read

Residents along the Yamuna floodplains from Mayur Vihar to Yamuna Ghat in Delhi shift to relief camps and higher grounds as the river swells above the danger mark due to continuous rains.

Poems on Yamuna: Tonight

13 Sep 2025

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2025)

12 Sep 2025

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2025)

11 Sep 2025

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

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

11 Sep 2025

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 5, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2025)

11 Sep 2025

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Billions of masks disposed carelessly now pose environment risks

Billions of masks discarded carelessly during COVID-19 pandemic now pose environmental risks

Himanshu Nitnaware

10 Sep 2025

3 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

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

India notifies Environment Audit Rules, 2025 to bolster environmental compliance & governance

India notifies Environment Audit Rules, 2025 to bolster environmental compliance & governance

08 Sep 2025

4 min read

Gurugram is drowning in its own choices

Gurugram is drowning in its own choices

03 Sep 2025

4 min read

Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better

Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better

25 Aug 2025

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Gaza’s unseen war: Where conflict meets environmental collapse

Gaza’s unseen war: Where conflict meets environmental collapse

Tavish Bhardwaj

02 Aug 2025

4 min read

Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

28 Jul 2025

3 min read

Videos

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

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Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

08 Mar 2025

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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

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Live Stream: Panel discussion on ‘Anti-environmentalism in a climate-risked, de-globalised world’

Live Stream: Panel discussion on ‘Anti-environmentalism in a climate-risked, de-globalised world’

26 Feb 2025

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Books

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

Book Excerpt: Another day in Paradise

Book Excerpt: Another day in Paradise

09 Nov 2024

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05 Aug 2025

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12 Jul 2025

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