IUCN's new Red List reports alarming decline in global freshwater fish species

According to the body, the world's freshwater fish species are undergoing a silent decline

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 19, 2019)

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

New method to study insect muscles developed

Micro-level computed tomography (microCT) scanning can help scientists understand how human muscles function

As told to Parliament (July 19, 2019): Rat-hole mining in Assam since 10 years

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Challenges galore for Monarch of the Glen: Hangul fawn-hind ratio touches lowest-ever level

The latest census also reveals that the stag-hind ratio is very poor for the embattled cervid species

More than a month into monsoon reservoir levels up only 6%

The country’s 91 reservoirs are holding less than a quarter of water they can

Irrigation projects continue to suffer in Maharashtra: CAG

Land acquisition conflicts, shortage of funds, rehabilitation woes and cost escalations are some of the problems identified by the auditor

List of threatened species gets longer a year before prevention target

International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List shows that every fifth species is threatened with extinction

Ursula Von der Leyen: why controversial choice for EU top job may actually have been the right one

She promises to put carbon neutrality into law during first 100 days and to propose legislation to enforce a “fair minimum wage” in every country

UK faunascape changes with climate change

Scientists identifed 55 species of invertebrates, mammals and birds that moved out of their natural range or arrived in the UK between 2008 and 2018 

Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament

Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024

World Bank pulls out of Amaravati construction project

The Bank, which was to lend $300 million to the project has said it will no longer be involved, given the project’s non-compliance of its policies

As told to Parliament (July 18, 2019): Low dietary intake in rural & urban India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

CAG lists Nalco’s many environmental aberrations

The audit agency says Nalco is liable for legal action for violations of environmental clearance terms

ONGC flouted safety norms: CAG

Many accident cases were not reported by the public sector company as required under the law

No evidence of rift between Einstein and Bose: New book

As long as they lived, there was no sign of a sour relationship between the two, says historian Rajinder Singh who recently wrote a book titled Einstein Rediscovered: Interactions with Indian Academics

Integrate disability in disaster management: Experts

A two-day national workshop aimed to offer safety lessons to differently-abled persons in the event of a disaster

Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists’ names

profound concerns raised by climate change and fossil fuel emissions are shared by many scientists around the world. This shared concern does not make scientists political activists

Scientists identify protein that aids in cancer relapse

Cancer stem cells that lack expression of NKG2D-L on their surface survive chemotherapy as well as escape the body's immune defence 

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

The declaration was made after case was registered in Goma city, which shares a border with Rwanda

Call to strengthen infrastructure for quality assurance

Any measuring equipment in a country should be calibrated through a measurement chain, says National Physical Laboratory’s Director Dinesh K Aswal