India accounts for more than 28% of the global burden of TB and more than 26% of total multi-drug resistant TB cases
Climate-resilient water, sanitation & hygiene policies need of hour to meet global agenda of 2030
COVID-19 update: Over 1,000 daily cases in India for first time in 2023
UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres
UN 2023 Water Conference: Quarter of the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, says report
International cooperation over how water is used and managed is key and must be boosted to prevent a global water crisis in the coming decades, according to the UN
Methane emissions from wetlands rose 5-6% since 2000-2006: Study
Methane is responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the rise in temperature since the pre-industrial period
Deepening green tech divide between Global North, South to worsen economic inequality, warns UN
Without decisive action by governments, developing countries may miss out on economic opportunities from green tech
Delhi public transport: Good news and bad news
The new state budget of Delhi promises upscaling of public transport and bus fleet electrification. But the new Economic Survey warns about plummeting bus ridership
Why knowing Ayurveda’s limitations and improving clinical exposure are important while teaching traditional medicine
There is urgent need to update Ayurveda curriculum while also evolving it on its fundamental principles
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Victims of climate change: This year, 135 people may die every day due to drought in Somalia
Consecutive years of failed rains may have caused this longest, most severe drought in the country’s history
As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20
All that was discussed in the House through the day
World Water Day 2023: Nuapada switched to surface from ground sources to solve its problems of quality and quantity
After the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, the district witnessed a drastic change in the sector of rural water supply. River water was tapped for drinking under the mission
World Water Day 2023: Dharwad revived traditional ponds to recharge its groundwater
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, groundwater sources are recharged and augmented by revived ponds that act as village-level groundwater-recharge structures. Water from borewells is pumped and stored in overhead tanks
World Water Day 2023: Junagadh villages do a mix-and-match with ground and surface supplies
Surface and ground water are used in a manner that can ensure the balance of ecology
World Water Day 2023: Ladana in Rajasthan made conjunctive use of ground, surface sources to solve its scarcity problem
The village dug three wells and constructed an overhead tank that can store both groud and surface water
World Water Day 2023: Traditional reverence helped preserve and tap North Sikkim’s springs
Facililated by the Jal Jeevan Mission, around 90 per cent of the households in the district now have functional household tap connections
World Water Day 2023: India can show the world how water management can be reinvented, says CSE
National workshop held in Lucknow on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlights the steps Uttar Pradesh is taking in this field
Parliamentary committee flags concerns over ‘grossly insufficient’ funding for department of health research
The committee also noted that the demand was much lower compared to Rs 3,467.65 crore demanded for 2022-2023
Total weight of humans is 10 times that of all wild mammals put together
The weight distribution is also skewed: 40% global biomass of wild land mammals is concentrated in only 10 species
India’s coasts in danger, finds Parliamentary panel: MoEF&CC depended on World Bank funds, facing massive cuts
National Coastal Mission budget cut from Rs 723 crore in proposal to just Rs 12.50 crore in allocation
Absence of free trade agreement poses hurdles for German investment in Indian renewables: German politicians
The need for skilled workers to enable this transition to clean energy technologies is one place where India and Germany can cooperate more deeply, according to Social Democratic Party
MoEFCC’s actual expenditure reduced by nearly 20% of budget estimates: Parliamentary report
The committee noted a drastic reduction under the National Coastal Mission 2023-24
Bhilwara: NGT calls local body’s inaction to control pollution of Kothari river ‘tragic’; RSPCB to recover compensation
Open wells in villages near River Kothari were found with toxic levels of chromium, lead, iron, zinc, sodium
As told to Parliament (March 20, 2023): Rainfed rice can go down by 20% in 2050 in absence of climate adaptation
