Is it the end?

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad

In short

Tamil Nadu blacklists Mahyco's Bt Cotton seeds after crop failures

Coronavirus update: US FDA cautions consumers against toxin in hand sanitisers

India registers highest single-day spike of 66,999 cases August 13; 942 deaths added in 24 hours 

What led to forest officer’s killing

In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back

Axe subsidy, not the bus

Supreme Court order upholds diesel price hike for bus corporations, but ignores the subsidy still enjoyed by cars, SUVs. What happens to the …

Drought, but why: Area under cultivation has halved in Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapuramu

Decades of deficit rainfall, monoculture in agriculture and perpetually mounting farmer debts have left the district in the lurch

PM Modi to visit cyclone-affected Visakhapatnam on Tuesday

Andhra chief minister asks the Centre to declare cyclone ‘national calamity’

Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana

Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …

CAG report shows how badly Andhra manages its finances

It some cases money spent without budgetary provision; in certain others funds meant for welfare development saved unnecessarily

Potential help

Agromet advisory still in its infancy in India but set to be implemented on a larger scale

Seeking Reliance

The Andhra Pradesh government is giving forests that sustain tribal communities to the Reliance group of industries for plantations. That, too, …

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

"Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care"

K SEKAR, assistant professor, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, talks to NEELAM SINGH about …

Seeds of Strife

The Seed Bill takes away states’ power to regulate seed prices, could lead to Centre-state confrontation

Visakhapatnam pharmaceuticals ‘unit’ leaks gas; 2 dead, 4 injured

The city unit of Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, in Parwada area, reported a leak of benzimidazole gas at 11.30 pm

Telangana assembly election results: Lack of employment may have led to KCR’s downfall

Youth unemployment in the state exceeds 15%, higher than national unemployment rate of 10%

India braces for cyclone Nilam

Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu on high alert

Acquisition made easy

Forest eviction issue gets thornier

Floods spell losses for states

SEZ, port expansion perils Andhra's tribal people

Public transport scores over private in Goa

Bird flu outbreak in Andhra: Could H5N1 spark next pandemic? New paper warns of risks

Over 48 mammal species infected with virus since 2020; threat of mutation that sustains human-to-human transmission

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 26, 2020)

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