Picture imperfect

Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore  

Cold takes south India by surprise

Could be due to cold winds from north India or Arctic Oscillation

The loss of our breeds

Buy an Indian breed from Australia

Jagan assets case: Notice to six ministers and eight bureaucrats

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in a fix

Vicious cycle

Cost of treating hypertension itself leads to stress

Plague is spreading to new areas

No pesticides no debts

The battle over forests

Are the recent eviction drives misdirected? (Read full article)

What goes down must come up

It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down …

Public hearing for pet coke plant turns violent

Residents say Sunvira industries' plant will emit noxious gases, chemicals

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

Think institution

The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long-term

Andhra to promote chemical free cultivation

State's rural development and agriculture departments to work together to encourage organic farming

Testing time

Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management

Made to fail

Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …

Out of focus

The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …

World Dugong Day 2020: Marine mammal fighting for survival in Indian waters

Conservation only way to save species from extinction, says experts

Pranhita irrigation project: Maharashtra agrees to form inter-state board

Will help irrigate 663, 684 hectares in seven districts in Telangana region

Tropical storm Hudhud forms in Bay of Bengal

Fresh cyclone warning issued for coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

Heat wave claims over 600 lives

Odisha, Andhra request Centre to recognise heat wave as natural calamity

Why environmental racism needs to have its moment

Tribal groups comprise 40-50% of the displaced population in India, and face the brunt of environment racism   

Big response to solar power plan

Uttarakhand gets applications for 65 per cent of its target in 15 days of launching scheme

Blatant lies for laterite

Andhra pollution control board holds public hearing for a project in Schedule Five area  

How did it go wrong?

The corrupt and inefficient among pollution control authorities have surrendered India's groundwater to unscrupulous industrial units