Every northeastern state reports loss in forest cover: State of India’s Forest Report 2021
Manipur recorded the largest loss in forest cover
From being stranded to being free
How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild
What lurks beneath the Network
Dodgy doses
UNICEF in dock over vitamin A fortification programme
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Importance of lakes not realised enough: Flood control chief
Sharad Chandra, director, flood forecast monitoring division, Central Water Commission, spoke to DTE on increasing instances of urban flooding&…
Flood fury
Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large-scale destruction, Bihar is the worst-affected
Monsoon of death
Every monsoon, Baba Raghav Das Medical College of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, witnesses hundreds of children dying of viral encephalitis or Acute …
Unexpected ‘snow’ covering Assam town hail deposits: Experts
Freakish storm damages 4,000 houses in Moran; Rabi crops affected
Rhinos in trouble
Poaching and encroachments threaten one-horned rhionos at Orang National Park
Weather alert: Heavy rain forecast for Assam in next 10 days
State may get a quarter of its annual rainfall through June 19; experienced heavy floods after large excess June rains last year
Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules
An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …
Assam floods affect 21,000; heavy rain forecast till June 19
Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Cachar and Kamrup districts in state affected by floods
Vizag, Dahej, Baghjan: Death by a thousand cuts
Recent environmental disasters caused by negligence in India have caused irreparable damage to the environment and are eerily similar to what an …
Assam moves to curb pesticides in vegetables, tea
Pesticide limits to be set for vegetables; cultivators could be fined or banned from undertaking cultivation if their products exceed limit
Japanese encephalitis on the rise in Assam, spreads to almost all districts
160 persons have died of the disease since May; state government yet to respond to notice of state human rights commission on failing to tackle …
Assam’s lost and found languages
Linguistic survey helps some tribes rediscover their language; 55 languages spoken in the state
Different colours of green
How media has shaped people's understanding of environment
African Swine Fever threatens India’s Pygmy Hog, other Asian wild pig species: ‘Science’ article
The world's rarest and smallest wild pig species is “extremely susceptible to extinction” from ASF due to its small populations and …
IMD flood alert for North East
States in the region, that received heavy rains due to Cyclone Amphan, are to get more rainfall in next 2 days
Why are tea plantation workers dying of hunger?
Lack of oversight by state governments, along with low wages and tough working conditions, is causing starvation deaths, says a fact finding team
Jungle story
How the world's first human-made forest is being sustained by an indigenous community in Assam despite a range of threats
Curse of the horn
Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 22, 2023)
Assam floods affect 300,000 people, pose danger to wildlife
About 10,000 hectares of crop yield has also been destroyed