Bengaluru, Lucknow flooding: What do we mean by water-sensitive cities?

Inadequate urban planning means thirsty and flooded cities have become the new normal: Part 1 

Multiple troughs, La Nina: Why Bengaluru is flooding repeatedly this monsoon

City received large excess rainfall in 5 of 13 weeks this monsoon 

Why this downpour now in Bengaluru?

City not expected to see clear skies in the coming days

Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups

At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy

COVID-19: India should act now to avert a bus sector collapse

The Centre should provide stimulus packages and chalk out long-term plan to revive te bus sector

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)

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

CAG report shows how Karnataka's solid waste management is in disarray

Faultlines at urban bodies: Lack of segregation, no identification of dump sites, absence of GPS

Karnataka wants citizens to take responsibility of maintaining and protecting lakes 

The Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority has proposed to make locals registered lake wardens or adopt a portion of the lake to …

Karnataka government seeks more time to clean Bellandur Lake

Officials say that one month is too short a period to finish cleaning as they need to redirect the waste currently being dumped in the lake

Bengaluru orders compulsory waste segregation by households, but challenges remain

From reluctant citizens to unsold compost, Bengaluru municipal corporation faces hurdles on the way towards better waste management

NGT halts construction on wetland between Bengaluru lakes

The construction projects violated the Master Plan of 2015 as well as environmental guidelines

Citizens submit action plan to save Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake

If local authorities give considerable attention to the proposed action plan, the situation of Bellandur Lake could change for the better

Reaping organic

Karnataka was the first state to adopt a policy on organic farming in 2004. Since then, several initiatives have helped farmers fight drought, …

Bangalore lakes leased out

Steel lobby locks horns with mining firms in Karnataka

Three years after the mining scam that rocked the country, steel producers and mining companies accuse each other of forming cartels to control …

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

War over waste

People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage

On foot and pedal

The teeming millions on foot and pedal are powering mobility in Indian cities. Their numbers exceed those who use cars. Yet they are victims of …

Bengaluru’s lakes go bad as authorities deny responsibility

Agara, Bellandur and Varthur lakes are facing the dual threat of pollution and encroachment

Biotech capital

There is a great potential for biotechnological research in Bangalore, opine experts

Handbook on radio for NGOs

Paper wasps early casteists

Wasps are among insects that live in highly organised colonies with a clear line of authority. But a wasp species studied recently disclosed some …

By the skin of their teeth

Read this properly

Recognised specifically as a brain disease uptil now, reading disorders are now linked to the language concerned