Age at marriage in India: A gossamer of complexities and intricate linkages
India is the home to largest number of child brides. Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age
Blind spot in Namami Gange
By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the …
Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
North Bihar faces flood threat
Water released from barrages swell rivers; Saharsa-Mansi railway line eroding
Kala-azar spreads to Gujarat, MP
Industry pollutants in river kills cattle and fishes in Bihar
Locusts invade Delhi-NCR
Insects spotted in Delhi’s Aya Nagar and Vasant Kunj areas in addition to five places in Gurugram; expected to move deeper into Delhi
Bihar to launch 150-bed ‘Neglected Tropical Disease Centre’
The state accounts for 80 per cent of Kala-azar cases in India, a potentially fatal disease caused by the bite of sand flies
Burden of birth
Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased
CPCB panel appointed to inspect Utkal Asbestos plant site in Bihar
Patna High Court pulls up state pollution control board for submitting affidavits that contradict each other
A system in shambles
Weak, corrupt and ineffective implementing institutions make compliance and enforcement of environmental laws abysmally poor in India. Can …
That sinking feeling
A baffled Bihar is struggling to provide food and shelter to three million people rendered homeless by a flood that swept through five districts. …
COVID-19: Nitish Kumar orders more testing amid numerous challenges for Bihar
Kumar wants 10,000 tests for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) per day against current 1,900-2,000 daily tests
COVID-19: Bihar beekeepers find it tough to relocate bee boxes amid lockdown
Bees are relocated to orchards in Jharkhand for them to get easy access to food sources
Bihar slashes spending on education and social welfare
Coal-based power receives a major boost in the state budget presented on March 12
Mystery disease claims 13 lives in Bihar
All of them suffered from sore throat and nausea; autopsy of deceased inconclusive
Floods kill 26 persons in Bihar
Bagmati, Mahananda and Kosi rivers in spate; large-scale displacement in four districts
Arsenic control
West Bengal, severely affected by arsenic in its groundwater, takes slow but steady steps to deal with it
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Indian reservoirs brimming as monsoon advances
Storage levels in 123 reservoirs monitored by Central Water Commission was 194 % of the levels of corresponding period …
Kosi floods inquiry report submitted, finally
Inquiry commission was set up in September 2008 after Opposition party demanded thorough probe to fix responsibility for embankment breach
Patna High Court restores the right of second appeal under RTI law
Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act
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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation
What now ?
Desperate measures are the call of the day. Common people need to have a greater say
The failure
Nationalisation of coalmines has failed badly