How did monsoon 2023 progress and perform in June

Arrived late, covered entire country in 22 days rather than normal duration of 38 days

Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)

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

Teenage pregnancies in every 3 of 5 child brides, finds CRY

Non-profit study significant proportion of adolescent mothers had low-birth-weight babies

Warning: Air quality in North India may turn ‘severe’ by Diwali

AQI in Delhi-NCR between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ range October 22, 2022

As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households

Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking 

COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists

Numbers show one in every four in India is a child marriage, but ground situation may be even worse

Wages of fear: How did COVID-19 geographic shift affect MGNREGA implementation?

The understanding should be part of India’s contingency plan to support rural livelihoods in the event of a third wave of the pandemic

Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’

Farm stubble burning increased in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan; Firecracker ban in Delhi goes up in smoke too

Empty posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Pollution Control Board are affecting implementation of green laws in state

UP one of the most industrialised states, has about 14.2% of the total MSMEs in country