Fever still a mystery

Authorities yet to identify cause of deadly disease prevalent in Muzaffarpur for a decade

Statehood first, ecology later

Jharkhand's leaders have successfully pressurised the Centre to consider granting autonomy to this region. But they have still not …

Managing water

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COVID-19: Bihar fails to ramp up testing despite Nitish saying so

Efforts to ramp up testing seem to be losing steam; daily and monthly testing both decline 

Deadly Nursery: North India’s children born and bred in toxic air

DTE reports from various parts of North India as children across the region grow up among contaminants

Ground report: Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking

Trafficking rackets use climate disasters as opportunities, say experts

COVID-19: Bihar flood control works stalled amid lockdown

Several embankment repair and maintenance works hit as workers head back home 

AES outbreak: This is not the first time Harsh Vardhan promised Muzaffarpur virology lab

He made the same claim five years ago, but nothing has happened

Bihar to close down brick kilns along the Ganga

There are around 6,477 registered brick kilns operating on the banks of the river

A touch of poison

Amrita Singh discovers culinary versatility of a potentially poisonous weed

Environmental hitches

Both blind and corrupt

In the world of Indian journalism the word corrupt is often confused with the word Bihar

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Waterhunt

Going thirsty in the Kerala backwaters

Caught napping, again

Retreating monsoon leaves trail of death and destruction across much of India

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 18, 2023)

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

Trees, crops endemic to India can help combat air pollution: Study

Peepal, mango, neem, maize, safflower & pigeon pea are found to be most suitable for areas with higher levels of air pollution

West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar experience most polluted winter in three years: CSE report

Problem shifting to smaller cities & towns of the region, analysts note  

Scientists have started steering lightning with lasers — here’s how

Lightning kills thousands of people annually; only protection we have is lightning rods, which were invented 300 years ago 

This Champaran school shows the way for girl education, but has no govt support 

Set up in Kasturba Gandhi’s name, the school was neglected until eforts by activists six years ago   

Air pollution eats into your life. This chart tells you how much

Forty-three of the most pollution-affected districts in India are in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; Leh is the least-affected of the 687 districts …

Climate change is real: Heatwave to hit Bihar litchi, mango farmers

Litchi and mango need special micro climates; but climate change has upset this in the last decade, say scientists

Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality 

Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis

DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature