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Some good and bad news on antimicrobial resistance

While Indian researchers have found the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a healthy human gut, British scientists have developed a …

Waste in news on May 10

Chandigarh plans segregation without a plan, Cuttack's solid waste projects awaits HC verdict

How to build a sustainable house using natural building materials

Making sport of Conservation

The fraud of the century

'Municipal Corporation, Jaypee behind Chandigarh's garbage mess'

Dispute over waste segregation has turned Chandigarh’s only garbage processing facility into a landfill

The miracle of the hills and the humans

Aging science

The 91st Indian Science Congress was old wine in a tainted bottle

Rising wet-bulb temperatures due to climate change pose health risks for humans

A wet-bulb temperature of 35°C is considered the maximum limit of humidity humans can handle

Childish foibles

Infected food and unhygienic feeding habits lead to a high incidence of infantile diarrhoea

Waste in news on May 3

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

Rankings of cleanest Indian cities released; Modi’s Varanasi misses Top 10

Two cities from Gujarat—Surat and Rajkot—have made it to the list of the 10 cleanest cities

Managing waste - the Chandigarh way

Le Corbusier's city is getting a face-lift. A unique programme of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh (MCC), is ridding the city of the most …

Punjab, Chandigarh have most senior citizens with ocular morbidities: LASI

Comprehensive studies are needed to study changing trends in eye-related problems to reduce the instances of resultant eye diseases

Bird flu outbreak in Chandigarh’s Sukhna lake

Avian influenza virus is a highly pathogenic strain, show lab test results

North India Deluge 2023: A water plan addressing urban floods can pull Chandigarh out of troubled waters

Rainwater harvesting structures along the stormwater drains will enable the use of rainwater endowment along with preventing floods

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2022)

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

Our study shows growing zone of active tectonic deformation in northern Haryana plains south of Himalayas

Piedmont zone between Ghaggar and Yamuna river basins and found signs of an active tectonic deformation

Meanwhile, the monsoon anomaly

Instead of quantum of rainfall, we must analyse the distribution of rainfall to understand the changing nature of the monsoon

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 18, 2024)

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

Incessant rainfall brings north India to its knees

The IMD said the intense rainfall over north India is because of an interaction between a western disturbance and monsoonal winds

After several deaths, government finally takes note of the seriousness of swine flu

Haryana reports 23 deaths, Delhi three; Delhi government issues advisory to hospitals to ensure availability of isolation wards, medicines

Eco-cabs join Chandigarh's public transport service

Plans afoot to increase demand for cycle rickshaws, reduce use of motor vehicles

Sukhna lake survives