Science & Technology - Briefs

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 12, 2024)

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

Oil drilling threatens the Okavango River Basin, putting water in Namibia and Botswana at risk

Okavango River sustains over half a million people in Namibia and Botswana

We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers

When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury

A revolution gone awry

Easy access to agro-chemicals in Sri Lanka blamed for public health scare

EU bans Indian guar gum

US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium

Nearly 29%, or about 3 in every 10 wells tested in Punjab, is contaminated with uranium

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)

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

NGT panel flags environmental violations by ONGC, GAIL in Krishna-Godavari basin

Three units under them asked to pay Rs 17 crore in penalty to Central Pollution Control Board

E-toxic trail

Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study

In Brief

Bytes

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Control your food. It is your business

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 (May 8, 2024)

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

Cough syrup can harm children: Experts warn of contamination risks

Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the dangers of glycol poisoning 

Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal

Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops  

Several trade-offs impede Zero Hunger goal. A UN report explains why, and how

Achieving SDG2 will require new investments, smoothly functioning trade and changes in consumption patterns, flags UN

Seeking Food Sovereignty

Watch before you eat

Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

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