Delhi High Court orders J&J to pay 67 hip implant patients Rs 25 lakh each

Activists term compensation as eyewash, say the case is still on

A matter of debate: Should stray dogs be fed in public places?

A recent blogpost on DTE drew a lot of interest. Here is a look

SC okays Monsanto’s patent claim over Bt cotton

The agri-business giant earlier had a setback at Delhi high court

Court slaps contempt notice on MCI, health ministry

Medical Council of India failed to start rural health practitioner course

Junk food in schools: Centre gets a week to circulate action taken report

Food processing industry is also a party in the petition

Killing with compassion: Why feeding dogs in public places must stop!

It is time for individuals to accept personal responsibility in stray dog management

Ban junk food in schools, amicus curiae tells Delhi High Court

Stakeholders are expected to reply to the suggestions within the next hearing

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

Delhi High Court reserves order on plea seeking junk food ban in schools

Industry argues against amicus curiae’s recommendations

Google, Facebook officials exempted from personal appearance in trial court

High court defers hearing till May in view of similar ongoing cases in Supreme Court

Hauz Khas village restaurants under scanner for spewing untreated sewage

Eight out of 34 restaurants in the area have been operating without any clearance

Neela Hauz may turn blue soon

DDA and DJB to restore the south Delhi pond by 2013

Delhi High Court orders shifting of biomedical waste incinerator from Okhla

Residents hope it will pave the way for shifting of Jindal's waste-to-energy plant

Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court

Forum of doctors had sought ban; cited increasing incidence of oral and lung cancers

Baghjan blowout shows why we need to fix liabilities

There is also a need to address inland oil spills through regulations

DTE coverage on Western Ghats

Green tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Gogte Minerals

Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest

Tricky issue of policing the Internet

Instead of bans, regulations may be a better way of dealing with the downside of digital technology 

Assault on open access to science in India

Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 2, 2019)

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

Delhi High Court scraps ban on 344 fixed combination drugs

Health ministry banned 344 fixed combination drugs in March fearing antimicrobial resistance and other health hazards

EIA 2020: Public consultation without informing the public?

The government’s refusal to make the draft Environmental Impact Assessment accessible in regional languages is a violation of the …

Pollution’s underbelly

We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter

Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory

The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-…

Can activism check Big Pharma’s profit motives?

As prices of life-saving drugs skyrocket, people from diverse fields are getting together to fight Big Pharma