Is pregnancy a disease?

The development of birth-control methods that use the body's immune system may be more convenient than condoms and pills. But several groups …

Industry casts covetous eye on village commons

A rural development ministry plan, which will allow industries to take over non-forest wastelands, will further deprive the rural poor of fodder …

Mud is a cost-effective biulding material

Mud is on its way to becoming a popular and economically viable medium of constructon with the urban builder

Be a planner, not a sprayer

The Directorate of the National Malaria Eradication Programme launched the Rs 715-crore Enhanced Malaria Control Project, in New Delhi on …

Troubled times

As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir

Death by virtual world

Documentary>>Citizens at Risk, How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Path out of Poverty for India's Recyclers Produced by IMAK and Chintan

No parking

Made the down payment, signed installment papers and ready to hit the road with the new car. See how much your new buy would cost the city

Slum voices

BOOK>> TRICKSTER CITY, WRITINGS FROM THE UNDERBELLY OF A METROPOLIS • translated by Shveta Sarda • Penguin • Rs 499

Tall Blunder

In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were …

NGT raps civic bodies, Delhi Metro for lying on cleaning debris from Yamuna banks

Wants fresh affidavits by May 7

Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?

CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)

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

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

Why does Beijing value its citizens more than Delhi?

Both cities might have air pollution issues, but Delhi is way behind Beijing as far as awareness and solutions are concerned

Delhi government exempts small industries from seeking environmental clearance

The decision is likely to benefit 500 kinds of processes which required consent from Delhi Pollution Control Board earlier

Publishing biggies target Delhi University photocopy shop

Students demand right to access study material after Cambridge and Oxford university press move move court against neighbourhood photocopy shop …

Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’

The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences  

Pollution emergency demands urgent action

The odd and even scheme has helped to arrest the peaking of pollution in Delhi when hostile weather—no-wind condition, dipping of …

Smog and health of aam aadmi

The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …

Delhi’s dilemma

Why statehood is no answer to the city’s pollution mess

Nirbhaya on stage

Play>>Sexual Violence • India/Scotland

Not quite in order

Dengue cases on the rise in India, Delhi records its 1st death

India recorded 63,280 dengue cases as of September 30, 2022

Science behind smog and its ominous implications

Actions to tackle the smog problem can be both preventive and punitive

A shot in the arm for Delhi