Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Profitable exit
Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules
Draft notification on eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary cleared
Government brings eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km, as suggested by NGT, to 1 km
Delhi smog lifts partially
Pollution build up in recent days corresponded with peak traffic hours and freight movement
Fourth wave? COVID-19 cases rising in India as mask mandate lifted, schools reopen
Rise in cases not yet an early sign of a new variant in circulation, say experts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 2023)
Bengaluru leads India’s march into fastest-growing cities list
Country to occupy 17 of 20 top spots between 2019 and 2035, says recent report
Delhi hasn’t done enough to contain COVID-19, Centre tells Supreme Court
Affidavit lists lack of testing, beds, contact-tracing
Simply Put: (Un)welcome Capital
Simply Put: Vehicular fumes
In polluted Delhi, children have no place to hide from diseases
Seasonal measures, graded action not enough when millions of children are at risk of chronic ailments
College students recycle flower waste into organic dyes, help destitute women earn a livelihood
The project also ensures effective waste management
Eight of 10 most polluted cities this winter from UP: CSE
The smaller and upcoming cities were the pollution hotspots
Javadekar says no link between air pollution and health, dumps ICMR study
However, MPs across party lines say there are pan-India ramifications
Study identifies 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating without safeguards
That they can operate with such impunity highlights the failure of the system, it says
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
Air quality in Delhi sees improvement
GRAP measures instrumental in the cleanup, say experts
Delhi election results: Highlights
Waste behind bars
Waste-recycling and optimal resource-use is giving the Capital's prison a new purpose
Moral issue in a bathtub
The JNU way out
Odds against travelling
High-risk high-rises
The nature of malaria
A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria
The right formula