Environment again not given priority in Delhi Budget for 2020-21
Only Rs 52 crore our of a total Rs 65 thousand crore allotted for city’s air pollution epidemic
'It is cheaper to ride motorbikes than take buses in Indian cities'
Poor hit the most hit by an inaccessible public transport system, says India Exclusion Report 2018-19
Will Delhi become a gas chamber again?
The national capital has been in the ‘severe’ AQI category since Diwali night
A fungus that can degrade endosulfan identified
The commonly used insecticide was used to get rid of insects in cashew plantations and exposure to it is reported to have led to several health …
'It will take time to bring two-wheelers into the odd-even scheme's ambit'
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal talks about the road ahead for a pollution-free Delhi at CSE event
6.6 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan
Temblor a 'deep' one in seismic parlance; tremors felt in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi
Stopmotion: Why diesel vehicles should be regulated in Delhi
Diesel vehicles are allowed to pollute more and their exhaust is directly linked with cancer. This is a good enough reason to regulate the sale …
How green was the Capital
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Final diagnosis
Scientists have developed a product that will go a long way in helping standardise measurements of water pollution
Where reducing waste improved quality
A simple waste minimisation technique at an electroplating plant in Delhi improved the quality of its plating and saved the unit Rs 60,000 annually.
Clean up or close down
Threatened with closure on grounds of pollution, Palam Potteries adopted a waste minimisation method that brought down its smoke emissions and …
'Luring' migrants to the Capital
The per capita subsidy for Delhi has doubled over the 1970s, greatly encouraging the influx into the city.
Killed by indifference
When two young people die in a highway accident, is it destiny or a callous and indifferent administration?
Research rights
An intellectual property rights policy has been cleared for the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Water alarm
A study highlights the serious contamination of groundwater in Delhi due to excessive use of fertilizers
Burnt out
Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator
Road to ruin
The latest roadshow planned by the Delhi government may just wind up hitting the ridge and bifurcating a sanctuary
Dirty RIVER blues
Children of Delhi rediscover Yamuna. And see how everything is being done to reduce it to a drain
Bloody crisis
Awareness about the various techniques and voluntary blood donors can reduce the shortage of blood supply in Delhil
Wobbly stand
With elections round the corner, the Delhi government has gone back on its decision to phase out 15-year-old commercial vehicles
Delhi breeds water inequity
The water thirsty capital is the perfect example of how not to manage water. Tracing where the three billion litres disappear everyday
Direct to home
Where would homeless children broadcast their view of the world? The streets, of course, says SOPAN JOSHI
'I will not say Delhi is an environmental disaster'
Delhi is bursting at the seams from the pressures of rampant urbanisation. Everything that can possibly go wrong in this metro of 10 million …
Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations
The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 4, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal