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  

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

Profitable exit

Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules

Delhi smog lifts partially

Pollution build up in recent days corresponded with peak traffic hours and freight movement

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 2023)

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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