Row over research

Controversy over use of animals for medical experiments hots up

High on sugar

Diabetes on the rise in India

GENSET EMISSION

IMPACT

SC frowns at fuel racket

Sinking feeling

Of rising temperatures and dipping groundwater levels

What is the Indian Social Forum all about?

One cheer for politics

Mohalla sabha brings people and authorities face to face  

Court moots congestion tax for Delhi

Parking a car can be fatal

West Delhi businessman dies in parking brawl

Neela Hauz to breathe easy

Fire in Mundka scrap market

May be good news for landlords who now have metro connection

Why did Mumbai become more polluted while Delhi skies cleared up last winter? Climate change may be a factor

Unusual triple dip La Nina triggers, a sign of changing climate, impacted the large-scale wind pattern 

Only 32 Indian cities had clean air this January, Delhi, Bhagalpur most polluted

15 cities recorded PM2.5 levels more than double the prescribed standard

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2023)

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

Study paints grim picture for northwest India if emissions keep increasing

Research suggests deadly heat stress in northwest India, Delhi to face high thermal discomfort

Did unprecedented Covid deaths, funerals cause spike in Delhi’s pollution levels during second wave

New study recorded an unusual increase in particulate matter during the second wave lockdown

Delhi and the winter air: Hold your breath, it’s still unsafe

The rush of traffic is a key cause of air pollution — let's not lose sight of this. Dust exacerbates the problem, but&…

Last straw to stubble burning

Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2020)

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

Now, dial a motorbike ambulance in case of a heart attack in Delhi

The idea is to reach with medical help much faster, given the high density traffic in the city where movement of four-wheeler ambulances becomes …

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

CSE responds to DMRC’s comments on its recent analysis of urban transport

Says this is a welcome debate in Delhi on costs of urban commuting and public transport, and on who pays for the much-awaited modernisation of …

Massive exercise underway to map air pollution sources in Delhi

A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution

Aam Aadmi Party can deliver if

It should focus on alternative politics and not on becoming a political alternative. It should strive for solutions outside the vexed …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 19, 2022)

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