Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy
The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024
COVID-19 lockdown: What are the lessons for Graded Response Action Plan
It is time for the government to order more robust source apportionment studies for cities hit by plummeting air quality
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Are langurs and rhesus macaques really sworn enemies of each other?
Science does not see this relationship in terms of black-and-white
Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?
Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas
Simply Put: Delhi deluged
Simply Put: Travelling light
Delhi’s Diwali greys return as crackers burnt with gay abandon
Here is a look at the run-up to and aftermath of Diwali 2021 in Delhi
Farmers prepare for mega tractor rally on January 26
More cold on the way for North India post-Christmas: IMD
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be affected
Delhi air quality improves a bit
Strong winds help lift AQI to 'poor' from 'severe'
Yamuna breaches danger mark in Delhi
Development after Haryana released 8.28 lakh cusecs of water on August 18
Heatwave over north, central India abating, says private forecaster
Temperatures to fall after rising marginally in the next two days
These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose
They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs
IIT Delhi to start bachelor of design from session 2022-23
The four-year programme will have 20 seats to start with, and will be open to students of all specialisations
Delhi’s (and India’s) urban poor may have houses to live. But are they habitable
The habitability of housing, rather than just its availability, will be an important factor in the future, given the trends in climate change
Rising wet-bulb temperatures due to climate change pose health risks for humans
A wet-bulb temperature of 35°C is considered the maximum limit of humidity humans can handle
Assault on open access to science in India
Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India
COVID-19: How to balance people’s safety and mobility
The major challenge in India post-lockdown is going to be maintaining people’s mobility without compromising safety
Air during COVID-19 lockdown: March’s last week cleanest so far in Delhi
This is the first time since 2016 that March in spring has recorded lowest pollution levels
Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Smoke and mirrors
Cleaning Delhi's air needs concerted and year-long action on all fronts; because it concerns our health; our right to breathe
New ride sharing algorithm promises better deal for riders and drivers
Researchers at IIT-Delhi have developed an algorithm that can guide taxi drivers to take a route where they can find more commuters for sharing
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 2, 2019)
Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric
India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour