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 …
IIT to propose 20 metre-tall air purifiers for Delhi
The Rs 12-cr units will have a range of a km
Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials
Say the city is not disease endemic
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
COVID-19 update: India records 5,880 fresh cases, active caseload crosses 35,000
With the daily positivity rate touching 6.91 per cent, several states have brought back the mandatory usage of masks and social distancing
Second phase of odd-even scheme to be back in April
The government is “seriously considering” making odd-even mandatory for 15 days every month
Delhi set to centralise drug and equipment procurement
The move will help government to regulate the drug prices by ensuring their availability
Delhi gets dial-an-autorickshaw service
Call 011-64444441 for G-Auto service. If it takes off, commuters all over Delhi would be able to travel by autorickshaws without haggling or …
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)
India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective
Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework
Congress manifesto promises subsidised foodgrain to 7.3 million people
Tremors shake Delhi
Epicentre in Haryana
Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts
Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C
Delhi government to set up Rs 10.3 crore water recycling plant in Bawana
At present, Bawana water treatment plant lacks a recycling plant leading to acute wastage of water
Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why
Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say
Dust, high temperatures bring Delhi’s air quality down to 'poor'
The Aravalli range plays a critical role in checking sand migration from the Thar Desert to Delhi-NCR; but they now stand degraded
Delhi government diverting water to hotels, alleges BJP MLA
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admits 11 underground reservoirs lying idle because of water shortage
Yamuna river front development: MoEF seeks more time from green tribunal for action plan
Status report filed earlier this month raises concern over dumping of debris in river floodplain and construction too close to water channel
WATCH: Kisan Sansad or farmers’ parliament starts at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
The farmers want the centre to take back the three controversial farm laws