First day of Kumbh leaves a trail of filth

Organisers play the blame game

How to make three boats in a day

How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather

New study says there is a connection between fog conditions in Indo-Gangetic Plains and anomalies in movement of air in the Arctic and Eurasian …

Ganga returns to its sluggish, dirty state

Kumbh over, freshwater release is discontinued; tanneries resume operations

Major embankment repair works delayed in Bihar

Some of them awaiting nod of Ganga Flood Control Committee

Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections

Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway

Rs 67 crore later

...In Kanpur's Jajmau area, chromium enters food chain. How spent is the Ganga Action Plan?

Springs of life India's water resources

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …

Daily Court Digest: Major Environment Orders (June 15, 2020)

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

The cost of development in Himalaya

There is a link between the disaster and the manner in which development has been carried out in this ecologically fragile region

Polarisation and anarchy

Environmental challenges have grown manifold in past five years, but capacity of institutions to deal with them has decreased in same proportion

Gaps galore in Ganga action plan

Three expert members quit Ganga basin authority

Resignation letters express dismay over hydropower projects being pushed in the river basin without their knowledge; accuse government of apathy …

“It is not religion but the state that is insensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

Maha Kumbh to be a dry run?

Religious organisations say there is not enough water in the Ganga to take the holy dip

Nail paint could lead to diabetes

Finds study in elderly

MPS, a rare disease with costly cure

Will the government take steps to make treatment affordable for patients suffering from this genetic disorder?

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2022): PM10 pollution worsened in 31 cities in 2020-21, decreased in 96

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Ban on illegal mining ineffective

It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 6, 2020)

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

More dirt on GAP

The much-hyped sewage treatment plants installed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Ganga Action Plan are proving to be ineffective. A report …

India’s reservoirs now have 155% more water than last yr

Live storage in 123 reservoirs is at 66.372 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of total live storage capacity