Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 15-19, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Malaria, dengue detection made easy
Doctors evolve mathematical formula to pinpoint most likely cause of fever
Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand
Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic
Budget can't bring change
The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down …
The rivers, blue and black
Book>> Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia’s Water Crisis by Cheryl Colopy, OUP, Rs 1,295.
As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning
Delhi-NCR air quality in October, November 2022 best in 7 years, Ashwini Kumar Choubey tells Lok Sabha
Doctors absent in flood-hit areas
Hospitals have not got green signal for deploying teams; state government unclear of medical help actually needed
Water woes at Allahabad's Kumbh mela
NDA’s environmental clearance record not significantly different from UPA’s: CSE analysis
Study says that while the Centre’s performance on environment has not been unsatisfactory, it has not done enough to reduce environmental …
Noise level norms relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal
National Green Tribunal orders conduct of fresh noise study; till then less stringent MoEF decibel norm to hold good in state
Desperate for Expressway
Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …
Lakes do the disappearing act
Several lakes in Hyderabad have shrunk or vanished due to encroachment and pollution
Obesity-related diseases: doctors propose lower waist size cutoffs for screening Indian children
Waist circumference is a reliable indicator of metabolic syndrome, says study
Allahabad High Court continues tough stance on construction along Ganga
Development authority fails to give clear answers on fate of development in the river’s inviolate zone
‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’
Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials
How we reviewed NDA’s interim budget last year
Modi government’s maiden budget was a patchwork of abandoned schemes being revived or existing ones being re-named. Despite some fund …
Damodar - Ten years after
How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to …
Rajasthan Assembly passes camel Bill to stop slaughter and restrict migration
Experts says the Bill, which is intended to protect camels, does not address concerns of camel keepers
India's first white paper on rare inherited disorders released
Paper asks government to improve diagnostic and treatment facilities for patients suffering from these disorders
Kolkata tanners unhappy with new relocation site
Money, money everywhere; not a clean drop to drink
Experts lament the lack of scientific planning and direction for cleaning of rivers in budgets
Kanwar lake: birds' paradise lost
Researchers and activists call for urgent revival of Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake
Organ transplantation act to regulate tissue transplantation too
New Act expected to improve quality of treatment
Dengue grips Delhi: virus strain circulating this year more deadly
Serotype DENV 2 has returned after a gap of a few years, which could be a reason for higher number of cases this year