Centre warns of possible drought in western India
Delayed monsoon to impact Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, the biggest producers of sugar cane, cotton, pulses and …
Modi’s 'health' challenges in Rajya Sabha
As large number of bills pending in the upper house of Parliament are health bills and the BJP-led NDA aliance does not have the numbers in the …
After several deaths, government finally takes note of the seriousness of swine flu
Haryana reports 23 deaths, Delhi three; Delhi government issues advisory to hospitals to ensure availability of isolation wards, medicines
Centre’s decision on schemes reflects its conservative approach to economic revival
It will also impact the vulnerable who are already bearing the brunt of COVID-19 and the countrywide lockdown, they said
Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order
As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …
How other countries are experimenting with odd-even system
100 days of Modi government: clean energy seems to be low priority for energy minister
Piyush Goyal’s video conference with journalists stresses on coal energy
Madhya Pradesh: Opposition forms shadow cabinet to monitor BJP government
Despite having no constitutional status, the idea is gaining popularity in India
Maharashtra sets up panel to probe drop in mango prices
Government resolution says EU ban on Indian mango not the reason
Madhya Pradesh not in favour of imposing tax on resorts near tiger reserves
Wants to charge the money from wildlife tourists, instead
New poverty estimate scrapped
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology
Let states decide
Misplaced emphasis on security
The Salwa Judum judgement and the Union home ministry
Padma Shri awardees include 12 farmers
Out of the 94 Padma Shri awardees, 12 farmers have been awarded for various activities like organic farming, traditional seed conservation and …
Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?
The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …
SC directs Centre to formulate a national plan for disaster management
As per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, a national plan is to be drawn up by the National Executive Committee
Choked Delhi to halve number of vehicles on its roads
About 75 per cent of days in November were found to be 'severely polluted' with PM2.5 levels four times higher than the prescribed limit
Norway divests from coal, fossil fuel
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, has removed 114 companies from its portfolio
Sluggish monsoon worries India Inc
If the monsoons fail this year, the Modi government will have some serious policy-making, damage control and number crunching to do
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops
Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers
Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials
Say the city is not disease endemic
Delayed harvest
Pay and chop
Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries
PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy