Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Climate-induced migration challenge

Study commissioned by UK government warns migration may spin out of control and cause more misery if not managed properly

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

Include millets in PDS for food and nutritional security, demand scientists

Area under cultivation of millets is declining in spite of national Food Security Mission

Ethics on trial

Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…

Delhi to reuse 80 per cent sewage by 2027

With no new dams in sight, the draft Delhi Water Policy, 2013 calls for reuse of treated sewage to achieve water security in the capital

More Uttarakhand disasters in the offing

Soon-to-be-finalized state action plan on climate change full of extreme events warnings

Mangrove cover getting sparser over Konkan creeks

Report of Bombay Natural History Society says three creeks lost large swathes of mangroves; rare mangrove species at risk

GE cotton: Three states refuse NOC for field trials

GEAC demands Telangana, Gujarat state reasons for declining, will take decision if Maharashtra doesn't reply on time

Draft Electricity Amendment Bill: Centre crosses federal boundaries

The Centre seems more concerned over profitability of private solar power companies than protecting consumer interests

Contest for pesticide

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

South Africa’s new budget cushions the coronavirus blow — but only briefly

 The adjustments to the 2020 budget partly cushion the initial blow of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the government&…

COVID-19: Nitish Kumar orders more testing amid numerous challenges for Bihar

Kumar wants 10,000 tests for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) per day against current 1,900-2,000 daily tests

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2020)

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

How much did Interim Budget 2024 allocate to different central schemes

Down To Earth plots scheme allocation in the last budget before the general elections on data cards

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023: States, UTs must act as per definition in TN Godavarman judgement, says SC  

Apex court was hearing a PIL challenging constitutionality of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023  

Tripartite MoU to reduce textile waste in India gives hope, but cautious steps needed

Strategic approach essential to ensure that upcycling leads to circular & sustainable future for Indian textile industry

Delhi’s dilemma

Why statehood is no answer to the city’s pollution mess

Simply Put: Data govt takes, data govt offers

Government welfare schemes slashed by half in 3 years

Women safety schemes, biodiversity, agricultural sector bear the brunt 

Growth at the cost of environment?

As told to Parliament (November 29, 2021): Industries contribute up to a third of Delhi’s pollution

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Private hospitals charging more a positive development for Ayushman Bharat CEO

Longer stay, utilisation of unnecessary services for neonatal care in private hospitals