Pre-summer rains: How the charm of Chandigarh endures
Every year, the ‘City Beautiful’ located between the Siwaliks and the Indus Plain, plays host to a game between heat, cold, dust and …
A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad
The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …
Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst
Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse
JJP emerges kingmaker in Haryana
JJP, as well as the opposition Congress had promised to deal with agrarian crisis and massive unemployment, especially among the state’s Jats
SC rebukes Haryana govt for throwing open Aravallis for realtors, miners
The apex court asked the state to not amend the Punjab Land Preservation Act that “favours builders”
Whitefly lesson
A few villages in Haryana successfully grow cotton amid widespread destruction of the crop by whitefly in the region
Sukhomajri at the crossroads
The forest department intervenes to spoil a successful conservation programme of a Haryana village. An assement by Richard Mahapatra
Harsh reality
Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply
Plastic’s toxic trail: The curious case of India’s petrochemical refineries
India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the …
Norwegian government delegation led by Minister for International Development appreciates decentralised waste management facilities in Gurugram
The city has developed some remarkable models, for managing waste from bulk generators
‘Tomato flu’ misleading name for common childhood illness, not public health concern: Experts
This is not the first time the disease has been recorded in India
COVID-19: ‘Thikri pehra’ makes a comeback in Punjab, Haryana
Locals take turns to guard entry and exit points in at least 12,800 Punjab villages
Hybirds developed
Beating the heat
Irrigation policy
MORE WATER
The acre-feet fuss
But Punjab and Haryana farmers depend on groundwater!
Crop cover insurance
Satellite images used differently
Aravalis mining ban
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 25, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Hybrid seeds are becoming increasingly popular in India. But that is not good news; here is why
Hybrid seeds could threaten the country’s crop diversity and the hardy traditional varieties suited to grow in their native climes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2023)
Ground frost causes damage to potato, vegetable crops in North India
While the potato crop has suffered the maximum damage, other vegetable crops and mustard across Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …
Mewat Makeover: Will Haryana’s election laws be a catalyst for female education
For the first time in Haryana, 50 per cent reservation has been given to women in Panchayat elections