Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc

Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality

Is rainfall linked to pollution? Depends on whether you live north or south of Vindhyas

DTE analyses PM10 spatial data for August 2022 and 2023 

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

As told to Parliament (March 31, 2022): Gir’s lion density is 15.20 individuals per 100 sq km

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Pentavalent takes its toll

The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed

Nuclear power at the cost of livelihood

Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

In Short

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Deficient programme

Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?

Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn

Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

Same indifference

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

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

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers

Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers 

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered

India

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

WHO alert on ‘sub-standard’ cough syrups made by Noida firm

Alert aginst Ambronol and DOK-1 Max syrups after deaths of children in Uzbekistan

Will PM 2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR go back to pre-pandemic levels this winter?

The answer lies in air pollution control measures, finds assessment by CSE