North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna crosses warning mark in Delhi amid heavy rain in upper catchment

The water level is anticipated to rise to 205.5 metres between 10 am and 12 noon on July 11, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 metres  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 17, 2020)

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

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash

Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls

Haryana ignores Centre's direction to protect Aravalli forests in Faridabad

Mangar development plan proposes universities, mega tourism projects and quarries in one of the last patches of forests having trees native to …

Ground reality

As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table …

Power-packed option

Even remote areas can be electrified through biomass gasification

Time to redress

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?

65 million draught animals

What runs the small farming economy?

Foreign influence

Instead of designing a low-priced indigenous tractor, industry copies models used abroad

Wheat crisis: All eyes on weather as mercury shoots up in February

Farmers worry about a repeat of last year even as Centre claims record production for this year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2022)

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

Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention

It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 15, 2022)

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

Stubble burning forces Delhi to breathe ‘poor’ air

Air quality in Capital touches 280 and three areas respire ‘very poor’ quality air, according to CPCB and SAFAR data

Stubble burning bill: Rs 2 lakh crore/year in air pollution

Over five years, economic loss due to burning of crop residue and firecrackers is estimated to be $190 billion, or nearly 1.7 per cent of India&…

Girls interrupted

Ruhi Kandhari visits Jhajjar-the district with lowest number of girl children in India-to know the reason behind the decline

Mine games

Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)

Piecemeal proposals

The recommended grain policy may help tackle the problem of plenty, but food insecurity will remain (Read full article)

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton

Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to resistance …

The minimum support price conundrum and Indian farming

MSP had no legal sanction when it was conceived and can also be challenged now

Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness

Disconnect

Today, it is accepted that farm mechanisation is an unavoidable imperative. For productivity must be increased. But -- given the majority of …

Centre to popularise CFLs

Just a lament