COVID-19: Even skilled workers line up for MGNREGA in Kurukshetra

With economic recovery uncertain, those who would earlier avoid central job schemes are now ready to take up work

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Faridabad mining clearances questioned by SC

New biomass model may help monitor crop damage, health

Unhappy Bani

March of real estate threatens one of the last patches of native Aravalli forest near Delhi

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 26, 2020)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 5, 2020)

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

Paddy fields burning: Smog shrouds national capital

The smoke resulting from burning crop residues combined with vehicular emissions make the air we breathe deadly

Haryana village protests nuclear power plant

Official at public hearing tells residents that radiation is human friendly and used for cancer treatment 

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 18, 2020)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)

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

Loss from illegal sand mining on Air Force land pegged at Rs 1.4 crore

Faridabad deputy commissioner's report to National Green Tribunal estimates that 60,000 metric tonnes of sand has been mined illegally from the …

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

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

Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’

The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences  

Labour exit

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

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: people oppose Manesar-Bawal segment of project at public hearing

Deputy Commissioner of Rewari district orders probe after people object to high pollution from existing Daruhera industrial estate, which is …

Protests against land acquisitions

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Why is fodder so expensive?

Supply from agriculture and forests is dwindling  

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