In Short

Up against GM

Road risk

Uranium in food, water in Bathinda

Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?

Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification 

EPCA directs slew of measures as Delhi air turns noxious again

Diesel generator sets to be banned; construction and industrial projects asked to adhere strictly to norms

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

Green tribunal orders halt on all non-forest activities in the Aravallis in Faridabad

Haryana Pollution Control Board directed to submit air quality analysis to determine extent of pollution caused by illegal development activities

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)

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

Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours

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

Unhappy Bani

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

Deficient programme

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

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Cold waves in northwest India could still mean a warm winter

Light precipation over Christmas, but dry spell in plains; 2022 expected to end on a dry note

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 

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