Draft national policy for farmers is a good begining
Draft national policy on farmers focusses, not farming
What ails employment guarantee
implementing the rural employment guarantee scheme
Heritage in peril
Simply Put: Vital organs of society
Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border
DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab
North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna crosses evacuation mark in Delhi; highest since 1978
Rising levels of water in the Yamuna are measured at three levels — warning level at 204.50 metres, danger level at 205.33 metres, and …
Parched Haryana: In Gothra and Khanpur Khurd, salinity, recharge issues and extraction have spelt doom
As rainfall decreases over Charkhi Dadri and Jhajjar districts in Haryana, villages are digging deeper for water and repeating a vicious cycle
More vehicles coming into Delhi from other states in 2018 compared to 2009: Report
Standing Committee on Home Affairs calls for formulating policy to regulate the entry of inbound traffic and ensuring smooth exit of outbound traffic
A river ruined: Our Yamuna is dying due to sand mining, say locals in Haryana
From flora and fauna to human residents, no one has been left untouched due to the wanton extraction of sand in the area
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
75 years of people’s power: How this Haryana Gram Panchayat managed its grey water through ponds
The pond-based system treats wastewater by combining three different biological processes — anaerobic, anoxic and aerobic — and using …
Rising wet-bulb temperatures due to climate change pose health risks for humans
A wet-bulb temperature of 35°C is considered the maximum limit of humidity humans can handle
COVID-19: Unable to return home, Odisha migrant hangs self in Haryana
Gangadhar Biswal, from Kendrapara, was upset that he could not get back home from Yamunanagar due to the lockdown
Invasive weed found in Haryana wheat crop
The weed, considered harmful in wheat-growing countries, can reduce the productivity of wheat crops if not controlled
Damning allegations: India's fields still have Bt brinjal
Coalition for a GM-Free allege it found the banned genetically modified crop in Haryana
Why farmers in Punjab and Haryana continue to burn rice stubble?
Every year during October and November, farmers in Punjab and Haryana are blamed for polluting the Delhi air by burning stubble
Fall of the poplar
In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction
Gurgaon to get India's first smart grid, end use of diesel gensets
Currently, Gurgaon consumes around 350,000 litres of diesel every hour when there's a power cut
Current solutions
This time round, US secretary of energy Hazel O'Leary's visit to India was a successful business trip
Plastic’s toxic trail: ‘Indispensable’ polymer’s health impacts all-pervasive; petrochemical workers are especially vulnerable
Down To Earth visited Panipat’s petrochemical cluster to find how the area is in throes of a health crisis
Compensation demanded
Simply Put: (Un)welcome Capital
Beefing up food security
New atlas analyses current patterns and serves up lasting solutions
A self-sacrificing tree
Badkhal lake dries up