Sweet victory

UPs cane farmers get to quote their price in a sellers market

Tackling rape and sexual violence

It is time we had a national body, not merely our politically appointed, generally toothless  Womens' Commissions, with trained, dedicated …

Gender balance gadget

States turn to dubious technology for saving girl child

Similipal fire shines light on dark hole in India’s real-time air quality monitoring network

Most cities do have manual monitoring systems of air quality but related data becomes available only a year later

Pollution less severe this winter in Delhi; smog episodes fewer, shorter: CSE

There were wide variations in the overall air quality in adjacent areas within the city, pointing at local pollution

Sylvan suburbia: Why a forest corridor between Delhi and Haryana needs legal protection

Apart from housing rich wildlife, the forest corridor spread across Gurugram, Faridabad and the Asola Sanctuary also protects the National …

Crop burning in 2018 lesser than previous year, claims govt

The authorities have come out with figures and attribute the decrease to schemes it started for proper management of paddy stubble

Is Delhi's smog its own?

A recent study says that during winters, 64% fine-particulate pollution in Delhi comes from outside the city  

Crop Burning: Punjab and Haryana’s killer fields

Punjab produces about 19-20 million tonnes of paddy straw and about 85-90 per cent of this paddy straw is burnt in the field

Detergent detector

New test to identify synthetic milk

Farmers shun cotton

Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses

Treating effluents

Fatal impressions

Even occasional exposure to benzene can damage human genes

WATER SHARING

In dire straits

Ration shops to go hi-tech

Smart cards to plug leak in public distribution system

Jhajjar's bitter harvest

Seeding happy, cleaning air: Farmers adopting non-burn tech give hope

Several Indian states are experimenting with Happy Seeder that cuts and lifts the paddy straw and also improves soil health

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2020)

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

From quarters to kothis: A migrant couple’s journey to nowhere

Safety nets of millions of migrant workers came apart as COVID-19 lockdown came into force

That time of the year

Although health impacts are shouted about, there is still only “little” more appetite for action

Toll contractor refuses to levy ‘green tax’ on trucks in Delhi

Says collecting tax from trucks entering Delhi as ordered by Supreme Court is 'an impossible task'

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