Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 4, 2024)

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

Himachal Pradesh joins list of states banning cotton candy after samples fail food safety test

Samples test positive for harmful dye Rhodamine-B

Agriculture in the cold desert of Spiti Valley is difficult, but there are ways to make it easier

Shallow soil, labour intensity, geographical remoteness from major markets and a lack of quality planting materials are some critical issues

Simply Put: Joining hands

Green soya bean stuffed bhatoora

Simply Put: Permanent citizen

Simply Put: Universal gravitation

How this school went green with solar energy and saved money

The school has inspired local residents to install solar panels in their houses

Plagued

It's time plague sheds its horror image

Cops caught red-handed

Crusaders of science

A conference for the common good the mainstream media ignored

Simply Put: Evolution of Shimla

Kinnaur landslides: Will the fragile district survive misguided ‘green energy’ projects?

The ecology of Himachal Pradesh’s hydropower hub is too fragile for such projects

Simply put: Himachal farmers poisoning monkeys

Illegal mining

Save sheesham

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Bond with people

HP mulls blanket ban

The secret world of rhododendrons: A plant more ancient than the Himalayas

Rhododendrons have a history intertwined with poison, medicine and folklore.

Conserving Chitkul: Why the ‘last village of India’ cannot be allowed to drown in plastic

The pristine hamlet has heaps of plastic waste lurking in its inconspicuous corners

Simply Put: The Andolanjivis

Juice no more

Fertilisers are leading to lower production of apples in Himachal Pradesh

Virus to the rescue

Ex-Chief Minister in the dock

Summons issued in khair wood allotment case in Himachal Pradesh