Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Sanitation will remain a mirage even after India stops defecating in the open
Although we will meet the target of an open defecation free India much before deadline, it is still the easiest milestone that we have crossed. …
Monsoon will withdraw between Oct 14 and 24, predicts scientist
Physicist Elena Surovyatkina, who recently came up with a new weather forecasting model, speaks to Down To Earth about the Indian monsoon and more
Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report
Finance should be mobilised for cloud forest protection through payments schemes targeting 25 developing countries, public finance institutions, …
Lots of ‘breakthroughs’, still no cure. Do the new dementia drugs bring us any closer?
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a group of conditions characterised by a loss of brain function; this includes the ability to …
Has forest rights Act enhanced the lives of Adivasis?
Declining biodiversity of forests has led to more vulnerability for the majority of Adivasis living in and around the forest
Broken rice export ban: DTE’s in-depth coverage on what led to it
Uneven rainfall, high temperatures led to decline in paddy production in various regions of India
Why is tomato fever a cause of concern for Indian children?
This flu is caused by intestinal viruses and is rare in adults as they usually have strong immune systems
Pitfalls in a promise: Rajasthan’s urban income security efforts throw up new challenges
The state’s attempt to provide income security to urban poor shows challenges of designing a wage guarantee scheme for towns and cities
Front of package labeling: Why is the ‘health-star rating’ bad for food safety in India?
Nutrition experts and civil society organizations campaigning for good food are unhappy about FSSAI’s health star rating
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria found in newborn children
These superbugs were most likely transmitted from mothers or the hospital environment to the newborns
What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?
Symptoms reported appeared to be mostly mild – fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, nausea and headache
What is the global treaty on plastic pollution?
This treaty will serve as a framework for an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a legally binding agreement mandating countries …
How COVID-19 gave African countries the opportunity to improve public health
National public health institutes have grown their capacity to monitor and respond to situations
India’s 3rd COVID-19 wave may peak in January, end early March: Study
Delhi could reach the peak during the third wave by the second week of January, according to a new modelling study by experts from Indian …
Why is Antimicrobial Resistance the biggest threat to humanity?
The rise of AMR is due to unsustainable practices in overlapping ecosystems of animal, environmental and human health. Therefore, it requires a …
Odisha’s mega drinking water project: No proper environmental assessment, NGT pulls up Centre, state
The IIT panel in charge of the assessment never visited site and study report was based on secondary data only, alleged the petitioner
A 'successful' spring rejuvenation scheme lacks data to back the claim
An upcoming study raises concern over lack of data to back claims that spring rejuvenation has improved water availability in Sikkim
Kendriya Vidyalaya Pangode: How to make your school green and sustainable?
Kendriya Vidyalaya Pangode is one of greenest schools in the country. It has put in place a host of sustainable practices including good waste …
How to convince communities to sustain conservation efforts
Conservationists across the world have to warm up to the idea of communicating problems in local parlance and interpreting global challenges in …
Funding crime but claiming immune to judicial process
The IFC-funded power project is destroying livelihood of fishermen in Gujarat, but the funding agency is hiding behind an immunity law
Swachh Bharat Mission: other name for coercion and deprivation
What started as a campaign to make India open defecation free, has now taken shape of a cocercive policy of shaming people for not using toilets, …
How to do aquaponics farming in India?
Aquaponics is an efficient way to do farming, especially for a country like India where farmers and farm-related problems make news every day. …
Fertiliser industry gets new pollution norms after almost 3 decades
Although delayed, the new pollution norms will push the sector towards a stringent pollution control regime
'Farmer companies have triggered changes globally'
Roberto Logo, a specialist on farmer organisations and markets with a UN agency, on the development of corporate partnerships with Farmer …