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Wettest May-June in decade hits Kashmir’s cherry growers hard

Farmers growing traditional varieties of cherries are facing more brunt of prolonged precipitation than those growing new varieties

Encroachment pushes Himalayan brown bears into Kashmir’s villages

Improper disposal of food waste means that the bears are straying more often into human-dominated areas

Indus Water Treaty: Has it prevented Jammu & Kashmir from using their own resources?

The people of the region blame the treaty for their underdevelopment

Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis

DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature

New study sheds light on genetic affinities of Gujjars and Ladakhis

The study is the first comprehensive attempt to determine the genetic relatedness of the Gujjars and Ladakhis to populations within India and …

Kashmir gets warmer

Rising winter temperatures make rain and snowfall erratic in the valley, deplete streams

Monsoon progresses over Maharashtra, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir

More than three quarters of the country have experienced monsoon showers in the last four days

Mission Dal lake

Vice-chairperson of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority of Jammu & Kashmir, Irfan Yasin, speaks on the state authority's efforts to …

Path lab in a tablet

Kanav Kahol, an expert on biomedical informatics, quit his teaching job in the US and came back to India to create a technology that would …

Shahtoosh trade banned

Pact under pressure

Road to Amarnath

Warming Kashmir? Extreme events like current heatwave becoming more common, say experts

Srinagar recorded second hottest September day in 132 years this week; heatwave to last a week more

Incessant rainfall brings north India to its knees

The IMD said the intense rainfall over north India is because of an interaction between a western disturbance and monsoonal winds

North India Deluge 2023: Ladakh, a cold desert, received over 10,000% of its normal rain on July 8-9

Heavy rains are now a reality for Ladakh due to global warming; Ladakhis may now have to unlearn their former ways of living 

India removed from annual UN list of countries where children are impacted by armed conflict

India has taken measures to protect children, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the UN  

Fungal scab attack can spell doom for Kashmir’s apple growers this year

Early, intense snowfall in November 2019 & a wet monsoon produced conditions for outbreak; lockdown abated it; farmers blame …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 31, 2020)

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

Does poverty trigger extremism?

Two recent developments could precipitate a global debate on whether poverty triggers extremism

Saffron production to drop over 90% as Kashmir sees lowest rainfall in 35 years

Scarcity of rain and the failures of the National Saffron Mission have left local farmers in a precarious position

A question of survival

Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of Shahtoosh shawls threaten the livelihood of thousands of people in Kashmir

Beyond the odds

Kashmiri youth reach out to people in the midst of war and loss with their 'environmental awareness' campaign

Wings Of Change

Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 30, 2023)

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