Doda land subsidence: Improper drainage system among main causes, say geologists

Several houses in Ramban district, which borders Doda, have also developed cracks

Mizoram revokes Forest Rights Act

State government misused Article 371 (G) to revoke FRA in Mizoram, critics allege

Double trouble heading for Jammu and Kashmir

After a brief pause, heavy rains will resume on Wednesday

Save the wild

Funds for J&K park

Clean drive

Double trouble

National Conference also opposes Kishanganga project

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2022)

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

Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?

As the state readies itself for results from this year’s census of the critically endangered deer species, Down To Earth looks at the …

Why is Sonam Wangchuk fasting at -40 degree Celsius?

Wangchuk wants to educate not just the world but also the people of Ladakh about the looming threat of the climate crisis in the region

Have warmer Februaries and early flowering come to stay in Kashmir?

Premature bud breaking caused by early spring will impact thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on Kashmir's horticulture

Jammu’s Chipko moment: Green activists protest plan to chop 38,000 trees in Raika

The activists highlighted how the proposal was rushed through government departments for permissions  

Walnut trees: Kashmir lockdown’s other victim

Walnut trees have been the strange casualty of Kashmir’s transition from a state to a Union Territory

Is climate change affecting the migrations of Kashmir’s pastoralists?

With summer coming early to Jammu this year, Gujjars and Bakerwals started migrating to higher pastures early only to find the snows had still …

Almost half of the population of Kashmir Valley mentally ill, claims survey

According to the survey, 41 per cent of people exhibit symptoms of probable depression, 26 per cent show symptoms of probable anxiety and 19 per …

When "ignorants" show the way

Tribal herdsmen, who are naturally closer to nature, can lead on the path towards sustainability

The mushroom of the royal

Nature has bestowed Kashmir with extraordinary climatic conditions and forest cover, apt for different mushroom varieties including gucchi (…

Fruitful passion

One man has helped transform a barren valley in Jammu into a veritiligle orchard

Apple failure

Paradise lost

Chiru faces extinction

Hit by pesticides

Cheap pesticides and fungicides have led to the spread of many diseases in the Kashmir valley

J&K against shahtoosh ban

Healing touch

J&K proposes prescription for reviving medicinal plants

Going up in smog