MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags
The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …
Centre identifies 62 new elephant corridors; total now 150
East central region has the most corridors at 52; among states, West Bengal tops list at 26 corridors
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 10, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Labour scarcity makes coffee plantation ecosystem in Western Ghats fragile: Study
Rising labour costs, urbanisation and increased use of pesticides point to a growing conservation concern in the Ghats
How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood
Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge
EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7
A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
South India records its lowest June rainfall in 122 years
Interactions between Cyclone Biparjoy, Typhoon Mawar, Bay of Bengal winds and the blocking of the monsoon trough for a couple of weeks likely to …
Cyclone Nivar storm, rain may hit agriculture across south India
The cyclone’s approach has slowed, meaning it might travel much further inland causing destruction with winds and rain
Peripheral ring road project: Karnataka HC bars action on virtual hearing
HC issues notices to state authority; asks whether virtual hearings were sufficient and valid under procedure established under EIA, 2006
Every 4th suicide in 2019 by daily wage earners: NCRB
National Crime Records Bureau report shows 2/3 of those who died by suicides earned less than Rs 278 a day
Bihar policeman arrested for allegedly poaching blackbuck, chopping off horns
Blackbucks are found in abundance in Bihar’s Rohtas, Buxar, Kaimur and Bhojpur districts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 19, 2022)
Telangana COVID-19 vaccine recipient dies; govt says no link to immunisation
All three deaths following immunisation in India attributed to heart attack with no disease history
PM trains guns on ‘environmentalists’ during virtual meet with farmers
Says environmentalists who support farmers now, opposed killing animals raiding farms earlier
New air filter technology found to deactivate over 99% of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant
Innovative antimicrobial air filter uses ingredients found in green tea
2024 Lok Sabha polls: With almost 50% electorate, women voters to drive elections this year
In recent times, women-based welfare schemes have played a major role in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh polls
COVID-19 update: Over 1,000 daily cases in India for first time in 2023
Over 665,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last seven days worldwide, along with 4,178 deaths
Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka
Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor
Escalating tiger-human conflict haunts Karnataka’s Mysuru, Chamarajanagar districts. Is big cat population spike to blame?
Five deaths reported in last three months
Coronavirus update: 25 of 36 states / UTs record daily increase in cases
No decrease in number of deaths due to COVID-19 in any state
Snakebites in rural India: A slow suppuration
Most people in rural areas die from snakebites during the monsoon season; a quarter of these are children less than 15 years of age
Indian reservoirs brimming as monsoon advances
Storage levels in 123 reservoirs monitored by Central Water Commission was 194 % of the levels of corresponding period …
COVID-19: NIRDPR, Unicef train 2.8 mln community leaders online
The programme aims to make village communities more aware of COVID-19
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
States fined thousands of crores over waste — but how did NGT calculate the penalty amount?
Fine determined on polluter pays principle, equated to environmental compensation and cost of restoration