Simply Put: Karnataka Polls 2023

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Kundapur rolls out clean beach after 6 years for Olive Ridleys

Two groups in Kundapur cleaned its best beach of trash and also initiated efforts to monitor turtle movements in the area

‘Save Chamundi Hills’ campaign in Mysuru gains momentum

Development projects will be a direct threat to scores of medicinal plants, flowering plants and about 150 species of birds

Karnataka Polls 2023: No mention of ‘climate change’ in any party’s manifesto as state votes today

Political leadership offers no vision or clarity on matters related to environment, according to activists  

In Karnataka, politics has led to the effective ‘invisiblisation’ of farmers

All political parties in Karnataka continue to represent the interests of the feudal class, including those of the large farmers who constitute a …

Care for cover

A highway in Karnataka stands testimony to the efforts invested by a couple in the environment

Planting data

Women’s Day 2024: Clean sweep in Karnataka

Over 18,000 of the state’s women have transformed the idea of cleanliness into a sustainable business model 

The Indian story that needs revival

Ivory wood scarcity affects Channapatna's small scale toy making artisans  

Full reservoirs as monsoon sets in: Why India should watch out for floods

Current live storage available in 123 reservoirs was 170 per cent of the same corresponding period of last year. This does not bode well for …

Karnataka bans Bt cotton seeds following large-scale crop failures

Seed company, Mahyco, offered Rs 10 crore compensation to farmers when losses were to the tune of Rs 230 crore

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

Karnataka Polls 2023: ‘Common man’ issues like LPG, poverty, unemployment cost BJP its southern bastion  

Opposition Congress’ strategy of targeting the incumbent for not performing on governance issues pays off

Sun burnt

In a panic to meet its solar energy target Karnataka changed its policy. The move has almost destroyed the initiative

Bengaluru’s water future

Water supply must be affordable. Only then can it be sustainable

From ‘incompatible with life’ to reclaiming life, outlook on TB is changing

Tuberculosis treatment is moving from germ theory to patients and their world

Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

Paddy warriors: This couple in Karnataka is preserving rare native varieties through cultivation

Asma and Aboobakar want to save as many indigenous paddy varieties as possible; they have so far documented 840 such plants

‘We inform locals about the wildlife in their backyard’

Sanjay Gubbi, who recently set up a nature information centre in Karnataka, says this it’s the first such centre to disseminate information …

How green are India's power plants?

Green rating of coal-based power plants in India by CSE offers starting insights into the sector

Defiant

The Bilirangan Temple Sanctuary in Karnataka bristles with angry Soligas. Their sustenance denied, the tribals deliberate their next move

Contempt notice to Karnataka chief secretary in lakes protection case

Top state bureaucrat failed to set up lake protection committees to check encroachment, pollution and destruction of lakes in the state

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 12, 2024)

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