World Water Day 2023: Dharwad revived traditional ponds to recharge its groundwater
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, groundwater sources are recharged and augmented by revived ponds that act as village-level groundwater-recharge …
COVID-19 Surge: The battle to save lives amid scarce resources
Community health experts and microbiologists in Karnataka suggest the second wave wasn’t unexpected but the quantum was not assessed …
Did stratospheric warming lead to excessive rainfall in Tamil Nadu?
Each district witnessed a minimum excess precipitation of 400%, said IMD
Tanks in Karnataka: Sharing land, water at a time of scarcity
Tanks have fallen into disrepair for lack of a clear community ownership; but farmers, mostly women, are now being paid for its upkeep
Dams in central Western Ghats affect catchment of perennial rivers: study
The researchers found that large scale activities are eroding the ecosystem by studying the Kali river in Karnataka
Cauvery dispute: All you need to know
In its latest development, the Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka government to release 4 TMC water for Tamil Nadu
Karnataka wants citizens to take responsibility of maintaining and protecting lakes
The Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority has proposed to make locals registered lake wardens or adopt a portion of the lake to …
Bengaluru should celebrate World Water Day every day
Contrary to popular imagination, water resources have been misused rampantly in the urban centres, not rural areas
The business of malnutrition
How companies are supplying unsafe and unverified nutrition supplements to children in Karnataka
Whre science and tradition join hands
The Gloria Land farm in Pondicherry and another run by a couple in Karnataka, show natural inputs can effectively replace factory produced …
When alienation ruins
Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …
Unsound power project plan thrown out
IT WAS a fast-track venture that sought to get round procedures perfunctorily, even if this meant fudging environmental impact assessments (EIAs) …
Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development
In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to …
Stop trade
Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to
A hurried job
Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt
Bandh over Cauvery: Mixed response in Bengaluru; Mandya fully shut down
Another statewide bandh called by farmer associations on September 29 expected to evoke bigger response
Kodagu landslides not a natural disaster
Here’s an account of the situation in disaster-hit Kodagu in Karnataka by a geologist who volunteered for the relief work
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 5, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
How can you make a westward-flowing river flow east: Activists on Bedti-Varada interlinking
Bedti-Varada river interlinking is an unscientific project that will drain public money, say critics
Cyclone update: ‘Mandous’ rising at dangerous intensity, three Tamil Nadu districts on red alert
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in most parts of north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Cyclone Tauktae can be among the ‘strongest’ on India’s west coast in 2 decades
Two of south Asia’s megapolises, Mumbai and Karachi lie in the path of Cyclone Tauktae
Long-term NO2 exposure affects lung function: Study
A study carried out for five years in a residential area of Mysuru found sustained exposure to nitrogen dioxide reduced lung function and …
Are Siberian migratory birds increasingly falling prey to India’s power lines?
A joint study by Russian and Indian scientists on two ospreys shows that this could indeed be the case
COVID-19: 2 cases of Omicron detected in Karnataka, testing of contacts underway
Two males, 66 and 46 years of age, test positive for omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2; all primary and secondary contacts of both cases have been …
It’s been 40 years! Update India’s flood map NOW
Flood panel, on whose watch India’s flood-prone areas were demarcated, was formed in 1980