THE FOUNTAINHEAD DONGRIPARA, DHAMTARI DISTRICT, CHATTISGARH
Spark came from non-recognition as a village • Integrated management of forest and water • Sees self-governance as a matter of …
A memo to the government
To be a truly participatory republic, India must take tutorials from these tiny republics
In Birsa's Land: Horomocho (Hazaribagh, Jharkhand)
A coal mine to own and manage • Sustainability not profit as a principle • Revival of an ancient Santhal system of governance
Unshakable: Nimalapedu (Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)
Reminded India of its constitutional mandate for village autonomy • Fought bauxite companies for not getting gram sabha consent • Has …
A Republican Paradise: Mendha (Gadchirolli, Maharashtra)
Defied the Forest Act ÔÇó Every resident contributes part of annual income for community works ÔÇó If somebody bribes a …
Whose germplasm is it?
NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case
Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns
Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered
Centre pitches for Kerala
Environment ministry wants to revoke Karnataka’s ban on night traffic in Bandipur
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Village to move court against Bengaluru civic body for illegal garbage dumping
Police enforce Section 144 to prevent protests
Grim reminder
A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness
Saseendran’s ‘tiger cull’: Kerala forest minister made a gaffe; but state’s human-wildlife conflict needs redressal
Removing invasive plants, restoring vanishing wildlife corridors and eco-restoration inside forests should be the solution to human-wildlife …
Going off course
As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed
Forestry, the Mexican way
Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG
Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state
Governance failure
How agencies meant to regulate mining conspired in the loot
Wages of fear: How did COVID-19 geographic shift affect MGNREGA implementation?
The understanding should be part of India’s contingency plan to support rural livelihoods in the event of a third wave of the pandemic
The right blend
Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…
Shifting ground
After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them
Ailing systems
Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation
Monsoon 2020: Rains advance over Peninsular India from June 1-7
India received 70% more rains during this week than it usually does at this time
Karnataka pollution board halts dumping of Bengaluru's garbage at Ramky landfill
Gives operators three months to clean up the area
Reserved for exploitation?
Karnataka repeatedly refuses to declare its forests in Western Ghats inviolate
Sugar cane price: UP farmers settle for Rs 245-250 per quintal
Karnataka and Maharashtra farmers get much less, stage protests
Karnataka High Court stalls link road through eco-sensitive zone
'EIA should be conducted to decide if road can be built or should be scrapped'