Simply Put: Karnataka Polls 2023

Environment in elections: Drought not on poll agenda even as north Karnataka records 3rd-lowest rainfall in over 100 years

Region’s people feel things can’t remain same even as other parts of Karnataka have no water problems

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

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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

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

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

Simply Put: Cauvery dispute

This town in Karnataka has its very own Central Park

The Gubbi Tree Park, inaugurated recently by the Tumakuru Forest Division in Karnataka, has shone a light on creating state-of-the-art green …

Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit coastal Gujarat

It may make landfall in Gujarat by the evening of May 18

Plan for Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line through Bandipur National Park evokes protests over ecological impact

Railway line to connect Nilambur in Kerala to Nanjangudi in Karnataka on Golden IT Corridor

Karnataka’s trekking trails in eco-sensitive Western Ghats off limits till October

Trekking to be limited to 300 people a day once it resumes, only in areas with online bookings

Karnataka Bandh on sharing of Cauvery waters

The Cauvery water sharing dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since the British Raj

Antibiotic resistance rising in Helicobacter strains from Karnataka

Scientists find metronidazole and levofloxacin are no more potent against helicobacter infections in the state

World Toilet Day: How scientists tried to gauge what people think about sanitation

What made a simple experiment a roller coaster ride was not the process of changing behaviour, but the task of measuring it

To create a wild haven

The Tumakuru Forest Division has submitted a proposal to the Karnataka government for declaring the Bukkapatna State Forest as a Wildlife …

Tumakuru sets a green example

The hilly and forested district in southeast Karnataka is giving new lessons to the rest of India on responsible forestry