J&K to get Rs 60,000 crore as BJP-PDP agree on government formation
State allocated maximum amount among 11 revenue deficit states, following recommendations of 14th Finance Commission
Hudhud, Kashmir flooding 2014’s costliest catastrophes, says report
While Hudhud caused $11 billion worth of damages, the flooding in the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir was worth $18 billion
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty
Battling extreme-weather events is not the only concern for the residents of high-altitude villages
Himachal flash floods: Met warns of more events in mountains of north India
Flash floods and cloudburts have been reported in districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, including the Ladakh region
Kargil landslide: Centre considers controlled explosions
As the artificial lake created in the Phutkal river grows and with snow melt season around the corner authorities fear flash floods
Pakistan braces for more floods
Standing crop over thousands of hectares in the country has been destroyed by the floods that have wreaked havoc in India as well
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2023)
Depolluting Dal
They are not concerned about the troubles in the valley. Their main concern is to save Dal lake from death
COVID-19 rekindles concerns on Kashmir’s infrastructure, social behaviour
Earthquakes, floods, conflict and COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the suitability of existing housing infrastructure in urban areas of Kashmir
Why the attack on Kashmir's pastoralists is a big concern
Gujjars and Bakkerwals, the nomadic pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, now face a new deadly enemy: Gau Rakshaks
India's double challenge
Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 28, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
DTE Explains: The science of cloudbursts
Telangana Chief Minister said cloudbursts may be a 'foreign consipiracy' during his visit to flood-hid Bhadrachalam
Panel looking into pastoral communities’ forest rights to visit J&K
The committee was constituted by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs on February 21, 2020
A bushful of medicine
Seabuckthorn, a plant with numerous medicinal properties, grows wild in India. Rural communities are the losers
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2023)
World Environment Day 2023: Waste dumping is polluting the Jhelum in Kashmir with microplastics
Plastic waste is exposed to several environmental elements, breaking it down into microplastics and nanoplastics
'Farmers in Ladakh are among biggest victims of climate change'
After inventing the first artificial glacier in 1987, Chewang Norphel came to be known as “Ice Man of India”. He talks about how …
Jammu and Kashmir: District Development Councils trigger fears of dilution of grassroots democracy
Local leaders say it is an attempt to deny a genuine political voice to the people of the region
ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India
Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura
Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14
Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours
NDMA vice-chairperson's post vacant for three months
Members of the apex disaster management body asked to leave after new government came to power at Centre
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)