COVID-19: Is India testing enough? Here’s what data says
India’s daily testing has dropped dramatically since September
COVID-19: Spice growers of Tamil Nadu, Kerala face looming crisis
With roads leading to plantations shut, spice cultivation has been badly hit
LDF’s handling of COVID-19 in Kerala helped it retain power
The policies of Pinarayi Vijayan and KK Shailaja especially endeared the bloc to Kerala voters
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 17, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why climate change studies on rice production are important in Wayanad
Area under rice cultivation has been declining rapidly in north Kerala district between 2004-05 and 2018-19
Athirappally power project isn’t ecologically feasible: MK Prasad
Silent Valley movement architect MK Prasad speaks on why the recently-cleared Kerala project should not be pursued
Displaced by settlers: Tribal communities in Kerala’s Attappady block are being alienated from their land
Laws in place to protect their rights, but no means to enforce it
COVID-19 Update: India’s active case tally tops 40,000 with 7,830 new infections
XBB1.16.1 strain isolated in 234 COVID-19 patients: INSACOG
Floods and fury: How multiple weather systems caused by climate change are at play
More than 80 people have died in Kerala and Uttarakhand floods
Concerns raised over decimation of green cover in Cauvery basin: NGT issues notice to southern states
A recent report found green cover has declined to 15,345 sq km from 28,154 sq km over past 50 years
We started planning before first COVID-19 case was reported: Pinarayi Vijayan
Zika virus has spread to several parts of India, finds ICMR
Cases from Telangana, Jharkhand confirm local transmission; experts push for more testing
Kerala HC directs NDMA to formulate compensation policy for those dying due to COVID-19 vaccine
The order was passed September 1 and a time frame of three months has been set; the move sets a precedent since no such policy has been …
Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka record 13,662 jumbos; male-female ratios and age gradation healthy, say experts
Climate change, human-elephant conflict and habitat fragmentation affecting movement of the animals
IN PHOTOS: People of Plachimada ask UN to drop Coca-Cola as COP27 sponsor
People in Plachimada in Kerala’s Palakkad district have also been on a ‘satyagraha’ for 88 days now
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 19, 2020)
Kerala is on high alert as West Nile Virus cases reported from Kozhikode, Thrissur, Malappuram
State recorded outbreak in the past & there is no reason to panic, says Health Minister Veena George
NITI Aayog health index: Kerala maintains top spot
The worst-performing state in overall performance was Uttar Pradesh; Bihar, Madhya Pradesh performed marginally better
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 15, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
The hopper bands in Wayanad are not locusts
A member of IUCN’s grasshopper specialist group explains the truth about the infestation in Pulpally, Wayanad
Tamil Nadu says no to Indian Neutrino Observatory project in Theni
The Tamil Nadu government filed an affidavit in the apex court stating the project in Theni would cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
South India records its lowest June rainfall in 122 years
Interactions between Cyclone Biparjoy, Typhoon Mawar, Bay of Bengal winds and the blocking of the monsoon trough for a couple of weeks likely to …
Cyclone Nivar storm, rain may hit agriculture across south India
The cyclone’s approach has slowed, meaning it might travel much further inland causing destruction with winds and rain
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 18-22, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week