Humans vs mangrove

PLEA DISMISSED

Wonders of the Sun

Installation of solar panels have made life comfortable

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

Fancy dress?

Bioceramic clothes in vogue in Kerala, but experts sceptical

Coke in hot water

Safety call

Expert committee set for Mullaperiyar dam

Trawling ban imposed on Kerala's coastal waters

Trawling ban in Kerala

Industry wants alien shrimp

Paddy sells cheap in Kerala

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

No food in forests: DTE’s exclusive coverage on invasive species

An insidious threat has been quietly unfolding in India’s forests — invasive alien plant species have displaced native vegetation, …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Latest Nipah Virus Outbreak reports 33% case fatality rate, all bat samples tested negative: WHO

While the bats did not test positive this time around, previously, evidence of the virus has been detected in dogs, cats, goats, sheep, and horses

Two deaths reported in Kerala due to the Nipah Virus, health minister Mandaviya confirms

The state government set up a control room in Kozhikode on September 12 to control the emergency, after a district-wide health alert was issued …

After 4 years of high-intensity rains, Kerala inching towards drought with 45% deficit rainfall

Lack of sufficient rains is likely to impact farming expenses and yields this time; drinking water, power generation affected

Paddy sowing delayed in Odisha due to lack of pre-monsoon showers, high temperature

Farmers advised to sow medium-duration paddy seeds, instead of long-duration seeds by experts

Kerala’s gaur-human conflict debates fail to address some core issues; here is why

Gaurs had turned violent & aggressive after being shot by poachers; contentious issues, including the role of poachers, remain unaddressed

25 years of Kudumbashree: How this Kerala women’s collective intervened to empower women, fight poverty

Whenever Kerala plunged into a deep crisis, be it floods or the pandemic, Kudumbashree has been there with the state and its people through thick …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 6, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

5 days in, Brahmapuram blaze continues to choke Kochi

Residents here are also concerned about potential health threats as garbage collection has been halted ever since the incident

Large share of India’s threatened endemic species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka: Study

Tackling threats from agro industry, small-holder farming, grazing plantations most effective in reducing extinction risk  

Kerala, COVID-19 management exemplar? Data on additional deaths forces rethink

Kerala government may have suppressed data regarding true number of deaths in 2021 for political reasons, say experts

Two years on: India’s index COVID-19 patient describes her ordeal

On January 30, 2020, India reported its first case of COVID-19; the patient was a Thrissur resident studying medicine at Wuhan University. Here …

Post COVID-19 complication among children worries pediatricians

Children manifest this syndrome which usually involves multiple organs about four to six weeks after a COVID-19 infection.