Hill station hotels ordered shut

Insensitive approach

3 eco-sensitive zones in Maharashtra get short shrift

A trade that plies on pushing cyclists

Private company launches rent-a-bicycle scheme in Thane

How Maharashtra’s tomato belt can tackle its viral menace

A plethora of viruses as well as insect vectors and pests pose an emerging threat to the tomato belt of Maharashtra; it is a wake-up call to …

Dry to deluge: Incessant rain a threat to Marathwada farmers

After scanty rainfall in June & early July, Maharashtra region now has a problem of too much downpour in too short a span      

Maha-drought no worry for IPL

The inaugural match of the Indian Premier League 2016 will be held as scheduled at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on April 9. Meanwhile, large …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2022)

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

Dragon fruit: Is it the next big thing in Indian horticulture

The dragon fruit, which is indigenous to the Americas, can grow in arid and semi-arid regions with very low input cost

'Animals and humans have shared spaces in India long before 1972'

In the aftermath of a tragic incident in Maharashtra's Junnar, where 5 leopard cubs were burnt to death unknowingly by a farmer in whose field …

Death by pesticides: farmers continue to die as India flouts global norms

The pesticides that have killed 272 farmers in Maharashtra in the last four years are banned in most countries

We will protest against mining through gram sabhas: Lalasu Nogoti

Lalasu Nogoti is a lawyer and human rights activist from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. He was recently elected as a zila parishad member from Arevada-…

Maratha silent protests make noise for economic security, social justice

Reservation in government jobs and relief to drought-hit farmers are among the major demands of the Marathas

Flooding of Savitri river leads to Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse

The bridge couldn't withstand the high pressure caused by flooding due to incessant rain

Interest in metals rekindled

Scientists have found a metallic mix that allows superconductivity at higher temperatures than before

The grapes of growth

After setting the trend of grape cultivation in Sangli district, Ganapathyrao Mhetre is all set to introduce organic farming techniques

Dreams from six world's apart

The agonised voice of the Warli and Kokna tribes of Thane (Maharashtra) reach out to say, through Pradip Prabhu...

Solutions forever

Dharamitra, a Wardha-based organisation, has been working on many projects and, with active participation of the local people, is ensuring a …

Peppy periodical: Future Energy

The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency's (meda) publication meda News has now evolved into a full-fledged quarterly magazine christened Future …

Maharashtra rejects more agri insurance claims even as farm suicides double

No data on suicides across India since 2015; number of claim rejections far exceeded number of cases approved in 2016-18

After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year

The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts

The problem with banning plastic

What is needed is to actually alter behaviour, if not preferences

Telangana govt puts restrictions on glyphosate sale

The objective is to curb the illegal use of herbicide-tolerant BT cotton

Mumbai receives 438% excess rain in a single day

4 people die as the southwest monsoon brings torrential rain to the city

Nipah virus antibodies found in Indian bats in Mahabaleshwar cave

Two bat species had the virus and antibodies

On the brink