Can sugar beet make sugar production in India sustainable
Growing sugarcane, especially in Maharashtra, is not sustainable any longer, because of severely depleted groundwater levels along the state’…
Cyclone Mandous: A weather expert charts the storm’s path
Mandous is expected to emerge over the Arabian Sea early next week and travel for a few days, but it won’t intensify again into another …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Nearly 600 farmer suicides in 8 months: Is Marathwada facing agri-distress
Activists blame government policies for the farmers’ situation, rather than extreme weather events
Why Maharashtra, Kerala are still adding 2 of 3 new COVID-19 cases in the country
These two states have become the bellwether for what is to come with cases typically rising here before other regions
Cyclone Tauktae can be among the ‘strongest’ on India’s west coast in 2 decades
Two of south Asia’s megapolises, Mumbai and Karachi lie in the path of Cyclone Tauktae
Planting trees to protect tiger habitat in Maharashtra
A safe forest corridor was critical for the facilitation of tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves, the organisation said
Panic among migrant workers as fresh COVID-19 lockdown starts in Mumbai
Migrants in Mumbai may be in greater trouble in 2021’s lockdown compared to last year
No traders, onion farmers in Maharashtra to directly sell produce in markets
After years of losses, farmers angry at government interventions to drop prices after the allium saw 20% hike compared with last year
Here is the science behind unseasonal rains and hailstorms that flattened crops in India
Global warming, weak western disturbances and strong subtropical jet stream are to be blamed, say experts
Pune researchers discover rare low-basalt plateau with 76 plant species in Western Ghats
As they grow among rocks, the flora faces a harsher environment compared to other species growing elsewhere
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’
India has a well thought out ecosystem of data and a young population that can be skilled for the new technologies
Obesity increases in India; Haryana, Karnataka among worst performers: NFHS-5
Prevalence of obesity didn't decrease for both men and women in any state, according to NFHS-5
Climate change is real: Goa received 122% above average rains from July 10-23, says IMD
Goa has been hit by floods in the past few days like neighbours Maharashtra and Karnataka
Karnataka faces 2019-like situation with full dams and more rains in store
Mismanagement over the release of water from various dams had worsened the flood situation in Karnataka and Maharashtra last year
Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study
Sugarcane cultivation has benefitted from entrenched policies that incentivised production for decades
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)
Project Cheetah: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh can share some animals, expert tells DTE
Lack of knowledge on the carrying capacities of cheetahs is because of complex factors in Indian protected areas
Kharif season 2023: Rajasthan plants two times more bajra as India’s paddy acreage drops by 26%
Impact of Cyclone Biparjoy and uneven distribution of monsoon clearly visible on kharif crops
Farm Laws: Is MSP guarantee really the elixir that Indian agriculture needs?
Concept is unreasonable and will be detrimental for country’s agricultural system, feel experts
BMC’s 24X7 decentralised ‘war rooms’ helping stem COVID-19 cases in Mumbai
Down To Earth reports on the arrangements put in place by India’s richest civic body to help save lives
COVID-19 vaccine update: AstraZeneca vaccinations should continue, benefits outweigh risks, says WHO
Strategic advisory group of experts on immunization called the one-dose Janssen shot as a safe and lifesaving addition to Pfizer, Moderna and …
Meet Padma Bombale, a Maharashtra onion farmer fighting the odds
A landless farmer from Vetale village near Pune, she has to work for Rs 100 a day to make ends meet
How Maharashtra’s dam on ‘Human’ river threatens tigers
The dam proposed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve threatens to submerge more than 90 per cent of a 7-km forest area
Report flags violations in creation of India’s first critical wildlife habitats
CWH notification was first initiated in 54 of Maharashtra’s 55 protected areas, where rights of forest dwellers can be recognised under …