A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition
Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …
Aarey's Chipko moment
The plan to clear Mumbai's last green cover is facing stiff resistance from citizens and non-profits
8 years and Rs 228 crore later, Maharashtra fails to make even one village sustainable
The state’s scheme, aimed at creating environmentally sustainable villages, saw only up to 6% funds being used for green projects
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 27, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
After massive crop damage, Maharashtra onion farmers stare at more losses as prices drop to all-time low
Farmers have decided to define a minimum selling price for selling onions at the APMC to counter losses
All sugar factories in Maharashtra close before season, production drops 20%
Extreme weather events lead to drop in poor yield, sugar prices will climb, warn experts
The Zika virus is here to stay in India, Kanpur just latest victim
The presence of the vector and the virus together makes India extremely vulnerable to Zika
Book Excerpt: Fractured Rehabilitation
Journalist Atul Deulgaonkar's new book in Marathi describes the botched rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the Latur-Osmanabad Earthquake …
Why are there fewer women on India’s science scene? Data needed to answer that, say experts
Social and natural scientists have to come together to work on why women are less represented in Indian science
Fact check: Is it really Neelakurinji that is blooming in Chikkamagaluru
Media outlets and tourists might have well confused the Neelakurinji with another shrub of the same genus
Maharashtra doubles input subsidy for farmers, citing extreme weather events
Maharashtra farmers skeptical about doubling of input subsidy by state government; say benefits hardly accrue to them
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 31, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
DTE tracks trafficking: Droughts, migrating parents leave Marathwada girls vulnerable
Sugarcane cutters’ children at high risk, targeted through proxy marriages
Maharashtra expands EV subsidies — but with a deadline
The revised EV policy aims to realise the state’s ambition to have 10% EVs among new vehicle registrations by 2025
The Alphonso mango is now completely traceable
Traceability shows the complete journey of how sustainably a fruit has been harvested and distributed; it can help and prevent the misuse of GI tags
Resurgence of COVID-19 cases serious concern: Centre
‘Clinical trial mode’ condition of Covaxin manufactured by Bharat Biotech International taken off; Covaxin granted licence similar to …
Urban commons: Almost ignored in city planning
Commons act as a nutritional buffer, safety net for migrants; middle-class, wealthy residents no less dependent
Pollution in news on April 12
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution
Over 1 million urban Indians are waiting for toilets
All states and UTs have applicants who are awaiting approval for over six months under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban
Pune’s draft bye-laws threaten existing model of plastic waste management
The bye-laws not only threaten the existing SWaCH model but also lacks clarity on guidelines for extended producer responsibility
No IPL matches in Maharashtra after April 30, orders Bombay High Court
The court ruled that the water crisis in the state could be solved if water used in maintaining cricket pitches was diverted to drought-affected …
‘Farmers are not casino players’
Micha X Peled, US-based Israeli filmmaker, has won 22 international awards for his globalisation trilogy, the last of which was a film on …
Insuring against gene erosion
Experiments by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat have led researchers to conclude that gene banks are best created and controlled …
Wild killing
A Maharashtra minister's call for killing protected animals like nilgai sparks off a controversy
CWC tells states to keep close watch on 15 dams
Central Water Commission asks dam officials to release water according to the rule curve and standard operating procedure