Salt rush
Every year, marginal farmers from across the country travel to Mumbai's saltpans to earn some extra money
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2022)
COVID-19: Serosurvey estimated every fifth person in Chennai infected
Highest infection estimated to be in children, lowest in people more than 60 years
Cyclone Nisarga may hit Mumbai on June 3, says weather department
Nisarga will be the first cyclone to hit the Maharashtra coast in June since 1891, according to the weather department
Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date
Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 14, 2023)
How safe is your hand sanitiser
The government hasn’t had much control over India’s hand sanitising manufacturers, who have mushroomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic
At the heart of Dharavi model: Basic public health, resolve in community to beat COVID-19
Screening-isolating-testing worked for the densely populated area where physical distancing would be next to impossible
Untreated effluents released in Mumbai rivers, industries flout norms: Report
The Ulhas and its tributary Waldhuni are among 53 of the most polluted rivers in Maharashtra
Cyclone Nisarga update: Cyclone now 80 km southeast of Mumbai, says IMD
Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Alibaug, around 100 km south from Mumbai
Mocha: Summer cyclones not new; Fani, Amphan were May storms too
New summer cyclone likely to take place in Bay of Bengal around May 8
An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding
Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach
COVID-19: How do India’s urban informal settlements fight the pandemic
India’s slum population is ill-prepared to face the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, with livelihoods threatened as a …
COVID-19: Slums in India provide fertile ground for outbreaks
it is near impossible for slum dwellers to practice WHO guidelines of social distancing, frequent hand-washing
Delhi rain, waterlogging puts the spotlight on urban flooding
Urban flooding has become increasingly frequent in India’s major cities
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 29-July 3, 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