Bullet Train: Gujarat activists take fight to the Japanese side
Write to nodal Japanese agency, ask it to share its report on the project
Mumbai deluge raises same old question: Why are Indian cities flooded again and again
Ignoring telltale warning signs and repeating past mistakes won't help.
Mumbai Coastal Road: Pathway to ruin
On July 16, the Bombay High Court ordered that construction on the $1.7 billion Mumbai Coastal Road, to be built by reclaiming the city’s …
Extreme floods to increase economic loss 166 times in coastal megacities: IPCC
These cities with over 10 million populations, including Mumbai, are likely to lose at least $1 trillion annually by 2050, finds the report
Bombay High Court dismisses Aarey petitions
The pleas filed by activists were dismissed on the principle of commonality, not on merits, the court ruled
Simply put: Thousands of trees cut in the dead of the night in Aarey forest
Trees cut in the Aarey forest to make way for the Mumbai Metro
What Aarey case means for forest land classification
The question of classification of the land as forest or revenue isn’t relevant in the matter due to the SC order in the TN Godavarman …
IIT to propose 20 metre-tall air purifiers for Delhi
The Rs 12-cr units will have a range of a km
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
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 …
Between 1918-19 Spanish flu and COVID-19, not much has changed
The British government permitted provisional governments to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the same one the present …
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
Cyclone Nisarga: Mumbai to bear the brunt
Cyclone Nisarga’s landfall will finish in three hours, storm surge, heavy rain and winds expected in Mumbai
Cyclone Nisarga update: Cyclone now 80 km southeast of Mumbai, says IMD
Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Alibaug, around 100 km south from Mumbai
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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
Delhi rain, waterlogging puts the spotlight on urban flooding
Urban flooding has become increasingly frequent in India’s major cities
An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding
Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach
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
COVID-19: Serosurvey estimated every fifth person in Chennai infected
Highest infection estimated to be in children, lowest in people more than 60 years
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2020)
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2020)
