India’s challenges in waste management
The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
China sets new standards for air purifiers
Standards are expected to curb deliberate misleading by producers about the effectiveness of purifiers
Consumer forum stays water privatisation in Khandwa
Town's municipal body asked to first address objections filed by residents
A burning question
Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as a wonder solution for garbage management. But how feasible is this option?
Civic polls: TDP sweeps Seemandhra, Congress shines in Telangana
Jagan' Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress and TRS, the party that led the Telangana movement, fare badly
Green tribunal orders closure of 12 Hauz Khas village eateries
Delhi Pollution Control Committee directed to pass orders on their applications for consent to operate within two weeks
As told to Parliament (March 17, 2021): Indian Railways eye 20 GW solar power from vacant land by 2030
All that was discussed in the House through the day
NGT orders closure of industrial units in Bellandur Lake area
No industry would be allowed to operate in the lake area unless effluent emissions are under permissible limits. Industries found violating the …
High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency
Municipal corporation rapped for delaying ban on plaster of Paris idols that pollute the city's water bodies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 13, 2020)
High time to address occupational hazards of waste pickers
Informal waste sector in India carry out most labour-intensive and least rewarding job; most work and live in hazardous conditions with no …
A clean country in the offing with new solid waste rules
The rules have gone into details of almost every stage involved in waste management; be it segregation at source, transportation of waste, …
High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur
They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks
Nagpur municipality proposes action against private water supplier
Orange City Water Limited fails to supply 24X7 clean water; people demand cancellation of contract
'We need to promote the culture of donating breast milk'
Armida Fernandez, founder trustee of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, started the first human milk bank in India in 1989 in …
Hauz Khas village restaurants under scanner for spewing untreated sewage
Eight out of 34 restaurants in the area have been operating without any clearance
BIS finalises street food norms
Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health
Court questions sealing relief law
Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development
Crisis of governance
People in urban scheduled areas suffer as Centre fails to legislate
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 2-6, 2020)
Unreal in pampered India
With NDMC winning the smart city challenge, the contrast between where the government lives and where the rest of the citizens live could not …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)
Waste smart cities
A survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows how Indian cities are turning over a new leaf in solid waste management