Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (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
Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?
Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities
Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha
With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried
Scientists find a way to make graphene from discarded dry cell batteries
Graphene can be used to make solar cells, light-emitting diodes, touch panels and smart windows
Midday meal may be outsourced
Schools in Maharashtra do not want responsibility, say the scheme hampers teaching
Half of Yavatmal’s soil not meant for cotton: study
District known for farmers' suicides has shallow soil depth which has very little capacity to retain water; report recommends switch to …
Soy seed crunch hits farmers in Maharashtra
Farmers sceptical of agricultural department’s strategy of using previous year’s crop as seed to meet this year’s kharif demand
Nothing to bank on
The government’s much-hyped Direct Benefit Transfer programme has hit a roadblock. Banks have failed to meet the huge demand for opening …
Nagpur to fully privatise water supply from November 15
Consumer organisations demand public hearing
Nagpur municipality proposes action against private water supplier
Orange City Water Limited fails to supply 24X7 clean water; people demand cancellation of contract
Power shoe
Apart from fitness there is another good reason one should walk: charging mobile phone. Mandar Tulankar, an engineering student in Nagpur, has …
Patrolling on cycle
GI tag for Nagpur orange to benefit both farmers and consumers
The move will give a boost to the export of the variety; help growers get a premium price for the fruit
Colouring cotton
Dye farming
Cheap option to treat effluent
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Elimination kit
For the American bollworm, a common cotton pest
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
High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur
They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks
High-yield Heera
Weeds show potential
A retired railway officer knows how to save water and energy
R K Palhan, former general manager, Central Railways, has two innovations to his credit. One has already been implemented in most railway …
'We have to create a culture of energy efficiency'
VILAS BABURAO MUTTEMWAR, minister of state (independent charge) for non-conventional energy sources, tells KUSHAL P S YADAV
Sweet success