COVID-19 lockdown: What are the lessons for Graded Response Action Plan

It is time for the government to order more robust source apportionment studies for cities hit by plummeting air quality  

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  

Simply Put: Travelling light

Delhi’s Diwali greys return as crackers burnt with gay abandon

Here is a look at the run-up to and aftermath of Diwali 2021 in Delhi

Are langurs and rhesus macaques really sworn enemies of each other?  

Science does not see this relationship in terms of black-and-white

Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?

Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas

Simply Put: Delhi deluged

Farmers prepare for mega tractor rally on January 26

These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose

They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs

IIT Delhi to start bachelor of design from session 2022-23

The four-year programme will have 20 seats to start with, and will be open to students of all specialisations 

Rising wet-bulb temperatures due to climate change pose health risks for humans

A wet-bulb temperature of 35°C is considered the maximum limit of humidity humans can handle

Delhi’s (and India’s) urban poor may have houses to live. But are they habitable

The habitability of housing, rather than just its availability, will be an important factor in the future, given the trends in climate change

Assault on open access to science in India

Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India

COVID-19: How to balance people’s safety and mobility

The major challenge in India post-lockdown is going to be maintaining people’s mobility without compromising safety

Air during COVID-19 lockdown: March’s last week cleanest so far in Delhi

This is the first time since 2016 that March in spring has recorded lowest pollution levels

Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric

India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour

Delhi air less toxic amid COVID-19 lockdown

Average PM 2.5 level during 4 weeks of lockdown lowest on record outside monsoon since 2016

Are Indian megacities forgetting their rainwater endowment?

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi mandated rainwater harvesting but are struggling for over a decade to implement the impactful structures on ground

CAQM’s focus on captive thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR a welcome step, but challenges ahead

Several industries Down To Earth spoke to were unaware of the new order or were perplexed about the technical feasibility of it in …

Protesting farmers to enter Delhi after long confrontation with police

Swaraj India’s Yogendra Yadav tweeted that protesting farmers had been allowed to enter Delhi and given permission to protest at Nirankari …

Counting north India’s stubble fires: Stronger data science needed to study winter smog

Severe smog in north India is a result of an evil alignment of many factors. Whether those factors co-conspire this year, remains to be seen

Counting north India’s stubble fires: How do NASA satellites capture them

Overall, it is safe to assume that even if satellite images do not show a fire, it does not necessarily mean that nothing is burning on the ground

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 13, 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 (October 25, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

COVID-19: Delhi govt says there is community transmission, Centre says no

Delhi health minister says source of more than half cases could not be traced