Bharat Bandh: Home Minister Amit Shah steps in for talk with farmer leaders
Will meet them Tuesday evening, a day before sixth round of talks between the Union government and farmers on three farm laws
Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide
Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report
Fields on fire: Punjab, Haryana farmers start burning paddy stubble to make way for vegetables
NASA shows 222 incidents of stubble burning in September; Amritsar, Tarn Taran hotspots
‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die
The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Delayed paddy plantation has cascading effect on north India’s air pollution: Harvard University
Delhi and other parts of the region can experience lesser pollution if certain districts of Punjab do not delay planting paddy, say researchers
Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions
Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed
Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report
Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18
What will Supreme Court judgement on Aravalli mean for forest conservation?
Changes to conservation rules may be fast tracked, say activists
Illnesses were behind half the suicides in Punjab in 2021
Healthcare costs too high, farmers at risk due to pesticide use says expert
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2024)
Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium
Nearly 29%, or about 3 in every 10 wells tested in Punjab, is contaminated with uranium
‘Grains not stored properly in FCI godown, rotting food creating pest hazard’
NGT orders probe into biological hazard at Punjab storage, forms joint panel
Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?
Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants
Diwali pollution: Delhi air quality to be in ‘poor’ & ‘very poor’ categories today, tomorrow
Fire count due to stubble burning low over northwest Delhi as on October 23
When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege
What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?
Poisoned Punjab: Three children in this Fazilka village family are intellectually disabled but there’s no aid
Contaminated canal, groundwater linked to huge disease burden in Churi Wala village, show ground visits by DTE
Poisoned Punjab: Children with intellectual disabilities, severe skin allergies are common in this village
Ground visits by DTE in Dharangwala village reveal 12-13 cancer deaths every year, teetotallers with liver cirrhosis
Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …
On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers
While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too
Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home
Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …
COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay
Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms
Live water storage in reservoirs at the end of monsoon less than 2020
Punjab recorded the highest deficit of 40%
Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why
Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say
Farm losses: Heavy rains destroy paddy, cotton crops in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
Scarce rain during monsoon, heavy rain during harvest spell agricultural doom; Bajra, jowar also affected