Are pills doctored?
A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness
Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc
Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality
Is rainfall linked to pollution? Depends on whether you live north or south of Vindhyas
DTE analyses PM10 spatial data for August 2022 and 2023
Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE
Takes on motivated and half-baked science
Punjab fails to monitor GM trial
Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 10, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Sustainable agriculture: Punjab needs policies to support crop diversification
Growing maize instead of paddy can reduce water use by 60-70%
Victim of its success
MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely
Northern power grid on the blink
States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity
New crop scheme for Punjab farmers
India’s forest cover declines
North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss
Searing spell
Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts
Onion export ban lifted
Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?
Drought spreads its tentacles
UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell
Bt Cotton imbroglio
A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?
Punjab, cancer capital of India
Government survey shows cancer cases in the state exceed national average
Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline
Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally
Same indifference
Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
NASA draws attention to fires in Punjab fields
Plant stubble burning shows up as red dots in satellite image
What is causing food inflation
It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index
Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers
Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers
High Court orders sealing of tubewells at construction sites in Gurgaon
Order will impact 450 ongoing projects
MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha
Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states
Punjab slips for sand mine, again
Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed