Pollution in Punjab

Poor harvest

Punjab farmers are reaping losses

Saraswati underground

Experts attempt to map the mythical river's palaeo-channels and put them to good use

No chapattis

For some young children, wheat is like poison

Churn turtle

Does a rampant turtle trade thrive in Pakistan?

Punjab Pollution Control Board goes hi tech

To give clearance over Internet

Stubble burning amid rising fodder prices: Why the paradox

Farmers say the window to sow paddy after harvesting wheat was reduced

COVID-19: ‘Thikri pehra’ makes a comeback in Punjab, Haryana

Locals take turns to guard entry and exit points in at least 12,800 Punjab villages

Hybirds developed

Beating the heat

Setting an example

MORE WATER

The acre-feet fuss

But Punjab and Haryana farmers depend on groundwater!

DTE Coverage: Pink bollworm’s cotton curse in India's North Zone

Down To Earth travels to the cotton fields of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and hears stories of misery and death

What will be the climate impact on Indo-Gangetic plain

Climate change projections and impacts in a region with 432.5 million population

Live storage increased 165% in 123 reservoirs during monsoon

This is 87 per cent of the total live storage capacity of the 123 reservoirs

Cool medicine

The age-old thandai keeps energy levels high and fever and acidity at bay

Cotton growers lose

INDIA

Looming threat

Monsoon withdrawal from parts of northwest India has started: IMD

The withdrawal is 28 days late this time, compared to 40 days last year

COVID 19: Punjab’s rural economy takes a big hit

Small farmers, labourers among the worst-hit; wheat harvest under cloud

Young entrepreneurs help India curb air and plastic pollution

IIT graduates come up a with a solution to India's crop residue burning problem

Punjab bans gutkha

It is the ninth state to do so

Rajasthan cries foul