Baaz! Northern Goshawk sighted in Delhi
The bird may have been seen in Delhi before but has been captured on camera in the city for the first time
Festivities, election rallies: What happened in the weeks leading up to India's 2nd COVID-19 wave
An account of last year's superspreader events illustrates how we may be in a similar sitation now
Delhi air to be ‘poor’ on Diwali, worsen afterwards: Experts
Air quality is considered poor when the air quality index is 201-300 and very poor when it is 301-400
Reservoir levels remain below normal in 5 states
Water in reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh was less than normal
All in a day: Dry northern districts have excess rain after July 13 shower
On July 13, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, which had till then, experienced deficient to large deficient rainfall, reported excess …
Farmers to continue protests after inconclusive meeting with government
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wades into row, external affairs ministry hits back
Why Punjab needs to revisit land reforms and hike farm subsidies
Study points out the disparity in the income and consumption expenditure between agricultural labourers, marginal, small and semi-medium farmers …
Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business
As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …
This paper mill in Punjab is causing cancer, loss of vision
Residents allege that the Kuantum pulp and paper mill in Saila Khurd, the only industry in the block for 30 years, is responsible for their …
Tackling rape and sexual violence
It is time we had a national body, not merely our politically appointed, generally toothless Womens' Commissions, with trained, dedicated …
Punjab’s panchayat flip-flop
State considers reverting to direct polls, court raps it for taking away right to recall sarpanch
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm
Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield
Put farm laws on hold or we will: SC to Centre
Farmers' unions decline apex court's proposal to set up talks with a committee
Farmers shun cotton
Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses
Board trouble
A new report severely castigates the functioning of India's pollution control boards
Weeding out waste
Punjab starts an ecofriendly state-level programme to clean ponds by using duckweeds
WATER SHARING
Problem of plenty
Doaba farmers have more potatoes than they can sell or store
Punjab shamlat lands: We will give land for housing, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal tells DTE
Punjab reserves 33 per cent of cultivable shamlat land for Dalit households, who can lease it for a year through competitive bidding. In reality, …
Stubble burning: Focus on 6 Punjab districts, study by Harvard, MIT suggests
Stubble burning in India affecting other south Asian countries too; but most of the impact is within India, say US researchers
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 15, 2022)
Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis
DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature
Similipal fire shines light on dark hole in India’s real-time air quality monitoring network
Most cities do have manual monitoring systems of air quality but related data becomes available only a year later
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2020)
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