Punjab extends time for brick kiln conversion to September

Those operating kilns with older technology still have to pay a fine depending upon the capacity of kiln under the polluter pay principle

Simply Put: Gulliver in Lilliput

Despite appeals and fines, paddy crop residue burning on the rise in Punjab

Data from state pollution control board reveals increase in incidents

Gone with the wind

Home where the blackbuck roam

The religion of the Bishnoi community in Punjab has protected the blackbuck

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Crop failure

In Focus

Shallow tubewell no good

Farm pacts

Go hunt'em

Punjab wants crop-mowing boars and blue bulls dead

Beginning a new term

Terminator technology patent holder enters the Indian market

Simply Put: Vital organs of society

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

Jodhpur blues: How the Indira Gandhi Canal has robbed the desert citadel of its character

There is ample water in what was once a water scarce place; traditional water bodies, architecture, social habits have consequently gone for a toss

Why Punjab’s short-duration paddy varieties have not solved stubble burning

Promoted by the government, short-duration varieties now dominate Punjab’s paddy landscape and allow farmers enough time to clear the field …

Struck by higher costs, Punjab farmers wait to burn stubble; fire incidences likely to flare up

At least 5,772 incidents of stubble fire have been registered in Punjab till October 22 alone

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

The ‘qissa’ of Basmati

As the European Union gets set to pronounce whether to give a GI tag to India’s Basmati rice, we explore the history of a grain that …

Farmers in Punjab are burning stubble as an act of rebellion

They are angry that even as they suffer from farm distress and do not get any proper returns on their labour and produce, the onus of stubble …

Why farmers in Punjab and Haryana continue to burn rice stubble?

Every year during October and November, farmers in Punjab and Haryana are blamed for polluting the Delhi air by burning stubble

Punjab sets an example by banning junk food in schools

By not allowing children to bring junk food from home, the state education department's message—that junk food is unhealthy—is made …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 9, 2024)

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 (April 1, 2024)

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

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