Hailstorm drives farmers to suicide

Over 100 kill themselves as large tracts of crops are damaged; food prices likely to go up

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

Elemental woe

Sustainable agriculture: Punjab needs policies to support crop diversification

Growing maize instead of paddy can reduce water use by 60-70% 

Indo-Gangetic Plain residents live 7 years less than other Indians: Study

This is because air quality in the region fails to meet the WHO’s guidelines on particulate pollution

US environmental body proposes temporary pesticide-free zones to protect honeybees

A large number of bees are exposed to pesticide spraying when growers enter into contracts with beekeepers for pollination services

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

New crop scheme for Punjab farmers

Regulating living environment for public safety

Fishy deaths

Pesticide causes blindness in fish in Punjab

Peafowl deaths in Punjab linked to pesticides

Jan Aushadhi Stores fail to take off

Very few visit governmentÔÇÖs generics retail outlets

Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 7, 2020)

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

India’s forest cover declines

North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

Uranium in food, water in Bathinda

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours

Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance

Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure 

Punjab farmers try religious route to shun pesticides

Ask religious institutions to grow organic crops and accept organic crops as donation for langars

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?