Hottest March in 122 years damages wheat crop across North India
heat is a temperature-sensitive crop that requires a cool temperature, especially in March when it is at its final stage
Why potato means bad news in Punjab now
A cycle of misery kicked off by demonetisation still haunts farmers as well as cold storage owners
Why certain parts of India shone during the recently-concluded Asian Games
Reasons as varied as a strong farming culture. patriarchal tradition and geography influence why sportspersons from Haryana, Punjab and India's …
Punjab rushes to grant sand mining approvals
Clears environment management plans for 63 sites; mining officials cite shortage of construction material for show of haste
Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?
Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …
STPs in 3 Punjab towns lying defunct: NGT monitoring committee
Poor performance of sewage treatment plants due to delayed payment by municipal bodies, monitoring committee report to NGT
After broken dam wrecked this Punjab village twice, farmers decided to take matters into own hands
Overflowing Ghaggar river broke banks in July, destroyed Kharif paddy; villagers blame state government for disrepair
Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar
Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears
Is it heatwave that troubles farmers: Experts explain the reasons behind paddy stunting in Punjab, Haryana
Early-sown plants have been affected more than timely or late-sown plants
Simply Put: Udta Punjab pollution panel
Punjab to offer free emergency hospital services
The scheme aims at addressing out-of-pocket expenditure in the state
Extinguished!
Conventional politics breaks up the fiery spirit of an ideal self-sustaining forest community
Petty decision
Experts in the dark
The best myth
Paying the price
DTE Coverage: 2023 North India deluge
Down To Earth reports from the ground on why the hills and plains of northern India got inundated
Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India
Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan
Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village
Khorana’s legacy has also suffered from neglect that may be a result of racial bias. But this neglect is changing, as a new generation of …
Water for fruits: Why Abohar and Ganganagar’s citrus revolution needs encouragement
We need to build wealth from prudent and wise use of natural resources. Use scare water for fruit economy instead of paddy
Desertification in India: How Green Revolution hastened the man-made soil degradation
The biggest threat of desertification emanates from the major crops of the Green Revolution — wheat and paddy
No end to discrimination against Punjab’s Dalit women labourers, says study
A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment
Indo-Pak study reveals extensive arsenic problem in Punjab groundwater
The study found that 23 per cent of the 30,567 wells they covered had arsenic content higher than the prescribed limit
Will centralised waste disposal work for Punjab?
Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle …
Punjab is a bleak example of India’s groundwater crisis. Here is how
In the wake of the UN report showing alarming levels of depletion, DTE analysed the groundwater crisis in the state