Railway budget focuses on capacity creation

With no increase in fare, the rail budget calls for generating Rs 1.84 lakh crores with an operating ratio of 92 per cent

Indian Railways needs to look beyond its world-leading net zero target

A national coal phase out can substantially augment its mitigation potential

Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety

With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents

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

Mombasa Port: How Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts

Manipur landslide: Weak soil, incessant rain, anthropogenic pressure to blame, say experts

Seventy-nine people have been confirmed as victims while 47 bodies have been recovered from the accident site at Marangching village in …

Pilgrims' distress

Better infrastructure planning and upgrade needed for mega events like Kumbh to avert stampedes

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 2, 2022)

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

Budget 2020-21: Climate Change must be mainstreamed

But there is much potential for big-ticket schemes focusing on low-tech solutions suited to India

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

Kerala’s high-speed rail project may turn into environmental disaster, flag experts

The high-speed railway line will reduce travel time between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod district to four hours; but experts have …

CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters

The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India

Human flux affects stray dog behaviour in India: IISER study

Kind treatment of dogs is reciprocated; they must also be allowed to scavenge for their meal and sterilised, the researchers said

Radio collars for elephants in forests along rail tracks

Environment ministry wants to tag jumbos to track their movements and avert rail accidents

IN PHOTOS: China, India, Iran, Spain get new world heritage sites

On the right track: railway to develop facilities for physically challenged passengers

Budget identifies employment avenue for physically challenged

Govt must rethink railway projects in Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada is home to not just a diverse number of flora and fauna, but also ancient cultures

Railway budget proposes a slew of measures for modernisation

Cost will be met through borrowings and debt service fund

Mumbai’s urban railway farms

Vegetable fields along railway tracks keep encroachers at bay; provides city residents with farm-fresh produce

Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways

With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”

Getting Amazon to pay its taxes could be Jeff Bezos’ biggest climate action

Climate justice demands democratic oversight over efforts to overcome mankind’s biggest challenge

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2020)

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

North Bihar faces flood threat

Water released from barrages swell rivers; Saharsa-Mansi railway line eroding

Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts

The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …