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CSE commits to strengthen solid waste management in Tanzania at 2nd pan-Africa workshop
CSE and NEMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the waste management in Tanzania
It is critical to view antimicrobial resistance through a multi-dimensional lens
Reducing pollution from the pharmaceutical, agricultural and healthcare sectors is needed to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of …
Untreated wastewater in developing countries: 14 billion a day and we don’t know where it ends up
This water causes diarrhoeal diseases that kill 800 children every day, mostly in India, Afghanistan and Congo
IIT Kharagpur to steer Saraswati 2.0 for reuse of treated water
The institution will steer three pilot projects to treat wastewater, make it re-usable and also explore its usage in compost or value …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Minister claims Ganga will be 70-80% cleaner by March 2019, but is it realistic?
So far, the government has focussed largely on curbing flow of untreated sewage into the river, but not on managing faecal sludge
Centre intends to notify rules for regulating livestock markets, taking care of seized animals
Every year, tens of thousands of cattle are routinely smuggled across the borders into Nepal for sacrifice
New vaccine could end three-decade-long wait for an effective prevention of HIV
Clinical trial of the vaccine has kicked off in South Africa where 1,000 people are infected with HIV every day
The power of sewage
Maharashtra is all set to use treated sewage water in thermal power plants. Can this move be scaled up?
Sewage treatment plant failure leads to jaundice outbreak in Shimla
More than 1,000 people get jaundice as city’s sewage mixes with the drinking water supply
National status will fetch it funds
A proposal to include the Calcutta wetlands in the list of waterbodies of national importance will protect it from real estate developers as well …
Sewage plant raises storm in temple town
Despite protests from villagers near Kerala's most famous temple town, authorities insist on locating a sewage treatment meant for Guruvayur, in …
Water from sugarcane
The best solutions are always simple. This is well exemplified by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industry, a sugar factory located near Latur, …
Coimbatore residents oppose setting up of sewage treatment plant
Threaten to sit on protest if the plant is not relocated
The flush, the city and the river
For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …
“FLip” mutations of SARS-COV-2 may be evading immunity and leading to surge in COVID cases, suggest researchers
India records 752 new COVID-19 cases on December 23
Action falls short as far as industrial effluent pollution in India is concerned
There are lapses in implementation of laws and court judgements
COVID-19: Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving differently after omicron
Cases are expected to rise with the advent of winter
Treating effluents
Safe disposal
Ground works
Wastewater treatment plant that also functions as a garden
Contaminated alum in Mumbai's drinking water
Green sports
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)