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Delhi government to set up Rs 10.3 crore water recycling plant in Bawana

At present, Bawana water treatment plant lacks a recycling plant leading to acute wastage of water  

WHO announces council to speed up TB vaccine development

Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announces plan to save millions of lives at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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  

Lethal guinea pig test scrapped by Bureau of Indian Standards

The old test, in which the animals bled to death, has been replaced by a new one that incorporates a polymerase chain reaction

Keeping up with COVID-19 anxiety — with good sleep

Lifestyle patterns have changed, negativity has become the new world hallmark. It is crucial to maintain a healthy state

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 24, 2019)

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

Mystery behind Gorakhpur encephalitis deaths: is scrub typhus the likely cause?

Scrub typhus is caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium, which is introduced in humans from the bites of the infected larvae of a certain …

Brazil’s sewage woes reflect the growing global water quality crisis

Wastewater treatment systems are hamstrung by outdated tests that don't identify a growing array of pathogens

Costs and benefits of India's waste disposal options

Urban India produces 120,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste each day. Businesses want to burn this garbage to produce electricity, using …

Curse of excess

Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge

Unchecked tyre recycling units wreak environmental havoc

Only 46% of tyre pyrolysis oil units in the country comply with norms

Good for health, bad for fertility

Study shows antioxidants reduce ovulation in women

Hope or hype?

Guarded optimism greets new biomedical waste treatment facility near Kanpur

Mucky transfer

Bangalore's sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu's water

Offloaded

Responsibility to dispose Mumbai's construction waste

Plasma process to treat US chemical waste

Bengal wetlands treasure troves of microbes

Don't let it go waste

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

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

Why COVID-19 will not kill off global business travel

In medium term, life sciences companies will continue to expand and view travel as a vital channel for maintaining new business in markets

Berries boost effectiveness of cancer treatment

Extract of chokeberries found to hasten death of pancreatic cancer cells when added to chemotherapy drug, says study

The first International Day of Zero Waste: UN draws focus on myriad impacts of garbage

By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief António Guterres

Run-up to World TB Day: Shorter, cheaper treatment regimen can help eradicate tuberculosis

India accounts for more than 28% of the global burden of TB and more than 26% of total multi-drug resistant TB cases

Trans people twice as likely to die as cis men, women: Lancet study over 5 decades

Mortality risk among trans people did not decrease between 1972 and 2018; the risk may be higher in other countries due to social stigma, study …