It’s make or break for rice production in monsoon 2023
NOAA forecasts break in monsoon in August; rains key for paddy farming in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
Ganga pollution: Uttar Pradesh issues notices to 956 industries
Green tribunal seeks report on the polluting industries along with photographs by May 21
Drug firms, retailers on warpath
Pharma companies say chemists refusing to store essential drugs; retailers deny the charge
Crank it up
Mercury treaty still sketchy
While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough
Lift your head from the sand
Idol immersions after Durga Puja leave rivers polluted yet again
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines and court directions are yet to achieve the desired result of keeping rivers and lakes free of …
Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …
Road to disaster
Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …
Plan that isn’t
NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries
Silence is the best policy
SC bans endosulfan, for now
Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks
Polluters under MoEF scanner
Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters
Gutkha sympathiser
Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others
Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system
Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting
Flat in 20 days
Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …
Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry
Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation
Matter of life and death
Letters
Uttar Pradesh is falling short of solar energy targets; here’s why
The state has the highest electricity demand, but target of 22,000 MW solar power by 2026-27 unrealistic at current pace
Cradles of hope
A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …
Desperately seeking skills & jobs
India has a youth bulge in its population, accounting for the largest number of young working age people in the world. This demographic …
Science under siege
Agricultural science has ossified in India. Despite a vast network of public research institutions and agriculture universities across the country,…
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