People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Colonial straitjacket

Book>> Becoming India Western Himalayas under British Rule by Aniket Alam Foundation Books, Delhi 2008

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 13, 2023)

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

Jairam Ramesh releases NREGS funds to Uttar Pradesh with conditions attached

Move coincides with Rahul Gandhi's public relations campaign in poll-bound state

Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

Rogue illusionists

A village crops up in the heart of a forest as three government employees cook the books

Saharanpur fever claims more lives

UP agriculture policy rolled back

UP police withdraws charges against social activist

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome

Bihar, UP move to check misuse of groundwater

In Short - News

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 2, 2023)

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

Telangana COVID-19 vaccine recipient dies; govt says no link to immunisation

All three deaths following immunisation in India attributed to heart attack with no disease history

Synchronised rise of ‘bad air’ in cities of Indo-Gangetic Plain in 2020: CSE analysis

Landlocked region cannot rely on mitigation efforts by the National Capital Region alone, say experts

Higher incidences of water-borne diseases in fishermen drinking from Ganga: Survey

Consumption of and exposure to contaminated water has also led to predominance of skin diseases among fishing community

Mehdiganj Coca-Cola plant licence cancelled

Order of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board cites non-compliance of NOC conditions; local community welcomes decision

Hailstorm drives farmers to suicide

Over 100 kill themselves as large tracts of crops are damaged; food prices likely to go up

Rivulet resurrected in 45 days

Thousands of people working under NREGS bring a 38 km stream back from the dead in Uttar Pradesh

Green tribunal relief to Noida company closed by pollution board

Order to resume operations follows joint inspection that found Modern Door Devices was adhering to norms

Sand seized by Durga Shakti stolen from district collectorate's custody

Illegally mined sand worth Rs 8 crore had been seized from a close aide of Samajwadi Party bigwig Narendra Bhati; Green Tribunal directs night …

A thin green coating

No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives

Twice Unlucky

In 1962, it was the Indo-Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the …

Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems

Book>>Benwar Swaraj by Naresh Biswas Nirman Vaikalpik Vikas Evam Sehbhagi Shodh Sansthan, Mandla, Madhya Prades

Vaccine Eloquent

Universal vaccination became part of government policy in 1978. A quarter of a century since, progress has been fitful. In some parts of the …