Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps

Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019

सतत विकास लक्ष्यों को हासिल में सबसे पीछे है यूपी-बिहार

सतत विकास के 13 सूत्री लक्ष्यों में से उत्तर और बिहार आठ लक्ष्यों को हासिल करने में काफी पीछे है

यहां खुली है खेती की पाठशाला

यह बुंदेलखंड की यात्रा का वृत्तांत है, जो वहां की भौगोलिक सीमाओं में जल संरक्षण के नमूनों की यात्रा के साथ खेती की उस ...

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2019)

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

केन-बेतवा नदी जोड़ परियोजना से डूब सकते हैं जनता के 28 हजार करोड़ रुपये : सीईसी रिपोर्ट

सुप्रीम कोर्ट गठित सीईसी ने अपनी रिपोर्ट में जोर देकर कहा है कि केन-बेतवा नदी जोड़ परियोजना से पन्ना की अनूठी पारिस्थितिकी नष्ट हो ...

More than 5,000 gharials born in Chambal sanctuary

Although many may not survive their first year, conservationists are delighted that their efforts have borne fruit

Sonbhadra women, others seek to participate in Supreme Court FRA hearing

Two ST women demand “equal and independent” rights to women over forest land

Is 100% electrification another myth before polls?

As with most govt schemes, real efficacy of Saubhagya scheme remains unclear & there is reason to question  if the real goal of power …

Taj could have solved India’s foreign exchange problem had it been preserved: SC

The court blasts the Centre and UP government on their ‘lethargy’ to protect the monument

Fertility in India is declining rapidly, says National Health Profile 2018

Total fertility rate falls below two children per woman in 12 states, reaches replacement levels in 9 others

Bitter sugar

Sugarcane farmers are the losers as Uttar Pradesh government, mill owners strike a deal

स्वच्छता की डगर पर अगर मगर

बिहार, झारखंड, ओडिशा और उत्तर प्रदेश खुले में शौच से मुक्ति में बड़ी चुनौती बने हुए हैं क्योंकि देशभर में खुले में शौच करने ...

Is there an election angle to leather industry boost?

Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, hubs of the leather industry are also up for election this month  

Golden thread of misery

What's forcing the weaver community of Varanasi to abandon their profession, end their lives?

Darkness before light

Down To Earth visited Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh and found that despite electrification, households continue to depend on kerosene and …

UP’s mini-grid policy tries to boost rural electrification

Private players can now set up solar plants to power rural households and recover tariff from the users in Uttar Pradesh

More rain for South India; storms return to central region

A new upper air trough has hit India, changing the weather conditions across the central and southern regions of the country

Cool medicine

The age-old thandai keeps energy levels high and fever and acidity at bay

Costs threaten future of green army

Putting retired Indian army personnel to work on reforestation was a unique and effective idea. But the decade-old scheme has been soured by a …

Rehabilitating land

Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP

Disappearing forests

Missing links

Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development

In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to …

In denial

Mystery fever kills hundreds; government clueless

Awry

India plans to root out leprosy by 2005: can it?