Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report

Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18

कानपुर के डंपिंग ग्राउंड में लगी आग, प्रदूषण से हुआ बुरा हाल

कानपुर के भाउपुर में लगभग 25 लाख मीट्रिक टन कूड़े का ढेर पड़ा है, जहां दिवाली की रात से आग लगी है, इस वजह ...

Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?

The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …

Uttar Pradesh police arrest national forest union chief for protesting against Kanhar dam project

In April, the police had opened fire on villagers peacefully protesting at the dam site

Domestic violence affects maternal and child health: study

Research carried out in rural Uttar Pradesh shows that 34 per cent of women face complications as a result of violence

Sweet and sticky

Easy-to-digest saathi rice is a good choice for making kheer and khichdi

Encephalitis kills 22

Ecofriendly additive

New look for seven Indian cities

Eastern UP's encephalitis menace

Pashchimi Uttar Pradesh ke jalashay

Book>>Pashchimi Uttar Pradesh ke jalashay Aitihasik Viraasa

The Himalayan herb grower

Arun Kumar Badoni has taken upon himself the task of conserving medicinal and aromatic plants in the Garhwal Himalaya

The road ahead

India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …

Dussehri's entrepreneurs

Village women emerge as successful entrepreneurs thanks to NEED an organisation with a difference

Strings attached

Centre's purpose of reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayat elections defeated by puppet candidates

Delhi's new public health concern—Japanese encephalitis

Did pigs bring it?

On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers

While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too

Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home

Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 12, 2020)

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

उज्जवला योजना: कनेक्शन मिला नहीं पर खाते में पहुंच गई सब्सिडी!

उत्तर प्रदेश के चित्रकूट जिले के माणिकपुर ब्लॉक में उज्जवला योजना में बड़ी गड़बड़ी पकड़ में आई है

जानलेवा है गाजियाबाद का भूमिगत जल!

गाजियाबाद के भूमिगत जल में सीसा, कैडमियम, ज़िंक, क्रोमियम, आयरन और निकल जैसी भारी धातुओं की मात्रा सामान्य से अधिक 

Political parties choose farm loan waiver for electoral gains, but at what cost?

Farmers have outstanding loan of Rs12.60 lakh crore, which translates to Rs 100,000 per cultivator

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

How much is the crop loss in flood-hit states?

In Uttar Pradesh, over 30,000 hectares of sown crops have been affected by the floods in 12 districts

Left without a vote

Uttar Pradesh government's repeated attempts to bring villages under industrial authorities are against the spirit of the Constitution