State of India’s environment: Quality of air, water, land worsened in India’s industrial clusters

Tarapur in Maharashtra emerged the most polluted cluster between 2009 and 2018

Pollution less severe this winter in Delhi; smog episodes fewer, shorter: CSE

There were wide variations in the overall air quality in adjacent areas within the city, pointing at local pollution

UP, Maharashtra have most critically polluted industrial regions: CSE

Air-quality levels continue to worsen in several industrial regions of UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan despite pollution abatement plans …

Simply Put: COVID-19 and the Uttam Pradesh

Loan burden increased across India in 2020 amid pandemic: Study

Among marginalised groups, indebtedness was highest in Muslim-majority and Scheduled Caste-majority hamlets

COVID-19 Update: SARS-CoV-2 is predominantly airborne, says new Lancet study

Karanataka Chief Minister hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 for second time  

Delhi High Court orders Centre to frame protection rules for exotic animals not included in WPA

Delhi High Court approves new home for hippopotamus rescued from UP circus based on petition by PETA and report by Animal Welfare Board  

Demand surpasses supply of oxygen in UP amid raging COVID-19 second wave

State needs abour 800 tonnes a day, but has only 600-650 tonnes

COVID-19 is cruel to young and aspirational India

More than the pandemic, it’s the sheer abdication of responsibility from those in power that’s destroying the dreams of rural India &…

Where are the vaccines for UP’s May 1 COVID-19 vaccination drive

There is extreme shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in India’s largest state and its government is facing problems in procuring them

COVID-19: UP to inoculate people below 45 only on weekends; complete lockdown mulled

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take a final decision on whether to extend lockdown in UP after review

Poor health infrastructure, high population density make UP a ‘COVID-19 hell’

Health infrastructure cannot be built overnight, experts say, as the state bleeds under the viral assault

Adityanath government’s claims of oxygen sufficiency fly in the face of ground reality, finds DTE

The Centre has not increased its allotment of oxygen to UP; the state too has not been able to meet the daily demand due to logistics

COVID-19: Lack of shots, digital literacy hindering vaccination in rural UP

The state government has stopped walk-in vaccination, thus making it difficult for 60 million people who are digitally illiterate

Is COVID-19 test data being fudged in UP? DTE investigates

With more than 230,000 pending COVID-19 reports, the actual daily caseload of UP can be much higher

Ivermectin for COVID-19: Is India overusing

The medical fraternity is divided on its use amid lack of strong evidence of its success in treating COVID-19

Simply Put: The closer you get...

Not testing enough: Half of UP’s COVID-19 cases in 12 districts

These 12 districts also accounted for about 50% of total tests in the state

COVID-19 second wave robs 'eternal city' Varanasi of its eternal din

Bustling Banaras by the Ganga, a busy pilgrimage, trading and education hub, has fallen silent due to the lockdown

Departure in rainfall across flood-affected districts this June very sharp: DTE analysis

A detailed study of data across districts and subdivisions reveals that such excess rainfall in June has rarely occurred otherwise

Extreme rainfall in June may lead to longer flood duration in India, warn experts

A weak monsoon cycle, coupled with extreme and excessive rainfall, has caused flash floods in India

Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?

A collection of articles which re-examine the population debate in the light of the BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing population-…

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

Only a sixth of India’s reservoirs full: Central Water Commission

Reservoirs in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh have less than normal storage