Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

World population touches 7 billion

Ten billionth baby likely by end of the century if population growth continues at current rate

INDIA

Tilapia fish may have killed gharials in Chambal

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

Why Ganga Action Plan is a pipe dream

Desperate for Expressway

Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 28, 2020)

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

Elementary failure

Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Tribunal makes Noida factory comply with green regulations

Chrome plating unit in Noida is the second factory in the industrial area that has been allowed to resume operations after complying with …

TERI recommends closure of some Coca-Cola plants

Disowned 100,000

Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope

Science in our daily lives

IAS officer was punished for taking on SP leaders involved in sand mining

Greater Noida village refutes Uttar Pradesh government's claim that Durga Shakti Nagpal's actions created communal tension

Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’

Farm stubble burning increased in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan; Firecracker ban in Delhi goes up in smoke too

How to stall COVID’s march in rural India

As cases of COVID-19 emerge in India’s rural areas, the time is ripe in strengthening implementation of National Rural Health Mission and …

COVID-19: What about 1.5 mln UP children who missed vaccination schedule

Summer, monsoon onset increase chances of measles, influenza

Allahabad High Court continues tough stance on construction along Ganga

Development authority fails to give clear answers on fate of development in the river’s inviolate zone

Bill will push PDS reform

Development economist JEAN DREZE, known for his work on issues such as hunger, famine, social and human development in India, child health and …

World Bank to buy carbon credits to aid building material industry

Hindon river Gasping for breath

Brief

Floods blacked out but real

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift