Adopt manual scavengers act, human rights commission tells states

As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households

Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking 

COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists

Numbers show one in every four in India is a child marriage, but ground situation may be even worse

Indian thermal power plants got Rs 7.62 lakh crore in loans in 17 years: Report

Tamil Nadu got the most loans at over Rs 84,000 crore; followed by Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees

DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …

Sand mining lobby uses tricks to evade MoEF scrutiny

Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance

Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor

Health activists wary

UP farmers continue protest over land acquisition by Reliance

Ghaziabad battles noxious fumes from burnt batteries

ICDS gets packaged food for the malnourished

Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra

Forcible eviction of tribals in Sonbhadra exposes forest rights faultlines

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

Paan loses flavour

Iconic paan no more appeals to farmers, traders and common people. They say the contagious spread of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, is fast …

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

Search for a good hearth

While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study

Why authorize it?

Naxalism works

India’s health expenditure down to 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19

National Health Accounts report shows out-of-pocket expenses down, but still significantly higher than global average

India in a microcosm: Will COVID-19 reverse migrants pick up the plough again? Palanpur throws up a question

Palanpur has been closely monitored and studied since the early 50s to help economists, policy makers understand the changing rural landscape of …

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