Central India in grip of worst-ever drought

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme

On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2020)

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

Locust swarms: How the other plague is affecting several states

Locusts have returned to India in just two months and are spreading to new territories. Has climate change added another layer of stress and …

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

We have moved back to the 19th century in regard to labour laws, says labour economist KR Shyam Sundar

WTO gives India a clean chit

Apex trade regulator finds nothing amiss in India's intellectual property laws after exhaustive review

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

A home-grown drought

Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Land bill gets diluted on way to Parliament

Bill provisions now favour government and industry, not farmers, say activists

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

India Organics Inc

The Indian farmer is 'naturally' organic. But without support and premium for 'green' crops, there is no alternative but to take the chemical route

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

Bully among birds

A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms

Cry of a river

A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame

Mango resistance

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s mango belt are clear they will not allow Lucknow’s solid waste facility on their dashehari land

CSE analysis finds Delhi-NCR winter pollution levels down in October-November

Warmer October, fewer crop fires & favourable meteorological conditions help improve bad air

Mainstreaming co-treatment of faecal sludge for reducing pollution in Ganga

Excreta of 73 per cent of UP’s population is not managed safely. Out of this, 48 per cent is dependent on on-site sanitation systems

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)

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

Our daily dose of antibiotics

As dairy farmers inject antibiotics in their livestock, chances are high that these are passed on to humans through milk, finds Delhi-based non-…

Ganga pollution: UP ordered to take action against 687 industries

Green tribunal asks Centre, state to chalk out time-bound action plan to prevent and control pollution in the national river

Kumbh: time to come clean

Polio spreads in Indian states

Free the air of mercury

Newly launched Minamata Convention weak on mercury released by thermal power plants