Brick Kilns: A case for promoting rural industries in the future
The role played by India’s brick kilns during the COVID-9 crisis, puts up a case for preserving rural industries that are readily adapting …
Can treated faecal sludge reuse help improve sanitation in UP
Resource recovery and reuse helps in viewing waste as a valuable resource and can help us move towards a more circular economy
Floating solar a definite reprieve for land-starved Uttar Pradesh
While the technology has advantages over ground-mounted plants, it may still face financial challenges in India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
UP Assembly Elections 2022: Cane prices, arrears will have played big role in first phase voting
The farmers of western UP have been affected by the farmers’ protest and will have voted on the lines of their issues
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
'The Sarus appears to be altering its nesting behaviour due to climate change'
K S Gopi Sundar, a well-known expert on cranes, recently conducted a study on how climate change and cropping patterns affect the nesting cycles …
Indian scientists find how arsenic reduces immunity
This may help explain why people exposed to arsenic become susceptible to infections like tuberculosis
Measles is back: cases reported in countries that had eradicated the disease
With outbreaks reported from across the world, measles' eradication by 2020 seems difficult
Elephant memories apart
Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques
Quandary over eradicating useful lantana weed
Forest officials are confronted with the spread of a weed that stifles tree growth but is useful for making baskets.
Karanda: Rural India's rich fruit
Karanda is a versatile but under-exploited plant found throughout the dry regions of India. It is cultivated for its edible fruits in Rajasthan, …
A tale of two diseases
India is the shining star in the global battle to eradicate smallpox. It is also a branded villain as far as polio is concerned. How is it that …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 18, 2020)
Climate change has transformed pearl millet cultivation zones in India
East Rajasthan, Haryana now India’s core pearl millet production area; farmers in Gujarat shifting from pearl millet to cotton, castor
Is there an election angle to leather industry boost?
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, hubs of the leather industry are also up for election this month
Why we may have missed the bus on ensuring paddy co-firing in Delhi-NCR coal plants this year
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh need to identify the major aggregators in their respective states and ensure allocation of suitable land and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2022)
Large share of India’s threatened endemic species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka: Study
Tackling threats from agro industry, small-holder farming, grazing plantations most effective in reducing extinction risk
Fabulous Faba: Ancient super food set to stage a comeback
Food scientists are now trying to give this neglected ancient crop a makeover, given its high nutrition content
India’s kala-azar cases declined 98.7% since 2007: Health ministry
Around 99.8% endemic blocks in India have achieved elimination status, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 6, 2022)
State cracks down on farmer protest, lookout notices against 44
Amarinder Singh blames Delhi Police for using January 26 protests as excuse to harass genuine farmers
Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps
Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019