A Himalayan Sell Out
Keeping small hydro projects in Himachal out of the purview of no objection certificates means power producers are not accountable
Government's expert panel recommends 'first come, first served' policy for registering new drugs
Activists accuse panel of pitching for pharma industry and ignoring patients' interest
Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials
Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime
Parliament committee indicts drugs regulatory authority
Drugs which are banned in developed countries are approved in India without clinical trials
Forest advisory committee clears way for mining in Saranda
Land alloted to Rungta Mines is home to elephants, tribals and Maoists
IIT to propose 20 metre-tall air purifiers for Delhi
The Rs 12-cr units will have a range of a km
Agitated people dismantle POSCO's boundary wall, torch office
Gram sabhas of the area have not given their consent to the POSCO project till date
Pay attention to what’s happening with the Loss & Damage Fund
Climate justice hangs in the balance, as developed countries look for exit routes and seek to narrow eligibility for receiving money
NSO survey: Most farmers selling in local markets, government agencies procure the least
Farmers in general satisfied with return from local sale, but a significant percentage of them get lower than market price
Only 9 pollution control bodies share details of public hearings online: CSE transparency index
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Uttar Pradesh share no …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Second phase of odd-even scheme to be back in April
The government is “seriously considering” making odd-even mandatory for 15 days every month
Western Ghats: Moily agrees to reduce area of eco-senstitive zone in Kerala
Plantations, habitations and agriculture land included by Kasturirangan panel in ESZ area will not be notified; decision announced a day before …
Forest officials slammed for shoddy evaluation of project sites
Advisory panel members want independent experts to assess large projects
Polavaram's revised tender award manipulated: Andhra high power committee
It recommends awarding contract to consortium led by Transstroy, a firm owned by Congress MP from Guntur
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry
Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …
Rotterdam Convention: no new agenda for pesticides at chemical review panel meet
Signals under-utilisation of the subsidiary body of Rotterdam Convention
Pigs in Delhi found carrying Japanese encephalitis virus
Seven people have tested positive for the disease since September
Expenditure by Ministry of Cooperation jumped to 57% from 6% in just a month
The Union ministry spent Rs 136 crore in 10 months till January 31, 2023; then Rs 377 crore by February 24, finds a Parliamentary Standing …
Sealed Nepal border, reverse migration puts villagers in Bihar's border town in a spot
The farmers in flood-prone villages lost access to a more lucrative market in Nepal, resort to distress sales to cut losses
Dust, high temperatures bring Delhi’s air quality down to 'poor'
The Aravalli range plays a critical role in checking sand migration from the Thar Desert to Delhi-NCR; but they now stand degraded
India’s time to lead at the WTO
USA’s price suppression and market distortions in cotton is threatening Indian and African producers
A congestion plan in the name of decongesting Delhi
Urban development ministry’s expert panel report on how to decongest Delhi pays only lip service to improving public transport and …
Panel set up to review crop insurance recommends agriculture insurance Act
Insurance companies should be allocated districts for minimum three years, instead of one season, to remove uncertainties, says panel headed by P …
Centre’s revised guidelines for deep sea fishing anger fishers
Fishers’ protests against overfishing by big ships ignored; fishers to intensify agitation