Northern India floods will prompt insurance companies to hike premiums: Expert
Industry’s loss ratio will likely remain high at 75.2% in 2023
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2023)
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Hundreds of families displaced in north Bihar as swollen rivers break their banks
Koshi, Gandak, Bagmati, Mahananda, Ganga and Adhwara flowing above danger mark at several places; Farmers in the state who were waiting for rains …
Call to action: Pest control actors should join hands to curtail harmful impact of rodents on India’s food production
Ecologically based rodent management has great opportunity to be adopted in the states of Madhya Pradesh & Jharkhand
South Asian cities need action on air pollution before next winter
Stringent measures, raising public awareness and promoting regional collaboration need of the hour
Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm
Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield
Cotton Curse: Damage by pink bollworm to Bt Cotton worst in two decades
Farmers say damage by pink bollworm worse than American bollworm for which the Bt Cotton hybrid was created
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 18, 2024)
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Here are some measures to upscale Delhi’s flood resilience
Climate-resilient designs and infrastructure can enhance the city’s capacity to withstand extreme weather events
Air pollution impacts villages and cities almost equally but pollution control funds only for urban India, shows analysis
Villagers lose 7 months more of their lifespan than city dwellers due to air pollution exposure, but still without any air pollution monitoring …
Warm temperatures for prolonged periods may have led to massive pest attack in Assam
28,000 hectares of paddy crop in 15 districts destroyed by armyworm
Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide
Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report
Flash floods in Kerala: A junked breakwater plan may have been Achilles’ heel
Flooding revealed lack of disaster preparedness; more rain expected this week
DTE Analysis: Siberia witnesses over 150% rise in air pollution
Estimates suggest emissions due to fires may turn atmospheric carbon sink Siberian taiga forests into source of carbon
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 28, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Air pollution levels go down after rain: No odd-even scheme in Delhi for now
Supreme Court had termed the scheme as optics
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 27, 2024)
Gambusia: This solution could actually be an invasive problem
Andhra Pradesh releases 10 million mosquitofish in waterbodies to control malaria, dengue
Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations
The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR
India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective
Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2023)
Weather alert: Heavy rain forecast for Assam in next 10 days
State may get a quarter of its annual rainfall through June 19; experienced heavy floods after large excess June rains last year
Study underlines air pollution link to increased risks of pre-term birth, birth weight and pregnancy complications
Singleton pregnancies in 2000-2015 in Kansas, US examined
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)