Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 6, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 18, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)
States fined thousands of crores over waste — but how did NGT calculate the penalty amount?
Fine determined on polluter pays principle, equated to environmental compensation and cost of restoration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2020)
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
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters
The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India
COVID-19 lockdown: Why battle against air pollution needs to continue
Air crisis will spiral if it’s not contained long-term and if mitigation actions are diluted to make up for time lost during lockdown
Is India headed towards a locust plague
Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 20-24, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
COVID-19: Centre doesn’t clarify basis for CDSCO authorising remdesivir
Government also does not provide clarity about whether remdesivir should be given to only severe patients
COVID-19: How distant laws, uneven measures afflict sanitation workers
The pandemic has further aggravated the dichotomy of livelihood and safety of sanitation workers
Coronavirus update: Testing dips after rise in cases
Increase in cases in Delhi is because of ‘lackadaisical attitude’ of people, says Mahesh Verma, head of Delhi government’s …
Noise pollution violations: New fines proposed by CPCB step in right direction
New set of fines range between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1 lakh; cover confiscation of noise producing equipment
COVID-19: How city densities can be managed for post-pandemic recovery
Density seems to be more of a scapegoat than the cause of increasing virus transmission at the city level
COVID-19: 4 factors to test how vulnerable slums in 4 big cities are
Govt of India thinks novel coronavirus will be a part of life. That makes it imperative to account for limitations before forming policy
Coronavirus Update: India records highest single-day testing
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah tests positive for novel coronavirus
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 7-11, 2020)
COVID-19: Concerns over increased load of residual antibiotics in wastewater
Increased use of antibiotics during this pandemic will place an additional burden on wastewater treatment works
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 15-19, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2020)
The case of anti-microbial resistance: Adding worry to the woes of COVID-19 pandemic
The WHO, in 2019, said AMR is one of the top 10 threats to health, with speculation emerging of it having the potential to become a global epidemic
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)