Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry

Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation

Time to nail pesticides

Centre forms expert committee to frame policy to check residues in fruits, vegetables

UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection spark controversy

Is virtual dissection an effective learning tool? 

In court

Court stays works on Hyderabad Metro Rail corridor

Reprimands government for realigning the route without consulting the public

Ban likely on junk food in schools

Food safety authority asks states to consider prohibition

Bottled water norms notified

More new norms wanted

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Smog on our tableware?

Ceramic tableware glazed with polluted dust harvested from Delhi’s air is a powerful art medium to connect people with its toxic risk

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)

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

Induction charging on ‘golden quadrilateral’ can make travel between India’s metros cheap, easy

With wireless charging available, battery size of electric vehicles may be reduced, and thereby, reduce the price of EVs

Why did Mumbai become more polluted while Delhi skies cleared up last winter? Climate change may be a factor

Unusual triple dip La Nina triggers, a sign of changing climate, impacted the large-scale wind pattern 

Only 32 Indian cities had clean air this January, Delhi, Bhagalpur most polluted

15 cities recorded PM2.5 levels more than double the prescribed standard

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

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

Blanket of dust to cover North India in few days; air quality will be hit

These are ominous signs for Delhi, which saw a public health emergency in 2016 and 2017 due to extremely poor air quality

Deadly nursery: Children under 5 worst sufferers of respiratory diseases in capital, healthcare personnel admit

A hospital in Connaught Place even witnesses cases of child deaths as it lacks availability of oxygen ports, flow meters and even beds

Smog towers ineffective, at least 40,000 needed in Delhi to combat toxic air: DPCC tells NGT

Towers can reduce particulate pollution by 12% in 200 metre radius; DPCC suggests turning buildings into air pollution control museums

Delhi PM2.5 levels rose by 68 per cent within a day in early November: CSE

Rapid build-up in short timespan able to tip air quality into severe category as local pollution already very high, says thinktank  

Deadly nursery: DTE analysis of studies in last 5 years shows how air pollution kills India’s children

Around 25 research studies and papers published between 2018 and October 2023 seen by DTE, show that poor air causes low birthweight, stunting …

These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose

They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs