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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2023)

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

Dust storm continues to choke Delhi

Air pollution levels alarmingly high a day after dust storms from Rajasthan hit the city

Jharkhand’s community kitchens: Making a mockery of food security?

The state's Dal Bhat Yojana was meant to provide some food security to those struggling to make ends meet by providing them hygienic and …

New species of frog discovered in Arunachal

The frog was discovered in a single locality of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India's easternmost protected area

Delhi government releases plan to tackle water shortage

Groundwater from the Palla-Wazirabad floodplain in the city can reduce the pressure on the water supply system

Supertech: It is essential to mitigate pollution, waste post-demolition; here is why

Huge amounts of construction and demolition waste in a residential area is hazardous for human health and warrants immediate disposal

Savda Ghevra vs Delhi: How effective septage management differs even with the same city

Centre for Science and Environment did a comparative analysis on septage management in Delhi and a resttlement colony located on its border; here …

Devotees observe yet another Chhath on a dead Yamuna

Toxic froth made up of ammonia and phosphates covered the Yamuna’s waters in Delhi as Hindu devotees offered oblations to Surya, the sun god

When schools rose to the challenge of COVID-19

Schools provide the required emergency infrastructure and function more than learning ecosystems; Long-term investments in schooling …

EIA 2020: Public consultation without informing the public?

The government’s refusal to make the draft Environmental Impact Assessment accessible in regional languages is a violation of the …

The Sikh Gurus' service to the sick can be a lesson for today's pandemic

Down To Earth speaks to Mohinder Singh, professor and director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies and Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan,New …

CoP-8, through the eyes of youngsters

CSE gives children an opportunity to voice their concerns on global environmental governance, in their own way

Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst

Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse

Delhi's air pollution is down by 25%, need is to reduce another 65%

Enforcement of graded response action plan on pollution hotspots in the national capital can help achieve clean air

Vehicular fumes escalate deaths and illness: New global study

Diesel vehicles responsible for nearly half the world's premature deaths. Delhi ranks sixth

Pollution’s underbelly

We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter

World Cities Day: Climate change’s impact on major cities

Here are few of the major cities in the world that are fighting the dangers of climate change