Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 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 (September 12, 2019)
Water birds on the rise, but it is not all good news
Expert speaks to Down To Earth on the findings of Day 1 of the Asia Water bird Census
This biosensor attached to your phone can sniff bacteria
IIT-Delhi researchers have developed a biosensor and an app that can be used for bacterial detection
Tiny pollutants your body has no defence against unchecked
While there are no regulations or safe standards of PM1 or PM0.1, they can easily penetrate to lungs and block oxygen-blood exchange
14 ways citizens and govt can help reduce air pollution in Delhi
An environmentalist suggests few solutions, which, if adopted by both the administration and the people, can better the capital’s air quality
My clean air concerns
The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …
Toxic air engulfs Delhi-NCR, worse yet to come
Western disturbance may reach North India on November 1 with dust from Pakistan and the Thar Desert and if wind speeds remain low, the dust will …
Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory
The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-…
Poor air quality a major cause of premature deaths
A study conducted 11 north Indian cities says that annual premature mortality rate linked to air pollution ranges from 150-300 people per 1 lakh …
If sanitation is treated as a community problem, we can make something happen for very little money
Just like a better iPhone is not the solution to poor telecom connectivity, sanitation cannot be solved by a smart, well-designed product, sold …
Delhi HC asks city authorities if there is a policy to dispose toxic e-waste
The court expressed concern over the rising e-waste in the capital city and asked the municipal bodies and government whether there was a policy …
By-laws for solid waste management in Delhi were finally notified. What next?
The by-laws have remarkable provisions, which if implemented properly, should lead to transformational changes
Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’
The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
Deteriorating air quality in Delhi and Dhaka, as smog envelops both capitals
Bangladesh has been urged by the World Bank to clean up the air by coordinating more closely with its south Asian neighbours
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 27, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 22, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2023)
Tremors in Delhi-NCR again after fresh quake in Nepal
Earthquakes struck Nepal thrice this week on November 9,10 and 12
‘Don't mess with Telangana farmers’: KCR’s warning to Modi government at Delhi rally on paddy procurement
Telangana CM gave Centre a 24-hour deadline to respond
Winter pollution in eastern India as bad as in Delhi-NCR: CSE report
Smaller cities of Bihar more polluted than the big cities in Delhi-NCR
Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups
At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy
Winter shutdown of coal plants based on flawed logic, won’t improve Delhi’s air
Stations should comply with environmental norms at the earliest
Simply put: Delhi Master's Plan
Simply Put: Delhi’s third COVID-19 wave