Why have Punjab & Haryana farmers started clearing fields so early in 2023?
Usually, stubble clearance in these two states starts around mid-October and peaks around Diwali; but this time, extreme rains in September …
Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India
Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal
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
Bandhwari landfill: Waste-to-energy plant will pollute environment, residents protest expansion
Hundreds attending a public hearing meeting at the site protested a proposed expansion of the plant
Pre-summer rains: How the charm of Chandigarh endures
Every year, the ‘City Beautiful’ located between the Siwaliks and the Indus Plain, plays host to a game between heat, cold, dust and …
A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad
The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …
Plastic’s toxic trail: The curious case of India’s petrochemical refineries
India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the …
Norwegian government delegation led by Minister for International Development appreciates decentralised waste management facilities in Gurugram
The city has developed some remarkable models, for managing waste from bulk generators
‘Tomato flu’ misleading name for common childhood illness, not public health concern: Experts
This is not the first time the disease has been recorded in India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 25, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Hybrid seeds are becoming increasingly popular in India. But that is not good news; here is why
Hybrid seeds could threaten the country’s crop diversity and the hardy traditional varieties suited to grow in their native climes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2023)
Ground frost causes damage to potato, vegetable crops in North India
While the potato crop has suffered the maximum damage, other vegetable crops and mustard across Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …
Mewat Makeover: Will Haryana’s election laws be a catalyst for female education
For the first time in Haryana, 50 per cent reservation has been given to women in Panchayat elections
Haryana fined Rs 100 crore: Bandhwari landlfill threat to human health, environment despite repeated orders
National Green Tribunal has issued several orders to Haryana to address the legacy waste problem at the landfill
A river ruined: Are India’s mining laws deterrent enough?
Mining has to be considered not as either a law-and-order or an administrative issue, but rather as one of environmental management
State after state fail to procure kharif paddy
2 months into procurement season, 83% paddy lifted from Punjab & Haryana only
Organic farming can lead to good yields, even in an intensively farmed area
A survey in Haryana last year found that 45 per cent of 218 organic farmers got yields for wheat better than the state official average …
Back to the borders: Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls off mahapanchayats in Punjab
The union leaders said they wanted to clear up the misconception that the protests have run out of steam in Delhi
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
DTE Coverage: Pink bollworm’s cotton curse in India's North Zone
Down To Earth travels to the cotton fields of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and hears stories of misery and death
What will be the climate impact on Indo-Gangetic plain
Climate change projections and impacts in a region with 432.5 million population
Climate change has transformed pearl millet cultivation zones in India
East Rajasthan, Haryana now India’s core pearl millet production area; farmers in Gujarat shifting from pearl millet to cotton, castor
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in the number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in the quality and size of seeds across India