Court rejects industry plea meant to stall guidelines on junk food sale in schools
Food industry had contended that no attempt should be made to create a category called junk food when the food safety law does not define it as such
Everybody loves waterbody
Amid murder of an activist, 4,000 missing ponds and 195 FIRs on encroachments in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal mulls a wetland policy
Sugar-stricken
Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases
SC: Farmers, not banks, have first right over proceeds from sugar sales
Apex court confirms Allahabad High Court order, citing concerns over farmer suicides due to non-recovery of dues
Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata get a green spin
New eco-friendly themes like why Hilsa is vanishing from the rivers of West Bengal prove to be a hit
Raw Deal
Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan
Karnataka cancels leases of two mini hydel projects in Western Ghats
Developer Maruthi Power Gen had fudged facts to show one project as two to circumvent clearances from Centre
Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies
Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers
Prosperity, thorns, a village road: Ground report from Khodgaon (near Rowghat iron ore reserve)
A road in national interest: Despite its opposition, a tribal village sees a road cut right through it to mine one of India’s biggest iron-…
Pollution emergency demands urgent action
The odd and even scheme has helped to arrest the peaking of pollution in Delhi when hostile weather—no-wind condition, dipping of …
The fortnight in brief
Himachal villages are first to claim forests rights, J&K's Russian poplars to be felled, Delhi's increasing appetite for power …
Gurgaon expansion halted
High court bars authorities from sanctioning new real estate projects to curb rampant groundwater exploitation
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 7-11, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Deadline extended for shifting people affected by Omkareshwar dam
Monsoon impedes demolition and moving of homes; Narmada Bachao Andolan claims time provided is insufficient
15 lessons for India
As odd-even traffic restrictions in Delhi draw to a close, we highlight the takeaways from this massive community initiative to curb air …
Madras High Court admits petition accusing Tamil Nadu works department of illegal sand mining
'None of the 42 mining sites on the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers have environment clearance'
Delhi High Court cancels clearance to mining project in Goa
Ramesh Gauns, an environmental activist, had been battling the government, against the clearance for five years
Vedanta's expansion plan hits road block
Environment ministry wants fresh environmental impact assessment for mining giant's Lanjigarh alumina refinery
Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air
The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased
Signal, interrupted
By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country
Gujarat High Court orders shut down of 12 manufacturing units in Mundra SEZ
Earlier court order halting construction without environment clearance was being ignored
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2022)
Evergreen Novartis
The Swiss pharma giant’s challenge to India’s patent law, now in the Supreme Court, may help define drug efficacy
Coca-Cola plant in Tirunelveli gets go ahead for expansion
Tamil Nadu pollution control board’s permission would mean Coca Cola franchisee who owns bottling plant would double the intake of water …
Foreign Vedanta funds Cong, BJP
Delhi High Court directs government to take action against the parties within six months