Four-laning NH-44: Roads can’t be built at cost of environment, NGT tells NHAI

Project could be halted, if necessary action is not taken within two months

J&K floods: ensure food and water reaches the last person, Supreme Court tells Centre

Apex court seeks status report on flood relief and rescue work carried out in the state

Picturesque no more?

Kashmir's scenic beauty is going up in smoke, courtesy exhaust fumes from vehicles

River revival

Project launched in J&K

Gulmarg not ready for Commonwealh Games

Leh focuses

No snow in paradise: See Kashmir’s dry winter in pictures

A dry winter spell is showcasing the impact of climate change in Kashmir. The once snow-capped locations lie bare this year, even during the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 17, 2023)

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

Himalayan plunder: Experts fear frequent landslides, floods, cloudbursts in J&K following Joshimath crisis 

Unchecked construction, destruction of karewas and illegal riverbed mining pose threats to the region's ecology

Jammu's purple revolution: Lavender brings in scent of profit for Doda farmers

Around 500 farmers across villages in Doda had their incomes quadrupled after shifting from maize to lavender

Is environment finding a voice in conflict-ridden Kashmir?

While the human toll due to conflict is well documented, little is known about its impact on environment

Long wait in the valley

Months after the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of victims are still waiting to be rehabilitated. Meanwhile, this year's …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2024)

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

Fund flow fraud

Wettest May-June in decade hits Kashmir’s cherry growers hard

Farmers growing traditional varieties of cherries are facing more brunt of prolonged precipitation than those growing new varieties

Encroachment pushes Himalayan brown bears into Kashmir’s villages

Improper disposal of food waste means that the bears are straying more often into human-dominated areas

Indus Water Treaty: Has it prevented Jammu & Kashmir from using their own resources?

The people of the region blame the treaty for their underdevelopment

New study sheds light on genetic affinities of Gujjars and Ladakhis

The study is the first comprehensive attempt to determine the genetic relatedness of the Gujjars and Ladakhis to populations within India and …

Kashmir gets warmer

Rising winter temperatures make rain and snowfall erratic in the valley, deplete streams

Monsoon progresses over Maharashtra, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir

More than three quarters of the country have experienced monsoon showers in the last four days

Can Omar Abdullah help restore TosaMaidan’s lost glory?

The former chief minister, who won with a narrow margin from Beerwah, was instrumental in getting the armed forces to vacate the large meadow in …

Mission Dal lake

Vice-chairperson of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority of Jammu & Kashmir, Irfan Yasin, speaks on the state authority's efforts to …

Path lab in a tablet

Kanav Kahol, an expert on biomedical informatics, quit his teaching job in the US and came back to India to create a technology that would …

Brace for more extreme weather events in Himalayas, warn experts

Maximum temperatures in mountain region may rise by 0.5°C to 2.5°C, says state action plan on climate change

Western disturbance to impact many parts of India

A wet weekend is in store for northern and central India