Jammu and Kashmir: NHAI ‘killing’ our trees, say anguished farmers
The past six months have seen fruit trees in both the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region being uprooted by NHAI to build new roads
Russian poplars and COVID-19: Myths, facts and the road ahead
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered felling of female Russian poplars to contain COVID-19 spread; the high court ordered a stay
IMA slams the Lancet on Kashmir editorial
The medical journal has reacted to an internal administrative decision of India under the garb of concern for the health of Kashmiris, said the …
Monsoon begins to withdraw from India
The south-west monsoon has already withdrawn from some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and most of Rajasthan
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Justice at last
J&K government shuts down polluting stone-crushing units
Shooting up
Cancer in violence-torn J&K
Faith's filth
Waste of pilgrims threatens Pahalgam's ecology
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Carnivorous alligator gar, the latest threat for Srinagar’s idyllic Dal Lake?
Scientists fear the presence of the non-native fish will harm the fragile flora and fauna of Dal Lake
World Bee Day: Climate change may be causing an apple crisis in Himachal and Kashmir this year; here’s how
A decline in native and foreign bees due to change in weather and the use of pesticides means that apple production in both areas may take a hit
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2023)
Here is why India has given notice to Pakistan for amendment of the Indus Waters Treaty
In all the five meetings held from 2017 to 2022, Pakistan has objected to India’s hydropower projects
NGT questions clearances; halts mining at Shaliganga Nallah in Kashmir
The Shaliganga Nallah in Budgam is a feeding channel for the Hokersar Wetland Reserve, an internationally declared Ramsar site and home …
Leopard rescued from heart of Jammu city after it mauls three
An adult leopard has been brought to the Manda rescue centre in Jammu after injuring three people in the city
Why Jammu’s Jal Shakti daily wagers are on hunger strike
As many as 21,000 workers of the Jal Shakti department (formerly Public Health Engineering Department) claimed to have not received wages in 4 months
Jammu’s youth are trying to save river Tawi but they need support
Tawi, a major source of drinking water for Jammu residents, has turned into a garbage dump
Leopard killed, skinned amid COVID-19 lockdown in Kashmir
The animal was killed in retaliation after it attacked a village in Kulgam district and injured several people
Incessant rainfall continues to batter north India
While Himachal Pradesh and Punjab are the worst hit, Haryana and J&K too get much more than their normal September rainfall
Kathua incident reveals threats to pastoral nomads of Jammu & Kashmir
The gruesome Kathua rape was a reminder of the institutional denial of forest and land rights of Jammu and Kashmir's nomadic communities
One more to go
There are no revenue records for a wetland in Srinagar. Is that why it is being encroached and constructed upon by the government?
What’s stalling flood management projects? CAG points to lack of integrated approach
In at least eight out of 17 states and UTs studied, flood management works were executed without detailed project reports
Human-bear conflict in Kashmir can be solved
Though human-bear conflict in the Kashmir Valley has shown a sharp increase in the last one-and-a-half decade, it can be solved by proper strategy
Hangul conservation takes backseat in Kashmir
The state has barely 200 Hanguls or Kashmiri Red Stags left, but it does not seem to be alarming enough for the government, whose conservation …
Costs threaten future of green army
Putting retired Indian army personnel to work on reforestation was a unique and effective idea. But the decade-old scheme has been soured by a …