Novel varieties

The first hybrid rice variety developed in India has taken farmers by storm

Disaster port

Spinning with ease

Dead end

Toll road triggers protests

Maharashtra may become 8th state to opt out of Centre's flagship crop insurance scheme

The state is considering rolling out its own insurance programme for farmers

Simply Put: Renaming potholes

All you need to know about Fall Armyworm attack on India, Africa

Here’s a round-up of what’s being touted as the biggest ever pest attack

Railway gauge conversion threatens Maharashtra's Melghat Tiger Reserve

Petition filed against proposed broad gauge conversion through Melghat 

Hailstorm in Maharashtra kills at least three, destroys crops in Marathwada, Vidarbha

More than 27,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed in Jalna district alone

Sweet success for wonder fruit kokum

Local groups are helping farmers rewrite the story of the healthy fruit

A road set free

Latur gains from anti-encroachment drive on farm roads. State takes its cue

Building to resist quakes

Genes to the rescue

Dam(n) the rivers

Interlink rivers and get delinked from true water management

In spate

Narmada dam row rages

Losing ground

High rates of soil erosion trouble India

Disaster reigned in

Proper civic planning could have spared Mumbaikars

Biodiesel bus fleet

Introduced in Pimpri, Maharashtra

Death trail

Debt-laden Maharashtra farmers choose to die

Government's decision on public sector units bad news for neo-liberal economists

A fall-out of neo-liberal economics

Government's relief for Maharashtra farmers not enough

Pro-farmer government shows its colours

Recall rights

Gram sabhas and bureaucrats slug it out in Maharashtra

3 tiger cubs mowed by train in Vidarbha forest

The bodies were discovered on Thursday morning; the mother is suspected to be in the vicinity

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

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

Activists favour grant of Scheduled Tribe status to Siddis across Karnataka

The state has the largest concentration of the Afro-Indian community but ST status is granted to them in only 1 district