Nature’s timeless abode
With a rich natural and cultural heritage, meghalaya’s mawphlang sacred grove never ceases to surprise visitors
Monsoon begins to withdraw from India
The south-west monsoon has already withdrawn from some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and most of Rajasthan
Fears raised over private coal-mining plan
A private firm, Eastern ANning Ud, is scheduled to boon large-scale operations in a sao" already ravaged by several small mining ventures. …
Trees are our only livelihood
Meghalaya's west Khasi hills. He shares with Centre for Science and Environment media fellow P Madhavan his experience of the charcoal trade
Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining
Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
NGT retains ban on mining in Meghalaya
The state has lost Rs 600 crore in revenues as a result of the ban, says the chief minister
The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India
In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …
Won’t grant NOCs to uranium mining projects in Meghalaya: Khasi District Council
After the Centre reiterated its move to open up uranium mining in the state, the highest council of the Khasi community says it will not grant an NOC
Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya
Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills
Meghalaya farmer parliament: Will it help plug policy loopholes
In this well intentioned and executed parliament, both the government and the farmers appeared determined to make Meghalaya emerge as a role …
CSE calls for decentralised and distributed deployment of renewable energy in Northeast India
The Northeast can address its energy poverty and provide access to clean energy to its communities by harnessing advanced technologies such as …
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’
India has a well thought out ecosystem of data and a young population that can be skilled for the new technologies
Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, south Assam running out of essentials after downpour, landslides
Tripura has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel due to shortages; it plans to get goods via ship from Haldia to …
Home remedies
Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India's northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is …
Stink in the northeast
Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people
The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …
Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis
DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature
Hills of despair and hope
Book>> Unruly hills-nature and nation in India’s Northeast • by Bengt G Karlsson • Orient Blackswan, Social Science Press &…
Tangy taste: Try a twist in your daal with heiribob this weekend
Little known outside the northeast, the Peel of a wild orange adds flavour to several dishes
Out of rathole
Post a ban on small-scale coal mining, Meghalaya is investing its energy and enterprise in other sectors
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
When reforms ricochet
The biggest threat to Vietnam's bio-diversity comes from deforestation. In the past 25 years, the total area of natural forests has declined at …
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