Climate change is real: Six months on, Uttarakhand forests still ablaze
Forest fires that began in Uttarakhand on October 15 last year are still burning due to less rainfall and rising temperatures
From Nalanda to nowhere: Will Bihar’s public libraries survive
State not granting funds, alleges Bihar MLA Sudama Prasad; only 51 of 540 libraries have survived since 1950s
Tagore’s ideals couldn’t have inspired Modi’s National Education Policy 2020: Veteran educationist Pabitra Sarkar
The PM, also Visva Bharati chancellor, spoke at the inauguration of the university’s centenary celebration and tried hard to associate his …
Rent-a-farm: Watch how this firm is helping city dwellers grow food
Delhi-based start-up, Edible Routes, is helping people bring closer to their food and instilling a greater sense of well-being
Safe disposal, material recovery keywords for new scrappage policy: CSE
Delhi-based non-profit offers set of recommendations for effective policy as country awaits one
India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE
The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution
Modi flags off 107th Indian Science Congress
The theme of the Bengaluru congregation is 'Science and Technology: Rural Development'
Biodiversity Day: Focus on food biodiversity and human health
Sustainable management of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and seascapes can support the transition towards healthy diets, says UN …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 6, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'
One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis
Is Delhi's smog its own?
A recent study says that during winters, 64% fine-particulate pollution in Delhi comes from outside the city
Third gene imparting resistance to last resort antibiotic discovered
The mcr-3 gene was isolated from pigs, reiterating that food animals are prime carriers of antibiotic resistance
Madhya Pradesh forest department violates FRA, seizes tendu leaves from tribals
The leaves were reportedly confiscated as the women were selling them to buyers other than the forest department
Draft Public Health Bill restrictive, unclear: experts
They raise concern over the sudden introduction of the bill and its covert focus on bioterrorism
Trump’s administration will scrap Obama-era green regulations
Meanwhile, UN’s new climate chief says action to stop climate change will continue irrespective of US involvement
NGT orders deregistration of 10-year-old diesel vehicles in NCR
Green tribunal revisits its own order asking Regional Transport Office to ban toxic vehicles on the NCR’s roads
What drives innovation?
The new Intellectual Property Rights policy is based on a tenuous premise that having more IPRs will result in more innovation
Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL
Are people more important or IPL, Court asks associations of drought-hit Maharashtra and Mumbai
Water stress to increase, but so will water-related jobs, says UN report
According to the report, the lack of sufficiently skilled labour in water and sanitation has contributed to the estimated leakage of 30 per cent …
5 reasons why #OddEven scheme works
Love it or hate it, Delhi's odd-even scheme had some key lessons for the aam and not-so-aam aadmi
As odds keep evens out, air pollution dips
A comprehensive study the Centre for Science and Environment shows that air pollution in Delhi dipped after the odd-even formula was rolled out …
“Don’t touch my car” syndrome at cost of our health
It is ironical that the city has paced up action on commercial and public transport vehicles in the city – trucks, buses, autos and taxis &…
Sustainable Development Goals: A paradigm shift in United Nations' fund flow
A report cites the changing funding patterns of the UN and its reliance on corporate partners
Gujarat's new solar policy emphasises roof-top development
Agricultural solar pumps as well as solar home lighting systems will also be given incentives under the new plan
Potato test for government
The crash in potato price is triggering a wave of suicides in several states. Will the NDA government's ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund help …