Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Study puts MGNREGS in Punjab under scanner
The employment scheme generated 20.23 average working days in the state against the mandated 100 days, according to a Punjabi University report
Stubble burning: A problem for the environment, agriculture and humans
Although the actual amount of fines charged was not available; farmers continue to burn residues every season
Back to basics: COVID-19 labour crunch brings direct seeding of paddy in focus
States have been trying to promote DSR for some time; it is gaining traction now — Since June, when kharif sowing started, 0.7 million ha …
Kharif season 2023: Rajasthan plants two times more bajra as India’s paddy acreage drops by 26%
Impact of Cyclone Biparjoy and uneven distribution of monsoon clearly visible on kharif crops
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Diversify crops, shift rice to places that can support it: Central panel
Low returns and high risks from alternative crops among reasons past efforts failed, says report
Farm Laws: Is MSP guarantee really the elixir that Indian agriculture needs?
Concept is unreasonable and will be detrimental for country’s agricultural system, feel experts
Seeding happy, cleaning air: Farmers adopting non-burn tech give hope
Several Indian states are experimenting with Happy Seeder that cuts and lifts the paddy straw and also improves soil health
COVID-19 vaccine update: AstraZeneca vaccinations should continue, benefits outweigh risks, says WHO
Strategic advisory group of experts on immunization called the one-dose Janssen shot as a safe and lifesaving addition to Pfizer, Moderna and …
Bharat Bandh: Home Minister Amit Shah steps in for talk with farmer leaders
Will meet them Tuesday evening, a day before sixth round of talks between the Union government and farmers on three farm laws
Delayed paddy plantation has cascading effect on north India’s air pollution: Harvard University
Delhi and other parts of the region can experience lesser pollution if certain districts of Punjab do not delay planting paddy, say researchers
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)
‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die
The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year
Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions
Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed
Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report
Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18
Poisoned Punjab: Three children in this Fazilka village family are intellectually disabled but there’s no aid
Contaminated canal, groundwater linked to huge disease burden in Churi Wala village, show ground visits by DTE
Poisoned Punjab: Children with intellectual disabilities, severe skin allergies are common in this village
Ground visits by DTE in Dharangwala village reveal 12-13 cancer deaths every year, teetotallers with liver cirrhosis
When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege
What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?
Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …
On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers
While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too
Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home
Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …
COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay
Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms
Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why
Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say
Farm losses: Heavy rains destroy paddy, cotton crops in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
Scarce rain during monsoon, heavy rain during harvest spell agricultural doom; Bajra, jowar also affected