Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 18, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
ENSO has affected various parts of India separately in recent decades, says new report; here is how
ENSO has had a greater impact on north India, lesser on central India and relatively constant impact on south India; one of the reasons cited by …
Long-term groundwater storage in Ganga basin declining at 2.6 cm per year: Study
The Ganga Basin’s aquifers are one of the largest reservoirs of groundwater in the world
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)
Ustad redux? Ranthambore ‘mankiller’ T-104 could be shifted to a cage in Mukundara
The tiger killed three people in 2019 and is considered ‘a threat to human life’
Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality
Mother’s Day 2021: Reducing early pregnancy is key to safe motherhood
Only a healthy mother can give birth to and raise a healthy child and can break the vicious cycle of intergenerational malnutrition
Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel
The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 24, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Cyclone Biparjoy: Rajasthan braces for heavy rain, floods over next three days
More rains in traditional dry and hot districts of western subdivision
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 (May 19, 2023)
Project Cheetah: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh can share some animals, expert tells DTE
Lack of knowledge on the carrying capacities of cheetahs is because of complex factors in Indian protected areas
For Rajasthan farmers, pest attacks mean loss of income, debt burden
Frequency of attacks, increased due to climate change, is severely affecting the yield and meteorically escalating production costs
COVID-19 lockdown may have caused more deaths in Rajasthan in 2020 than reported: Study
Stanford University researchers focussed on correlating disruptions in dialysis care with non-COVID-19 deaths during the lockdown
Protect India’s scrublands to save the caracal: Dharmendra Khandal & Ishan Dhar
Down To Earth speaks to Dharmendra Khandal and Ishan Dhar of Tiger Watch about their new book on the caracal
Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide
Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report
Climate impact: Rajasthan’s pre-monsoon rainfall was three times more than average this year
458% more rainfall for May; Bikaner’s highest single-day rainfall breaks all records
Dying for ration: Tonk woman bringing up family on Rs 200 a day not eligible for PDS welfare
Ill-treated by husband for not birthing a boy, free ration would mean not worrying about feeding her daughters
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 1, 2022)
Hot century ahead: India can’t beat the heat even if global warming is capped at 2°C
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat to experience extremely hot days (over 51°C) every year through 2100
Urban ladder: How ODF India tries to manage faecal sludge
In the absence of adequate rural treatment plants, a few states rope in underutilised urban facilities
COVID-19: The unfolding predicament in villages of Thar desert
Infrastructural constraints are intensified by lack of substantive knowledge, awareness and behavioural limitations about health
UP, Maharashtra have most critically polluted industrial regions: CSE
Air-quality levels continue to worsen in several industrial regions of UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan despite pollution abatement plans …
Analysis: What does the new Supreme Court judgment mean for climate action in India?
Supreme Court says right to be free from adverse effects of climate change part of fundamental rights to life and equality