Just tweaking time of administration can make cancer drugs more effective

IIT Madras researchers found that by aligning drug administration with the internal rhythms of reactive molecules production, the efficiency of …

Muck to moolah

A village-based approach to wastewater management is ecologically sound and opens up a clear route to economic upliftment of the communities... …

Sifting success

Indian refinery ready to become a zero effluent discharge plant

Dye-maker accused of dumping acidic effluents

Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2019)

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

Standards of waste

Gassed into surrender

Excise duty imposed on methane produced by effluent treatment plants has been withdrawn

Clean-up act

Slackness reproved

Gujarat HCasks authorities to get serious on Kharicut pollution

Cancer treatment can cause metastasis; a new nutraceutical drug can contain it: Research

R-Cu made from grape extract, resveratrol, and copper, deactivates chromatin particles, reduces toxicity of chemotherapy drugs

"Polluters pay"

For the first time, the Chinese government will charge Shanghai citizens for treating waste water

Condemned

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 23, 2020)

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

Champions of a new cause

National political parties are often accused of neglecting the environment. Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party began campaigning against two …

Rise in exports is at the cost of the environment

With the pollution-conscious West pushing large-scale production of toxic chemicals to India, the result is more exports and more environmental …

Dirty states

Only five states generate more than 63 per cent of the total wastewater in India as they lack treatment facilities, says a recent study

Indian Railways' experimentation with eco-friendly toilets

Peanut shells can clean water

Drained

WASTEWATER TREATMENT FOR POLLUTION CONTROL·Soli J Arceivala·Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 1998

Constructed wetlands are nature’s ingenious solution for wastewater treatment in India

These ecosystems can significantly contribute to sustainable industrial progress and preservation of water resources

Improved catalyst can speed up conversion of industrial biomass into biofuel

Pune researchers develop an environment-friendly way for the conversion

Swamped by sewage

Environment awareness in India's small towns is an apathetic mess

Ten zero-waste cities: What makes Penang stand out in waste recycling?

It has the highest recycling rate in Malaysia at 43 per cent

Cleaning up the coastline

A matter of identity