Indo-Gangetic Plain residents live 7 years less than other Indians: Study
This is because air quality in the region fails to meet the WHO’s guidelines on particulate pollution
EPCA directs slew of measures as Delhi air turns noxious again
Diesel generator sets to be banned; construction and industrial projects asked to adhere strictly to norms
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 25, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2020)
Age at marriage in India: A gossamer of complexities and intricate linkages
India is the home to largest number of child brides. Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age
How Chunar, a small town in UP, is combating COVID-19
How awareness drives involving local bodies, distribution of PPEs and other equipment, helped turn the COVID-19 situation around
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 3, 2022)
Only a sixth of India’s reservoirs full: Central Water Commission
Reservoirs in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh have less than normal storage
At least 24 out of India’s 123 reservoirs are full: Central Water Commission
Situation precarious for Karnataka and Maharashtra, where ‘heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rainfall is predicted in some parts;…
Teenage pregnancies in every 3 of 5 child brides, finds CRY
Non-profit study significant proportion of adolescent mothers had low-birth-weight babies
Warning: Air quality in North India may turn ‘severe’ by Diwali
AQI in Delhi-NCR between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ range October 22, 2022
Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’
The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
India’s reservoirs now have 155% more water than last yr
Live storage in 123 reservoirs is at 66.372 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of total live storage capacity
Operation of brick kilns in UP: NGT pulls up chief secretary
The tribunal, in an earlier order, said brick kilns in the National Capital Region cannot operate until an assimilative carrying capacity …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2020)
Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP
A critical link in faecal sludge and septage management value chain is reuse of by-products generated, which include treated water as well as …
Many Indian districts saw half of seasonal rainfall in 24 hours
Districts in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh witnessed heavy and erratic rainfall on June 25 and 26
Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air
The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased
River pollution, conservation: UP’s fishing community bears brunt
Regulations of industrial, municipal inflow in Ganga, at the centre of pollution mitigation policies, have dissociated rivers from riverine …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2020)
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: A travesty on migrant workers
Its primary aim is to woo voters in Bihar where elections will take place later this year