Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Acquisition made easy

Stones unto stones

Delhi's dream clean-up

Factories smugly carry on polluting villages around capital city

In short

Cane fumes

Mills of Gorakhpur grind slowly, but they grind too fine

Unlikely man-eaters

Unravelling Hindon’s pollution and pursuit of sustainable solutions 

Despite governmetal, judicial intervention, illegal dyeing units continue to operate & pollute the Hindon river 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2020)

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

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 draws roadmap for brick kilns in Delhi-NCR

Environmental body takes a number of decisions at workshop to discuss region’s brick kiln sector, which is a major cause of pollution

Off to another bad start

A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…

Victims of ‘growth’

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‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel

Today's breakfast: DDT

A significant proportion of food products in India, especially infant food products, has been found to be contaminated by poisonous substances

Bengal buys dirtiest coal-based power generated in India: CSE study

TPPs in the state have not taken adequate measures to control pollution

Ganga returns to its sluggish, dirty state

Kumbh over, freshwater release is discontinued; tanneries resume operations

Leprosy looms

Latest survey dismisses government’s claims of disease elimination  

Yummy but harmful

Indian markets are flooded with foods that contain colours beyond permissible limits

Rs 67 crore later

...In Kanpur's Jajmau area, chromium enters food chain. How spent is the Ganga Action Plan?

Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake

Up against GM

Road risk

RTI assessment