India, alongside China and US, set to suffer maximum climate impacts on economy by 2050: Report
Bihar to be most affected in India; increase of climate impact in Assam to be highest globally during 1990-2050
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
New votebank on the block: Beneficiaries over rights-holders
Narendra Modi’s stress on governing via welfare schemes is antithetical to a rights-based approach
Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?
A collection of articles which re-examine the population debate in the light of the BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing population-…
More vehicles coming into Delhi from other states in 2018 compared to 2009: Report
Standing Committee on Home Affairs calls for formulating policy to regulate the entry of inbound traffic and ensuring smooth exit of outbound traffic
The logic of mass tree plantations
Such plantations can succeed in India only if farmers are given proper incentive and protection to grow them
Good old sap
Gums secreted by trees are a treasure trove of nutrition and have been used by communities in making seasonal delicacies
UP village demanding compensation for riverine erosion stops fast
The residents of Kamhariya in Sitapur district had been on a 48-hour hunger strike, demanding measures against erosion by the Sharda river. They …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 11, 2022)
Will India's camels amble forever into the sunset?
Decreasing use of camels in agriculture and transportation, diminishing pasturelands and an erroneous legislation by the Rajasthan government is …
Poultry farm owners in eastern UP losing a rupee on each egg they produce
Farmers blamed increased costs of feed as well as those of power, transportation, labour and medicines for the losses
In a first, Uttar Pradesh begins otter census
Beginning in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, the exercise will end by the end of March, 2019
Fever kills 202 in Bareilly, district administration records just 28
The district hospital has one bed for every two patients suffering from fever and just two physicians to attend to them
Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh worst states to be born in
Infant mortality, neo-natal mortality and maternal mortality are much higher in these states as compared to national average
NGT pulls up UP municipalities for sewage discharge into Ganga
The tribunal refuses to accept financial crunch as the reason behind the nagar palikas polluting the river
UPPCB chairman appointed in violation of NGT orders, claims activist
JPS Rathore — a former state BJP vice president — was also not qualified to hold the position of chairperson, the activist claimed
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent
Tejashwi Pathak’s Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and …
Bitter sweet: The story of Agra’s petha waste
In 2021, when merely 7 per cent of the units were functional, 17.8 tonnes of petha waste per day was generated
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2022)
Chilbil: A seed sprouts wings
The seeds of the Indian elm are nutritious and have multiple uses in traditional medicine
Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India
Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal
Decision 2022: How beneficiaries as votebank won 2 of India’s poorest districts for BJP
Shravasti and Bahraich, both have large numbers of beneficiaries of a dozen small and big schemes; this could also be a factor in the BJP winning UP
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Rs 355 crore spent on stray cattle, but problem persists
Rs 30 being given for the daily upkeep of cows in cattle shelter simply not enough, say voices on the ground
Devotees observe yet another Chhath on a dead Yamuna
Toxic froth made up of ammonia and phosphates covered the Yamuna’s waters in Delhi as Hindu devotees offered oblations to Surya, the sun god