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Down To Earthby Susan Chacko7 Sept 2026
Directions were issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), southern bench, September 3, 2026 to ensure that the prescribed buffer zone of the Bandham Kunta, a summer storage tank in Dornakal...
Down To Earthby Raju Sajwan7 Sept 2026
Kutch and Saurashtra face a looming drought, with some talukas receiving less than 10 per cent of normal rainfall and reservoirs nearly dry.
Down To Earthby Deepanjana Saha7 Sept 2026
As global climate talks push market-based land restoration, India is rethinking its grasslands once dismissed as “wastelands”.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul7 Sept 2026
A new UN special report warns that accelerating sea-level rise is becoming a profound human-rights crisis, threatening housing, water, food, health, education and cultural identity for coastal...
Down To Earthby Rajat Ghai6 Sept 2026
Even as Nepal and the world still reel from the terrible tragedy of the ice-rock avalanche of August 26, 2026, in the country’s Rasuwa district near the Tibetan border, a biographical film on the...
Down To Earthby K A Shaji6 Sept 2026
Two fatal tiger attacks in the O’ Valley near Gudalur have exposed the difficult intersection of wildlife corridors, plantations and densely populated settlements in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris The...
Down To Earthby Athar Parvaiz6 Sept 2026
On a partly sunlit day in May 2024, when I eventually reached the Khumbu Glacier after six days of trekking, I was struck by the number of people staying there.
Down To Earthby Larkin Cleland6 Sept 2026
Five months since the start of the Iran war, countries around the Persian Gulf are still coping with the direct effects of an ongoing conflict, as are economies around the world.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff5 Sept 2026
Member states of the United Nations on September 4 endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size of continents, a statement by the global organisation...
Down To Earthby Dayanidhi5 Sept 2026
Low-pressure system over Madhya Pradesh brings heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds across several central and northern Indian states today.
Down To Earthby Rajat Ghai5 Sept 2026
Climate change experts and activists in the country have called the passing of Krishna AchutaRao, a Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi...
Down To Earthby Debasmita Majumder5 Sept 2026
The devastating flood that struck Nepal’s Lhende-Bhotekoshi corridor in Rasuwa District on August 26,, 2026, was not simply another flood in the Himalayan region.
Down To Earthby Puli Nageswara Rao5 Sept 2026
India’s food security faces a hidden risk: an ageing farming workforce in a young country. With average farmers aged 50-55 and only a tiny share of rural youth aspiring to farm, intergenerational...
Down To Earthby Ankita Borkakoty5 Sept 2026
The piece reflects on how Guwahati’s rapid urban growth is erasing its hills, wetlands and beels that once absorbed monsoon rains.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware4 Sept 2026
India is home to 1,047 reptile taxa, including 839 species and 30 subspecies, according to an updated checklist spanning 267 years of zoological records.
Down To Earthby Akshit Sangomla4 Sept 2026
India on e-wheels: ‘Personal EVs alone cannot solve India’s urban transport problems’ - India’s EV transition must go beyond personal electric vehicles and prioritise shared, public and active...
Down To Earthby Vivek Mishra4 Sept 2026
Punjab’s latest groundwater assessment shows a severe crisis despite slight improvement. The state recharges 19.14 BCM annually but extracted 26.32 BCM in 2025-26, 52% above sustainable levels...
Down To Earthby Shagun4 Sept 2026
Shimla is testing 12 battery-powered garbage vans on steep, narrow roads as Himachal Pradesh expands its electric mobility policy beyond buses and highways.
Down To Earthby Puja Das4 Sept 2026
India could reduce its annual combined oil and battery import bill by up to $125 billion in 2050 by accelerating electric vehicle (EV) adoption across two wheelers, three wheelers, passenger cars...
Down To Earthby Rajeshwari Sinha4 Sept 2026
A new FAO technical brief finds traditional herbal medicines could help reduce antimicrobial use in livestock, but warns that limited evidence on safety, efficacy and quality prevents international...
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