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Down To Earthby Sunita Narain1 Sept 2026
India has recycled 17 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste since 2022, when the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime came into force, shows the latest Central Pollution Control Board...
Down To Earthby Ibrahim Al-Marashi1 Sept 2026
Yemen’s historic coffee hub of Mocha once controlled the world’s beans, sending “Arabica” across Ottoman and European markets and lending its name to the moka pot.
Down To Earthby Dayanidhi1 Sept 2026
Chhattisgarh faces extremely heavy rainfall, with several districts under flash-flood threat as authorities urge residents to remain vigilant.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware31 Aug 2026
Coral reefs are facing bleaching events more frequently, leaving them less time to recover between periods of severe heat stress.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul31 Aug 2026
About 660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while around 200 died from AIDS-related causes, UNICEF estimates.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware31 Aug 2026
Maharashtra has India’s second-largest registered electric vehicle fleet after Uttar Pradesh, but officials say headline numbers do not show how deeply EVs have entered mainstream transport.
Down To Earthby Santosh Pathak31 Aug 2026
India has launched its first national guide to grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, challenging the long-standing “wasteland” label for deserts, scrublands and ravines.
Down To Earthby Kaifee Jawed31 Aug 2026
India’s GOBARdhan scheme commits Rs 23,731 crore to scale compressed biogas nearly tenfold, finally assuring buyers, prices and credit for developers.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul31 Aug 2026
A global study in JAMA Pediatrics finds antimicrobial resistance in children is rising, undermining life-saving antibiotics for infections like sepsis and pneumonia.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff31 Aug 2026
Nearly 160,000 women and girls have been affected by flash floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, UN Women says.
Down To Earthby Santanu Gupta31 Aug 2026
Ethanol is emerging as a powerful but overlooked clean cooking fuel, especially for India, where it can cut deadly household air pollution, reduce LPG imports and support farmers through local...
Down To Earthby Dayanidhi31 Aug 2026
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall likely across Odisha and Chhattisgarh, with thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and widespread disruptions expected.
Down To Earthby Susan Chacko31 Aug 2026
US gas-fired power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in early 2026, pushing America ahead of China in new gas generation.
Down To Earthby Athar Parvaiz30 Aug 2026
Kashmiri geoscientist Irfan Rashid is using satellite imagery of Nepal’s recent catastrophic floods to decode how massive glacier-ice collapses trigger deadly downstream events.
Down To Earthby Athar Parvaiz30 Aug 2026
A catastrophic August 26 flood in Nepal’s Lhende Khola system unleashed energy greater than the Hiroshima atom bomb, according to geohazard expert Basanta Raj Adhikari.
Down To Earthby Jayanta Basu30 Aug 2026
Seismic activity might have played a critical role in the unfolding of the major flash flood that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26 morning killing at least 734 so far, said a UN glacier...
Down To Earthby Shagun30 Aug 2026
Rangelands, long sidelined in global policy, took centre stage at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, where delegates launched a US$1.2 billion Rangelands Flagship Initiative and broader US$1.3 billion...
Down To Earthby Puja Marwaha30 Aug 2026
As Assam’s floodwaters recede, families return to homes buried in silt to find lives upended and services shattered.
Down To Earthby Prasanna N S30 Aug 2026
India’s long-delayed transgenic mustard hybrid DMH-11, engineered for herbicide tolerance, is being pushed as a solution to low yields and rising edible oil imports.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff29 Aug 2026
Torrential rain over 14 hours has caused the Mandakini river to overflow and flood the pilgrimage town of Chitrakoot in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, breaking a 23-year record as waters rise 8-9...
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