India generates over 1.7 lakh tonnes of daily waste, but a shocking 22% simply vanishes into our environment. But there is a silver lining. Nationwide organic waste management systems can drastically reduce the garbage landfills by treating organic waste scientifically.
Wild animals are destroying crops and adding massively to the economic losses of farmers.
By mandate, all oil marketing companies across India are selling E20 since April 1. The official objective is to cut down on expensive crude oil imports
Raju Sajwan, Principal Correspondent at Down To Earth (Hindi), has been honoured with the 33rd Umesh Dobhal Journalism Award (Print).
Down To Earth's Dhruval Parekh and Rohini Krishnamurthy (formerly Down To Earth) received the the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award (RNG) for Excellence in Journalism, in the Environment, Science and Technology Reporting category (Broadcast) for the video, ‘Is Hindon dead?!’
Sunita Narain in conversation with Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, Co-Chair of UN Energy.
In the example of the cleanest city of India, the civic body of Indore had officially identified 287 Bulk Waste Generators (BWGs) across categories, by 2025.
Date: September 17-19, 2025