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Rethinking school uniforms in India: Moving towards sustainability & responsible choices
Waste

Rethinking school uniforms in India: Moving towards sustainability & responsible choices

Lakshmi Nilakantan
4 min read
Central education board, private schools should promote reuse and standardise colour & style of uniforms to reduce textile waste
Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system
Health

Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system

Kiran Pandey
3 min read
Study shows common microbe produces lactic acid that weakens the body’s defences, allowing infections to persist in form of chronic wounds
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2026)
Governance

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2026)

DTE Staff
3 min read
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system
Health
Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system
By
Kiran Pandey
3 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2026)
Governance
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2026)
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
International Sparrow Day 2026: The ‘chidi’ in Sikh tradition and ethos
Wildlife & Biodiversity
World Sparrow Day 2026: The ‘chidi’ in Sikh tradition and ethos
By
Rajat Ghai
3 min read
Unusually high temperatures in February and March have affected the wheat crop in Darbhanga, Bihar, disrupting the grain-filling stage and potentially reducing yields.
Climate Change
Death of winter: Bihar’s weather cycle shifts as season shortens
By
Satyam Kumar
4 min read
IEA urges demand curbs as war-driven energy shock keeps oil above $100
Energy
IEA urges demand curbs as war-driven energy shock keeps oil above $100
By
Puja Das
5 min read
Prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could severely disrupt global supply chains: Study
Economy
Prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could severely disrupt global supply chains: Study
By
DTE Staff
2 min read
India’s power capacity to double to 1,121 GW by 2035-36 as solar leads energy transition: CEA’s 20th Electric Power Survey Midterm Review
Energy
India’s power capacity to double to 1,121 GW by 2035-36 as solar leads energy transition: CEA’s 20th Electric Power Survey Midterm Review
By
Puja Das
6 min read
Depleting oxygen levels due to rising CO2 in mangrove waters threatening fish nurseries
Wildlife & Biodiversity
Depleting oxygen levels due to rising CO2 in mangrove waters threatening fish nurseries
By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
250 million hours a day: Women’s unpaid labour sustaining global water crisis, finds UN report
Water
250 million hours a day: Women’s unpaid labour sustaining global water crisis, finds UN report
By
Nandita Banerji
3 min read
Death of winter: Heat arrives early, threatens to shrink Punjab and Haryana’s wheat harvest
Agriculture
Death of winter: Heat arrives early, threatens to shrink Punjab and Haryana’s wheat harvest
By
Mandeep Punia
4 min read
Methane’s heavy hitters: Turkmenistan tops list of worst-emitting oil and gas sites
Climate Change
Methane’s heavy hitters: Turkmenistan tops list of worst-emitting oil and gas sites
By
Pulaha Roy
2 min read
Urgent need to reduce mineral demand and prioritise sustainable alternatives for a rapid, just energy transition: Greenpeace
Energy
Urgent need to reduce mineral demand and prioritise sustainable alternatives for a rapid, just energy transition: Greenpeace
By
Madhumita Paul
3 min read
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