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Waste

Waste to worth
Reusing waste
Innovative ways to solve the riddle of waste by turning it into useful and valuable products
March 19, 2019
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Water

Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas
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WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe
March 19, 2019
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Forests

Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon
Forest land
Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership …
March 19, 2019
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Waste

Municipalities responsible for dirty India, says NITI Aayog CEO
Waste management
Amitabh Kant says civic bodies are entering various businesses while forgetting that their …
March 19, 2019
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GENERAL ELECTIONS 2019

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Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

About 500 girls from Assam, aged 14-19, have produced a 'Children’s Agenda' focusing on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene and education and protection of children
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Democracy is good for heart, increases life expectancy
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How much politics is too much politics for civil society
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Rahul Gandhi vows to spend more on health. High time India does

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General Elections 2019: Whose voice and which issues matter

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Energy

Why has India's solar capacity addition slowed down?

India wants to add 100 GW of capacity by 2022. But according to a new report by global analytics firm CRISIL, it will only manage 60 GW by 2022. An anti-dumping duty on imported solar panels widely used in India seems to have increased the cost.

डाउन टू अर्थ

गंगा नदी में औद्योगिक प्रदूषण मछलियों को खत्म कर रहा है
Governance

नदी की बेसहारा संतानें

नदी पर आश्रित मछुआरे अपने पुश्तैनी पेशे को छोड़कर मजदूर बनने को विवश हो रहे हैं। सरकारी नीतियों में उनके लिए कोई जगह नहीं है
पेयजल के गंभीर संकट से जूझ रही है दुनिया
Health

पेयजल के गंभीर संकट से जूझ रही है दुनिया

दुनियाभर में दस में से तीन लोगों के पास पीने का साफ और सुरक्षित पानी नहीं। अफ्रीकी देशों की हालत सबसे दयनीय
अमेरिकी वीर्य तकनीक से बछियों की संख्या बढ़ाएगी उत्तराखंड सरकार
Science & Technology

अमेरिकी वीर्य तकनीक से बछियों की संख्या बढ़ाएगी उत्तराखंड सरकार

ऋषिकेश में शुरू की गई प्रयोगशाला में ऐसी तकनीक प्रयोग की जा रही है जिससे 90 प्रतिशत बछिया पैदा होने की संभावना रहेगी

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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Forced out of forest
Forests

Forest Rights Act: Forced out of forest

Mineral-rich states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have the highest rate of rejection of claims

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Natural Disasters
Drought

Drought but why: Deciphering the disaster in detail

March 19, 2019
Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are …
Environment
Court digest

Court digest: Major environment hearings in February

March 18, 2019
While every week, Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme …
Economy
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All you need to know about Universal Basic Income

March 04, 2019
Here’s a lowdown on what the basic income scheme is and what it entails

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