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General Elections 2019

Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh
Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh
A large section of people in the hill state are united in their stand to boycott the …
May 17, 2019
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Climate Change

Climate change is putting even resilient and adaptable animals like baboons at risk
Climate change is putting even resilient and adaptable animals like baboons at risk
The research suggests that by 2070, several baboon species might ⁠b⁠e⁠ ⁠a⁠t⁠ ⁠…
May 19, 2019
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Health

A lone warrior who fights malaria and saves lives

The lone warrior
For the past two decades, Ram Kumari has been single-handedly ensuring timely diagnosis of …
May 18, 2019
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Health

World Health Assembly 2019 to focus on meeting SDG goals
World Health Assembly 2019 to focus on meeting SDG goals. Photo: Getty Images
The assembly, beginning from May 20, will discuss on the theme Universal Health Coverage: …
May 18, 2019
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GENERAL ELECTIONS 2019

A rural woman fills vessels with water. Photo: Getty Images
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India Elects: Will water issues impact results?

Within a week, we will know whether the "No Water No Votes" campaign influenced results
Elections 2019: Every fourth voter a distressed farmer
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Elections 2019: Every fourth voter a distressed farmer
Sunaina Rawat and the dilemma of Bharat
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Sunaina Rawat and the dilemma of Bharat
Illustration: Tarique Aziz
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Missing women voters: 21 mln can't exercise franchise this Lok Sabha polls
Photo: Meeta Ahlawat
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Drought-prone Banda district awaits the shower of poll promises

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Social media videos can unravel reason behind a giant tsunami

Researchers use 38 such videos of the tsunami to reconstruct Indonesia earthquake

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जम्मू-कश्मीर:आदिवासियों में आधे खानाबदोश

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बीटी बैंगन की फसल उखाड़कर जमीन में दबाई

प्रशासन का कहना है कि फसल के बीटी बैंगन होने की पुष्टि नहीं होने के कारण अभी किसान के खिलाफ कार्रवाई नहीं की गई है।  
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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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Cyclone Fani: Winds of change

Warming oceans are altering global wind systems, which have either slowed down or changed directions. The result: weather events including cyclones are becoming extreme and unpredictable

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Dam safety in Himachal Pradesh be damned

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Paradigm shift in transborder plastic waste trade

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Balancing development and conservation in Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir landscape

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Natural Disasters
Cyclone Fani: From the ferocious winds to the trail of destruction

Cyclone Fani: The tale of a weird storm

May 14, 2019
Here is our entire coverage on the cyclonic storm that barrelled through Odisha on May 3, 2019
Climate Change
All about the first-ever global assessment on biodiversity

All about the first-ever global assessment on biodiversity

May 08, 2019
Down To Earth followed the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and …
Pollution
Court digest

Court digest: Major environment hearings in April

May 07, 2019
While every week, Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme …

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