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Forest Rights Act: Are state govts the real land mafias?
Forest Rights Act
State governments want to divert forest land for industrial expansion. That's why they …
March 20, 2019
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Health

Smoking marijuana daily increases psychosis risk five-fold: study
Marijuana
The research adds to previous studies that have found links between cannabis and psychosis, …
March 20, 2019
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Science & Technology

Breaking the mould
Breaking the mould
Mathematics has always been considered as a young person’s game. And to win one of …
March 20, 2019
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Forests

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur
Forest rights
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are …
March 20, 2019
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GENERAL ELECTIONS 2019

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One in five voters in Odisha are tribals. But do they get their due?

Odisha's record in addressing forest rights is poorer than the national average, despite the Union Tribal Minister hailing from the state
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Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
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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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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.

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भारतनेट परियोजना ने आधा लक्ष्य भी प्राप्त नहीं किया

एक लाख गांवों को ब्रॉडबैंड कनेक्शन से जोड़ दिया गया और मार्च 2019 तक देश के 2.50 लाख ग्राम पंचायतों में इंटरनेट सेवा शुरू हो जाएगी
मध्य प्रदेश में डीएमएफ का काम आधा-अधूरा
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मध्य प्रदेश में डीएमएफ का काम आधा-अधूरा

कैग के अनुसार, राज्य के खनिज संसाधन विभाग ने पर्यावरण पर रेत खनन के प्रभावों का आकलन गंभीरता से नहीं किया
गंगा नदी में औद्योगिक प्रदूषण मछलियों को खत्म कर रहा है
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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

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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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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 20, 2019
Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are …
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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 …
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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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