How international scientific collaborators sideline African researchers

Scientists from sub-Saharan Africa writing research papers on health in their own countries are often not named first or senior author, finds a study

Could climate change have brought Delhi's winter birds early?

Migratory birds, which should have come to northern India by November, have appeared in September and October itself

Commonwealth finance ministers mull over how to tax tech MNCs

The growing digitalisation of trade in services is affecting the collection of tax and adding to the burden of global debt, estimated at $19 trillion

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

दिवालीे से पहले जानें यह रहस्य, हमारी जिंदगी में कैसे आए पटाखे?

चीन में बारूद का आविष्कार और 15वीं शताब्दी में भारत में इ�…

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 14-21)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Johnson & Johnson recalls 33,000 talcum powder bottles after asbestos traces found

The multinational corporation says it will conduct an investigation parallel to the one being conducted by US FDA

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (October 14-18)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…

Only 38% UN members have laws for minimum lead concentration in paints

This is worrying as lead contamination can have adverse health impacts on humans

India still has the biggest TB burden

Country also has most number of drug-resistant TBs

How tribals of Madumalai Tiger Reserve were robbed of compensation

According to 21 tribal families forest officials allied with property dealers to dupe them of the money for relocating from the reserve in Tamil Nadu

How aerosol formation helps brighten clouds, balance climate

The formation of new particle covers about 40 per cent of the Earth’s surface

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?

According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Poverty eradication, a top priority or not?

On World Poverty eradication Day, here’s a lowdown on the recent developments in poverty eradication in the world

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कोदो, ओऊ, महुआ, चिरौंजी, बांस ऐसे व्यंजन के नाम हैं, जिनका �…

Air quality turns ‘severe’ in many parts of Delhi-NCR, north India

While Delhi overall had an unhealthy AQI (297), Meerut (359), Panipat (347) and Karnal (322) were marked in ‘severe’ category

Abundant, late-melting snow leads to ‘reproductive failure’ never seen in Arctic: Study

Only few plants and animals were able to reproduce due to the extremely changing weather events last year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Hunger meter: How India fared over the years

A lookthrough of five factors and how the country's performance has changed 

'Amazon region under threat from oil drilling, mining'

Sacred Headwaters of the Amazon, considered to be the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystem on Earth, is witnessing expansion of new fossil fuel …

Ecuador annuls austerity decree, restores fuel subsidy

Decree 833 will be replaced with a new one that contains mechanisms to focus resources on who needs it most, said President Lenín Moreno

Air pollution kills a child every 3 minutes in India

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar recorded the highest rate of child mortality due to toxic air: Global Burden of Disease 2017

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal