56 million children are projected to die in next 12 years

Totally preventable diseases killed 15,000 children every day in 2017 and the future seems bleak if the trend continues, say the latest mortality …

Manual scavenging: Non-existent for govt, yet people die 30-ft under ground

The recent deaths of five manual scavengers again raises the question of how far will India let this problem go

To authorities, it's smelly and you know it, still you don't act on it

India has been dragging its feet over abating odour pollution. Does it lack in infrastructure, or will?

Africa must be proactive about drought, not reactive, says FAO

As the continent feels the heat of climate change, it is time it adopts measures to better manage its water and land to build greater resilience …

Ignored by the state, these Padwomen in Dharwad found livelihood in re-usables

Women adopt sustainable menstruation after govt stops funding their pad-making units

‘If periods are bad omen, then semen discharge should be too’

A tête-à-tête with Dr Meenakshi Bharath, a gynaecologist for the last 35 years and a green campaigner

Hymen doesn’t stand in the way of intercourse, but menstrual hygiene

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

42 rivers have extremely high concentration of neurotoxic heavy metals

Ganga was found to be polluted with five heavy metals, namely chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron

Livestock manure not so safe for food production

An FAO report highlights that livestock manure is one of the top sources of soil contamination

Here are some sources of soil pollution you may not know

Did you know testing of nuclear weapons and remnants of war have polluted our soil for centuries? Find out here

Your food might be growing in contaminated soil

Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption

Parched Shimla struggles with leaking pipes, tourist influx

Residents of the famous tourist destination are struggling with acute water shortage as they receive water supply once in four or five days

This district in Bihar ignores antenatal care; budget allocation very low: survey

Almost 95 per cent of funds allocated for nutrition intervention for pregnant women in Bihar’s Purnea district were utilised for …

Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study

Tackling air pollution could help bring down crime rate in London, say researchers from London School of Economics

Bihar failing to curb stunting among children due to inadequate fund, poor utilisation

Stunting, which causes irreversible damage, is highest among children in Bihar, where the share of state budget assigned for social welfare is on …

Forget castes and politics, let’s focus on our rights and space: citizens of Karnataka

Several citizen groups in the state, which is going to polls this year, have drafted manifestos and asked political parties to include them in theirs

Parasite that killed millions of UK’s songbird found in mynas in Pakistan

Although the parasite that carries the disease Avian trichomonosis was discovered in myna, it may not prove fatal for them

‘World’s first e-waste microfactory will create a ripple effect on jobs, especially for local communities’

Prof Veena Sahajwalla, the Indian-origin scientist who launched the world’s first microfactory for e-waste, talks to Down To Earth about …

500 litres of water enough for this bio-toilet to serve a family of five for 15 years

Researchers from IIT-Kharagpur develop a bio-toilet that recycles water and turns waste to energy

हत्यारन लू को प्राकृतिक आपदा नहीं मानती सरकार

राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंधन कानून, 2005 और आपदा प्रबंधन की राष्�…

Killer heat wave is on, but no relief in sight

As heat wave is not recognised as a natural calamity by the central government, there are no relief measures in place

Only 5 per cent of people infected with hepatitis B virus receive treatment

While 94 million people out of 292 million hepatitis B patients in 2016 were eligible for antiviral treatment, just 4.8 million got it, says a study

Delhiites breathe in five times more SO2 than a decade ago

The national capital faces challenges on toxicity and vehicular pollution, highlights the Economic Survey

More than 18% households in Delhi still don’t get piped water supply

According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, around 6,25,000 households rely on tube wells, hand pumps, canal, ponds, tanks for water

209,762 graduates in Delhi unemployed: Economic Survey

Worryingly, the number of unskilled people in Delhi has also increased from 32,033 in 2014 to 34,258 in 2015