Stress signs for water

Three of the world’s top five groundwater-extracting countries are in Asia, with India leading the list. At least 10 states in the country …

Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality 

More new exits than additions in EPF scheme in last 2 years

This dip could be because small units have closed down during the pandemic, say experts

State of India’s Environment 2021: In Figures (E-book)

This annual e-book in Figures analyses complex issues pertaining to the country’s environment and development. In today's world where …

2021 saw over twice as many COVID-19 cases as 2020, December worst month on record

2021 saw 1.8 times more COVID-19 deaths than 2020 

One out of every two Bihar households is multi-dimensionally poor: NITI Aayog

The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is also uncomfortably high, according to NITI Aayog

Fossil fuels: Borrowed time

The world is set to produce over twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C

Land degradation in India hurts farmers and forest dwellers the most

More than half of the degraded land in the country is either rainfed farmland, responsible for the food security of the country, or forest land …

Roasted North: Why record-shattering heatwaves are burning the northern hemisphere

The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are now frequent, early, intense and last longer as seen in Siberia last year and North America this year

India lost 100,000 people to COVID-19 in May alone

Over a third of the country’s total deaths of 315,235 occurred in May

COVID-19: More than half of India still not testing enough, data shows

Data shows that testing is relatively limited to people with high suspicion of COVID-19 and may miss new chains of transmission in the community

We know vaccines are the way out of COVID-19, but how are India’s numbers stacked

India is adding the most to the pandemic’s tally now; yet, the vaccination drive has lost steam before any significant gains

More than half of India’s April COVID-19 deaths were in rural districts

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, 7 other states / UTs recorded more cases and deaths in rural districts last month

भारत में अप्रैल में कोरोना से हुई मौतों में आधे से ज्यादा मौतें गांवों में हुई

उत्तर प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, बिहार और सात अन्य राज्यों और क…

COVID-19 vaccines: What the world needs & what we have

While 168 countries are currently administering COVID-19 vaccines, the distribution remains skewed

What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much

What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe

Union Budget 2021-22: Do states have much to cheer for?

The recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission are unlikely to make much of a difference to cash-strapped states 

World needs to rethink internet use post COVID-19

Data storage and transmission emits 97 million tonnes carbon dioxide a year, roughly equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of Sweden and Finland

Government told Supreme Court south India didn't protest new farm laws; How true is that?

The five southern states have recorded at least 26 major protests since September 2020. Of them, December saw the maximum 12 protests.

Drop of 8.7% in India’s per capita GDP in 2020-21: First advance estimates

Country’s real GDP will shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, a government release said

कोरोनावायरस: दुनिया भर में दिसंबर 2020 में सामने आए सबसे अधिक मामले

आंकड़े बताते हैं कि कोरोना समाप्त होने की बजाय बढ़ रहा ह�…

COVID-19: Global tally, death toll peak in December

51 countries record their highest cases in the last month of 2020

‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’

Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …

Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India

People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report 

Indian farmers protests: The higher the yield, the greater the discontent

Loss of faith in government due to its perceived failure on multiple fronts regarding agrarian issues in the last 11 months have now boiled over