1000000 species under extinction. Blame humans

The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and …

As Fani looms large, we should remember what a cyclone costs Odisha

Odisha, which is bracing up for the extremely severe cyclone that’s predicted to make landfall on May 3, faces two natural disasters every year

राजनीतिक जमीन की तलाश में नए खिलाड़ी

सिविल सोसायटी समूह मुख्यधारा की राजनीति में हाथ आजमा रह…

MGNREGA: Drought-hit India abandoned 18 lakh water works in just one year

India's villages miss a golden chance to become drought-proof as more MGNREGA projects grind to a halt 

Green may be the colour of the winning agenda this Lok Sabha polls

Whosoever wins General Elections 2019 must make environment as the top governance priority

'Natural disasters are shaped by social and economic inequality'

Down To Earth speaks to historian Ben Kingsbury, who, in his book An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876, says natural disasters are …

विकल्पहीनता का जवाब है नोटा?

उपरोक्त में से कोई नहीं प्रावधान ने चुनावों के खिलाफ हो�…

Development news, polarisation and social media in times of Lok Sabha polls

Polarisation of development news in social media makes its impact partisan and non-effective

Is NOTA the answer to TINA?

The ‘None of the Above’ provision on electoral voting machines is turning out to be a decentralised protest

General Elections 2019: Science in polls, from feel 'good' to feel 'strong'

With the Balakot episode and later the ASAT declaration, the ruling party has brought ‘muscular science’ into the spotlight alongside …

Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it

Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related

India heads to an unprecedented rural economic crisis

Fifth consecutive drought for 1/3 districts, dipping rural wages, El Nino threatening monsoon have squeezed livelihood options for over 500 …

आम चुनाव 2019 : किसानों की आमदनी दोगुना होने में लग जाएंगे 25 साल

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने सोमवार को भाजपा का घोषणा प…

A Down To Earth annual- The State of India’s environment 2014

It’s not the first or last word on the year gone by, but it certainly is the only one of its kind. The State of India’s environment …

दुनिया से असमानता खत्म हो सकती है लेकिन सरकारें ऐसा नहीं चाहतीं

आर्थिक संकट के दौर में भी अमीर अधिक अमीर हो रहे हैं जबकि �…

Democracy is good for heart, increases life expectancy

A study of 170 countries between 1980 and 2016 brings out for the first time the impact of democratic systems on population health

The wise debate

As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious

How much politics is too much politics for civil society

 Should non-profits contest elections? Should they be identified with parties? 

Election Commission, NGT, environment ministry say no to plastics in 2019 poll campaigning

Efforts are on for the first time to reduce the use of non-degradable materials during the upcoming general elections

Why is Earth’s driest place flooding and snowing?

The Atacama Desert in Chile is witnessing rains like never before, including regions that never recorded rains in history

'Sir… if we define forests, it could create many loopholes'

Union forest ministry’s reply to parliamentary committee’s query on absence of a clear definition of forests  

India’s food self-sufficiency is conditional to drought-hit districts

For over 40 years India’s net sown areas remain the same; drought-hit areas have to increase production to match food demand

Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought

One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall

World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades

The unemployment rate will continue to be high for years to come

Global share of women in labour force stagnating for over 15 years

Women’s participation in the labour force globally was only 48 per cent in 2018. For men, this was 75 per cent.