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Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged
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Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged
January 03, 2022
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Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top 10 interviews
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Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top 10 interviews
Mosquitoes in a warming world: The full cover story
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Mosquitoes in a warming world: The full cover story
COVID-19: First line of defence or last resort?
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COVID-19: First line of defence or last resort?
COVID-19: How steroids worsened the second wave
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COVID-19: How steroids worsened the second wave

A 3-part series that examines the role played by steroids during the devastating second wave of the novel coronavirus ...
August 18, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccines: India’s 2021 challenge
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COVID-19 vaccines: India’s 2021 challenge

India has enhanced its global standing by supplying COVID-19 vaccines to rich and poor countries alike. It must now ...
April 17, 2021
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COVID-19 & the ‘Dharavi Model’: Reportage from the ground
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COVID-19 & the ‘Dharavi Model’: Reportage from the ground

Down To Earth hit the ground to see how the densely populated Dharavi was tackling the pandemic. This 3-part series delves ...
August 31, 2020
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In-depth: The COVID-19 testing paradox
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In-depth: The COVID-19 testing paradox

There is a growing demand for tests, amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, but they may weaken our ...
June 25, 2020
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India's population: Fertility rate below replacement rate in 20 states, UTs | COVER STORY
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India's population: Fertility rate below replacement rate in 20 states, UTs | COVER STORY
February 13, 2020
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Antibiotic resistance: What do we do about the threat, especially in Africa
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Antibiotic resistance: What do we do about the threat, especially in Africa
January 29, 2020
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What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?
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What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?

In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & ...
September 24, 2018
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Bringing the basics to a neglected slum
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Bringing the basics to a neglected slum

An NGO is helping residents of a Kanpur slum to get amenities like drinking water, latrines and medical care
June 07, 2015
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Former slum now has its own newspaper
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Former slum now has its own newspaper

A determined group of youngsters in Shaheed Nagar who started a weekly newspaper find their objectives are slowly being ...
June 07, 2015
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Rajstan tribals return to herbal healing
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Rajstan tribals return to herbal healing

Jagaran, a voluntary body is seeking to re-establish traditional herbal medicines in an impoverished tribal area in Udayapur district.
June 07, 2015
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Pumping iron
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Pumping iron

The training of women in the maintenance of hand-pumps has not only flooded them with confidence, it has rescued ...
June 07, 2015
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Body language
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Body language

How does record wicket-taker Kapil Dev maintain a blistering physical pace at an age when cricketers usually hang up ...
June 07, 2015
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Beacons for the blind
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Beacons for the blind

Associations lending a hand in preventing and curing blindness
June 07, 2015
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The healing touch
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The healing touch

Centuries-old tribal knowledge about our environment is the wellspring of local health traditions
June 07, 2015
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Tall promises
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Tall promises

The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers
June 07, 2015
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Without a trace
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Without a trace

Medicinal plant biodiversity is rapidly vanishing in India and the government has still to come up with a ...
June 07, 2015
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Victims of ignorance
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Victims of ignorance
June 07, 2015
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Skewed approach
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Skewed approach

When government agencies do give out information, they think it is above reproach

June 07, 2015
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Fireworks follow SMOKE
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Fireworks follow SMOKE

Tobacco companies will foot the medical bills of smokers who have cancer under an agreement with the US state ...
June 07, 2015
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In wonderland
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In wonderland

Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh is a many-splendoured wonder where indomitable political will and the tribals have proved that the ...
June 28, 2015
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Crossing the rainbow
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Crossing the rainbow

With the coming of the Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Watershed Development, a major change took place in the degraded ...
June 28, 2015
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