The ongoing pandemic will add to already-reduced labour productivity caused by natural disasters whose frequency has doubled since 2000
Plastic recycling: What it means
How to stall COVID’s march in rural India
Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home
India and its 2022 renewable energy targets in 6 charts
The country’s growth in the clean energy sector in the last 10 years has been remarkable. There are, however, many stumbling blocks, …
‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’
Sam Szoke-Burke, senior legal researcher, Columbia University, talks to DTE amid reports of governments trying to take control of land in name of …
COVID-19: 3 distinct immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 identified
The discovery could help predict the trajectory of disease in severe cases and ultimately inform treatment decisions
Coronavirus update: A million cases in India and counting
Record number of cases for the third day in a row Only US, Brazil have a higher tally India’s testing rate 2nd-lowest among countries …
Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: The long walk home
As india witnesses its largest movement of workers, Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra walks with them for over 500 km, chronicling the crisis. …
Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases
It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment
Ebola cases in DRC province continue to rise, surpass previous outbreak
The country had declared an end to the second-deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak in eastern region on June 25
Winged wonders: We should not resent bats, because we need them
The pandemic has magnified fear of bats, but their conservation is crucial to prevent such events from arising again
मनरेगा: जंगली बबूलों की जड़ें उखाड़ बनाया चारागाह
लॉकडाउन के दौरान अप्रैल के आखिरी हफ्ते में शुरू हुई मनर…
COVID-19: What does air-borne transmission mean for air conditioning
Given the evolving nature of advisories, cutting down on use of air-conditioners is the most logical and economic thing to do
COVID-19, climate change, inequality: Centering rights and environmental protection
Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced disasters and extreme weather have continued to wreak havoc in the Global South, adding to the …
Ethics before profits: What it will take to have global access to COVID-19 vaccine
Experts worry that any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and, as a result, be unequally distributed
गंभीर कोविड-19 रोगियों की पहचान होगी आसान: अध्ययन
शोधकर्ताओं ने फ्रांस के अस्पतालों में कोरोनावायरस संक…
New, reusable masks may help meet COVID-19 demand
The silicone rubber new masks can be sterilised for repeated use and have an N95 filter
मनरेगा जरूरी या मजबूरी-11: न बाजार को पसंद है न सरकार को!
कोरोना आपदा में दो कल्याणकारी योजनाओं की सबसे ज्यादा चर…
मनरेगा ने गांव की ‘आधी आबादी’ को आबाद किया
मनरेगा में मजदूरी के बाद मिल रहा पैसा महिलाओं को अपनी खु…
Coronavirus update: 165 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility
India records highest single-day spike of 32,695 cases
‘Let me be blunt’: What’s bothering WHO chief on COVID-19
WHO Director-General expresses concern over rising cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Lockdown, relax, repeat: How cities across the globe are going back to coronavirus restrictions
While there are increasing examples of a return to some lockdown measures, there are no examples demonstrating the success of a second lockdown&…
More than 3,000 healthcare workers in 79 countries have died from COVID-19: Report
Health workers work in unsafe conditions and lack adequate safety gear, wages and medical care in addition to reprisals for protests
COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation
Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up
