We all eat GM food, uninformed and illegally

In - Depth

Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged

Protesting farmers take out a tractor rally in the National Capital Region. Photo: Vikas Choudhary

Pollution

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top videos

Climate Change

From Bolly to woolly: DTE’s top wildlife, biodiversity stories of 2021

Health

2021 top interviews: Down To Earth / SCE

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top 10 interviews

Climate Change

ओडिशा पर मंडराया जवाद नाम के चक्रवात का खतरा

What do the top climate change stories of 2021 tell us

Governance

YSR statue in abandoned Dandangi village; photo: Vikas Choudhary

DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go

Health

Mosquitoes in a warming world: The full cover story

Renewable Energy

Solar panel in Little Rann of Kutch; photo: Ravleen Kaur

Great change in Little Rann: How solar power is helping Gujarat's salt workers

Agriculture

COVER STORY | Pulse tales: Import reliant India

Why India is unable to produce enough pulses to meet its domestic requirement?

Health

COVID-19: First line of defence or last resort?

Life-saving steroids were used indiscriminately during the pandemic’s second wave, but they can have lethal side effects. A DTE series on steroid misuse witnessed across the country

Climate Change

Some villages are parched, some are seeing unusual floods: The climate crisis is doing the unimagineable in North East India. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Explainer series: Tracking climate crisis in North East India

Some villages are parched, some are seeing unusual floods: The climate crisis is doing the unimagineable in North East India. DTE tells why and how the crisis is unfolding

Food

Food labelling: Why you are not aware of what you eat

A 3-part series which reveals that not only does India not have a clear labelling system to warn consumers about harmful levels of fat, sugar and salt in processed foods but the provisions have also been diluted at every step in the last seven years

Wildlife & Biodiversity

The living planet: Full coverage of 2021 biodiversity meet

A 5-part series on the World Conservation Congress held by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from September 3-11 in Marseille, France

Climate Change

Explainer series: What sixth IPCC report says about India and the world

Climate change is rapid, widespread and irreversible, IPCC flagged on August 9, when it released its sixth assessment report. A collection of stories done by DTE

Health

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 disease pandemic

Energy

What does India’s solar growth story look like: A 3-part series

A collection of articles that analyse India’s solar power manaufacturing capabilities, as well as factors that undercut its growth

Governance

Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?

A collection of articles which re-examine the population debate in the light of the BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing population-control laws

Climate Change

Biden’s climate summit puts climate back on the agenda

It may not have galvanised the rapid and far-reaching changes needed, but has forced leaders to confront the scale of the task ahead

Energy

The New Oil Rush: Nations scramble for minerals critical to clean energy

As a bitter battle ensues between China and the rest of the world to control rare earth minerals, can India secure its place in this new energy order?

Health

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 scale up its manufacturing by roping in public sector units to cement its position in the changing geopolitics

Water

World Water Day: How Indian villages used 15 years of MGNREGA

A look at how the world’s largest public wage programme has helped fight water shortage and revive India’s agrarian economy

Natural Disasters

FULL COVERAGE | Chamoli glacier burst: A changing climate & human errors

Economy

Considerable COVID-19 transmission will continue through 2022, says IHME. Photo: Vikas Choudhary

What does India need from Union Budget 2021-22

Governance

This is not corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility has generated a lot of buzz in the last half-a-decade, but not as much understanding. These five papers try to examine aspects of CSR in India. They were presented at an e-conference in partnership with Corporate Responsibility Watch and Partners in Change

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Health

Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged

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Climate Change

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Climate Change

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Agriculture

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Climate Change

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Wildlife & Biodiversity

Climate Change

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Climate Change

Energy

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Natural Disasters

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