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Seed money: Corporations attempt to take over Africa’s seed economy
Africa
Seed money: Corporations attempt to take over Africa’s seed economy

The complete Down To Earth ocver story on what a slew of government regulations can mean
May 24, 2022
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Good while it lasted: The DTE cover story on 6th mass extinction
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Good while it lasted: The DTE cover story on 6th mass extinction

Water, Africa's Gold: How water is now more expensive than food in parts of the Continent
Africa

Water, Africa's Gold: How water is now more expensive than food in parts of the Continent
Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us
Forests

Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us

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

Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged
January 03, 2022
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Environment
Protesting farmers take out a tractor rally in the National Capital Region. Photo: Vikas Choudhary

The lasting, haunting images of 2021
December 31, 2021
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Pollution
CSE DG Sunita Narain

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top videos
December 30, 2021
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Climate Change
Wildlife top 2021

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

December 27, 2021
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Health
2021 top interviews: Down To Earth / SCE

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top 10 interviews
December 25, 2021
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Climate Change
ओडिशा पर मंडराया जवाद नाम के चक्रवात का खतरा

What do the top climate change stories of 2021 tell us
December 22, 2021
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Governance
YSR statue in abandoned Dandangi village; photo: Vikas Choudhary

DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go
December 21, 2021
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Health
Mosquitoes in a warming world

Mosquitoes in a warming world: The full cover story
December 20, 2021
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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
December 17, 2021
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Agriculture
COVER STORY | Pulse tales: Import reliant India

COVER STORY | Pulse tales: Import reliant India

Why India is unable to produce enough pulses to meet its domestic requirement?
October 25, 2021
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Health
First line of defence or last resort?

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 
October 04, 2021
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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
October 01, 2021
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Food
Food labelling: Why you are not aware of what you eat

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
September 21, 2021
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Wildlife & Biodiversity
The living planet: Full coverage of 2021 biodiversity meet

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
September 14, 2021
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Climate Change
Climate change is rapid, widespread and irreversible, IPCC flagged on August 9, when it released its sixth assessment report. Photo: Pxfuel

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    
September 08, 2021
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Health
COVID-19: How steroids worsened the second wave

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
August 18, 2021
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Energy
What does India’s solar growth story look like: A 3-part series

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 
July 29, 2021
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Governance
Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?

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
July 28, 2021
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Climate Change
Biden's climate summit puts climate back on the agenda

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
April 26, 2021
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Energy
The New Oil Rush: Nations scramble for minerals critical to clean 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?
April 22, 2021
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Health
COVID-19: India's challenge 2021

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
April 17, 2021
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