From Mahabharata hero Bhima to Nobel Laureate Tagore, from Infosys founder Narayana Murthy to Bhagwad Gita’s Krishna, we bring to you memorable men whom women love and admire
Sister Solar System and Earth's cousins
Death and resurgence of mother tongue
Bellandur Lake: a story of toxic froth and fire
Lock & hold
The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate
Dirty air dooms Indians to early death
New analysis of global burden of diseases shows very high rate of increase in early deaths from particulate and ozone pollution. Over a quarter of global deaths from air pollution occurs in India.
A fruitful journey
A food safari in the desert of Rajasthan reveals a variety difficult to imagine in cities
Life in limbo: the Rohingya refugees trapped between Myanmar and Bangladesh
Abuses on Rohingyas have reached new height but neither Myanmar nor neighbouring Bangladesh are taking responsibilities to grant basic human rights to this population
Chennai oil spill: planning, assessment and action inadequate
The extent of ecological and economic damange is yet to be known and coordination between the maritime board, the state disaster response team and the port authorities is absent
Lake Chad's forgotten crisis
Ecological degradation in the Chad Basin has triggered Africa's latest humanitarian crisis. It's time, the basin countries looked beyond the excuse of insurgency
Relevance of Gandhian environmentalism
Mahatma Gandhi never used the words environment protection, but his writings are replete with remarks on the excesses of industrial society
Budget expectations: quality education needs financial backing
In absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream
Budget 2017-18: will the government soothe frayed tempers post demonetisation?
As India looks forward to the latest budget, we bring to you the expectations from it and the step-by-step process of how it is formulated
Analysis of Union Budget since 1947
As countdown to the Union Budget 2017-18 has already begun, Down To Earth looks back at the history of budget presentations and how they responded to nation’s demands
Kosi, a wild prisoner
An engineering folly unfolds over a week-long journey along the Kosi river in Bihar
Trump must confront climate challenge, but will he?
People in the US must turn up the heat on Donald Trump so that he doesn’t water down Obama's environmental agenda
Mortal combat
Can life be extended indefinitely? There is a renewed vigour among scientists looking for ways and means to cheat death
Sounds of silence: a forest that survived 'development'
A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation
Tracking decades-long endosulfan tragedy in Kerala
Down To Earth takes a look at one of the worst and longest-running pesticide poisoning episodes in India and how it culminated with the Supreme Court ordering compensation for victims
Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people
The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land
Can 104th Indian Science Congress claim any achievement?
From nanoscience to navigation satellites and sanitation to antibiotics resistance, the potential of science in tackling development issues was discussed, but what did the Congress achieve?
Embrace of an unforgettable conservation crusade lingers on
Impacts of Chipko are still visible in the state after four decades.
Can UK environment survive Brexit onslaught?
Following Brexit, the UK will no longer be under obligation to adhere to progressive policies on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and environmental legislation from the EU
Celebrated minds
In 2016, many Indian-origin scientists made it big and got international acclaim for their work. From genetics to nanoelectronics, these scientists have kept the spirit of discovery alive.
Environmental collapse before Soviet’s fall
Exactly 25 years after the fall of the USSR, let’s take a look at its ‘consumeristic’ policies for exploiting natural resources at the cost of degrading environment and public health
