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In - Depth

The future trajectory of the nation will be governed by our ability to provide education, knowledge, and a progressive worldview to our young citizens (Credit: iStock)

Budget expectations: quality education needs financial backing

In absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream

Considering the government’s push for cashless society, it is expected that digital transactions will be incentivised in the upcoming budget
Credit: Partha S. Sahana/Flickr

Governance

Budget 2017-18: will the government soothe frayed tempers post demonetisation?

Indian agriculture sector is in desperate need of an overhaul, both in terms of financial support and transaprent institutional mechanisms. Credit: CIDSE

Climate Change

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

Science & Technology

Mortal combat

Can life be extended indefinitely? There is a renewed vigour among scientists looking for ways and means to cheat death

Environment

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

Health

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

Forests

Sita, a resident of Parapur village
in Dantewada district, says that
the village has not received any
developmental benefits despite
being just a few kilometres from a
mining township (Photo: Srestha Banerjee)

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

Science & Technology

The theme of the Indian Science Congress was

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?

Environment

Embrace of an unforgettable conservation crusade lingers on

Impacts of Chipko are still visible in the state after four decades.

Environment

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

Science & Technology

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.

Environment

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

Natural Disasters

Twelve years later, impact of Tsunami still makes waves

Down To Earth revists the causes of the massive earthquake that triggered tsunami 12 years ago and the progress scientists have made towards understanding and predicting its trigger

Agriculture

Digitising agriculture in face of climate change

Extreme weather and changing geography threatened food security and livelihood in Africa and Asia this year. Digitising agriculture has become a necessity to battle climate change and protect the vulnerable lot

Economy

Bablu Chauhan (standing), a farmer in Sonipat, cleans carrot with the help of labourers. He says he will not recover the Rs 30,000 he had spent on the crop because there are not enough buyers (Photo: Srikant Chaudhary)

Not a promissory note

Demonetisation casts a long shadow over the rural economy

Water

In Bihar's Katihar town most people have toilets with septic tanks. The urban local body collects septage and simply dumps it in the landfill at Udma Rekha (Photo: Anil Yadav)

Blind spot in Namami Gange

By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the Central, state and local sanitation programmes recognised faecal sludge management as a priority to ensure a clean Ganga