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In - Depth

In-depth coverage: Drought, but why

Drought now affects people across classes. India needs a new strategy for disaster management

Health

Shifting diets can help bridge food gap; reduce pressure on land, water and climate: report

How has the Narendra Modi-led NDA government performed?

Governance

Two years of Modi government: A civil society review

Science & Technology

At 07:00 AM IST, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying RLV-TD lifted off

ISRO tests Reusable Launch Vehicle- Technology Demonstrator

Reusable technology is expected to bring down costs of space missions significantly

Health

It is wrong to believe that stunting prevails only in poor families, experts say
Credit:Vikas Choudhary

Childhood stunting affects future success in life, say experts

According to a study, stunting causes physical and neurocognitive damage that is irreversible in most cases

Climate Change

The stocktaking event at the Bonn Climate Talks Credit: IISD

Need for coherence inside and outside of the UNFCCC: Figueres

The UNFCCC Executive Secretary was speaking at the stocktake event held half-way through the Bonn climate talks to assess progress

Forests

Uttarakhand
government has
already spent over
Rs 85 lakh on water used
by choppers to control
forest fires in the state

Dousing flames

The Uttarakhand forest fires that lasted for over 100 days should come as a warning to the rest of India since half of its forests are vulnerable to fire

Health

A bite of cancer?

A CSE study has found residues of potassium bromate and/or iodate in many types of bread. The additives have been banned by many countries for their potentially adverse health effects

Waste

Solving India’s garbage problem

Segregation at source should be at the heart of municipalities’ solid waste management system

Natural Disasters

With Kathmandu and the region north of it shifting after the quake and the southern region remaining intact, Nepal experienced narrowing
Credit: Ravi Choudhary

A year after the quake we look at the physical changes

While the earthquake pushed some of the country’s areas higher in elevation, Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, has decreased in height by a few millimeters

International ban on ivory trade has neither reduced elephant poaching nor the volume of the illegal trade. Is it time the trade is legalised? Rajeshwari Ganesan in India, Alok Gupta in Hong Kong, Sifelani Tsiko in Zimbabwe and Mandi Smallhorne in South Africa, analyse how such a decision will prevent elephant killings and financially empower communities in Africa

Natural Disasters

The rugged Hindu Kush range, which spreads in an arc across Afghanistan, is a very seismically-sensitive area Credit: Wikipedia

6.6 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan

Temblor a 'deep' one in seismic parlance; tremors felt in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi

Health

World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer

The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent

Waste

Urban shit: where does it all go?

India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism

Forests

Parliamentary panel gives more teeth to Compensatory Afforestation Fund

However the panel’s report tabled in this budget session misses the forests for the trees

Agriculture

Going backward

As the Maratha community in Maharashtra finally gets 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, Down To Earth profiles other traditionally well-off farming communities who are demanding similar reservations, an offshoot of a deepening agrarian crisis that if ignored can snowball into an explosive situation