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India’s invisible backbone cannot burn in silence any longer

India’s invisible backbone cannot burn in silence any longer

15 May 2026

5 min read

Working through the heat: How Bengaluru’s gig workers are bearing the cost of rising temperatures

Working through the heat: How Bengaluru’s gig workers are bearing the cost of rising temperatures

Chaluvadi Sai Dinesh

15 May 2026

5 min read

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Meredith Primrose Jones

15 May 2026

3 min read

Simply Put: Daily earnings

Simply Put: Daily earnings

14 May 2026

1 min read

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

13 May 2026

3 min read

Indian banks’ climate action falling short, driven more by regulation than strategy, report finds

Indian banks’ climate action falling short, driven more by regulation than strategy, report finds

13 May 2026

3 min read

Debt crisis deepens gender inequality, putting millions of women’s jobs and lives at risk: UNDP

Debt crisis deepens gender inequality, puts millions of women’s jobs, lives at risk: UNDP

12 May 2026

2 min read

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General

Think beyond GDP

09 May 2026

1 min read

Around 5.8 million new businesses sprang up in a year across India, but daily earnings did not even reach Rs 600: Report

Around 5.8 million new businesses sprang up in a year across India, but daily earnings did not even reach Rs 600: Report

08 May 2026

3 min read

EU-Mercosur trade deal enforced amid farmers’ fears of unfair competition

EU-Mercosur trade deal enforced amid farmers’ fears of unfair competition

08 May 2026

3 min read

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

08 May 2026

1 min read

Non-tariff barriers now cost more than tariffs for most countries: UNCTAD

Non-tariff barriers now cost more than tariffs for most countries: UNCTAD

08 May 2026

5 min read

Interviews

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

09 Apr 2025

4 min read

'Half of India without significant wealth'

'Half of India without significant wealth'

Richard Mahapatra

07 Dec 2021

2 min read

A locked-up house in the village of Baluni, Uttarakhand. Photo: Srikant Chaudhary

45% of migrants will stay back in Uttarakhand, says CM Rawat

26 Aug 2020

4 min read

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

13 Jul 2020

3 min read

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

12 May 2020

7 min read

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

04 Nov 2019

2 min read

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

31 Oct 2019

4 min read

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

29 May 2019

4 min read

Blog (Economy)

India’s invisible backbone cannot burn in silence any longer

India’s invisible backbone cannot burn in silence any longer

15 May 2026

5 min read

Working through the heat: How Bengaluru’s gig workers are bearing the cost of rising temperatures

Working through the heat: How Bengaluru’s gig workers are bearing the cost of rising temperatures

Chaluvadi Sai Dinesh

15 May 2026

5 min read

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Science & Technology

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Meredith Primrose Jones

15 May 2026

3 min read

The migrant as an asset, development driver

Migrant workers are assets, development drivers

Richard Mahapatra

07 May 2026

3 min read

Videos (Economy)

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

08 May 2026

1 min read

Carbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global South

Carbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global South

28 Apr 2026

1 min read

Noida workers’ protest: The global cost of living crisis comes home

Noida workers’ protest: The global cost of living crisis comes home

17 Apr 2026

1 min read

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

30 Jan 2026

1 min read

Books (Economy)

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Lakshmi Subramanian

25 Jan 2025

4 min read

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

04 Aug 2023

6 min read

Evolution of work

Evolution of work

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Yes, she can

Yes, she can

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Explore More (Economy)

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General

Think beyond GDP

09 May 2026

1 min read

A tradition that is now rare

A tradition that is now rare

Vikas Choudhary

23 Apr 2026

1 min read

Advantage India

Advantage India

17 Feb 2026

4 min read

The dried fish is an essential product not only for local consumption but also for export to other parts of India and abroad, particularly in markets where fresh fish may not be readily available.

Where ocean’s bounty meets a salt desert: Salaya's dried fish legacy

28 Apr 2025

2 min read

Down To Earth

www.downtoearth.org.in