Diabetes: A silent killer

Globally, the number of diabetes cases has climbed 4.4 per cent over the past two years and is more than 5 per cent of the world’s population  

Zika: A growing health crisis

It is projected that Zika virus may infect up to 4 million people this year, can we find a cure?

Silent Killer

According to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), this accounts for one in four of all deaths across the world. Environmental risk factors like air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures, climate change and ultraviolet radiation cause more than 100 diseases and injuries

A long walk for water

In many states, women trudge for up to 10 hours every month to fetch water for their households

Quality of Living - Want to know where to live?

Choosing where to live is one of the biggest financial decisions you will ever make. Your location will greatly influence your cost of living, the economic opportunities available to you and the quality of life you will get for the money you have

Social Shift

With an eye on forthcoming elections, Modi government targets rural welfare and infrastructure

How India commutes to work

As Delhi's odd-even scheme prepares to make a comeback in April 2016, we take a look at what modes of transport, if any, India uses to get to work

Stillbirth: a reality check

The number of stillbirths has remained unchanged since 2011 and is still very high globally. There were 2.6 million stillborn babies in 2015, around 7,200 every day globally. India reported the maximum number of stillbirths at 5,92,000.

Africa Baby Boom

The continent’s population will continue to soar with the birth of almost two billion babies in the next 35 years and eventually reach 4.2 billion by 2100. An increasingly crowded Africa will have to invest in reproductive health and education to avert a disaster

The living dead

A Down To Earth special report on how the three-decade old industrial disaster is still an unfolding event for its survivors

A wake up call against weather disasters

Since COP1 in 1995, about four billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather-related disasters

India's queue for toilets is the longest

If you stretched all 774 million people in India now waiting for household toilets, the queue would stretch from Earth to the moon – and beyond! That queue would take 5,892 years to work through, assuming each person needs about four minutes in the toilet

Deadly mosquito bites

As Delhi and other parts of the country battle the surge in dengue cases, here is a look at how vector-borne diseases have been spreading their tentacles over the years

Vanishing beauties

With reports confirming that Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin in Syria, we take a look at other world monuments that have suffered damage not only due to terrorist attacks but also due to serious environmental threats

Water stressed world

ABOUT 750 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER About one-fifth of the worlds countries will face acute water shortage by 2040, as climate change will disrupt rainfall patterns. Population expansion will push up the demand for water, according to an analysis by non-profit research organisation, the World Resources Institute (WRI).

13 smarter ways to fight wildlife crime

Poachers will run out of luck with countries using these promising technological tools to detect wildlife crime and step up law enforcement

One person is displaced every second by disasters

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their homes in 2014

India ranks third in the world in the LEED Green Building rankings

The rank can be a powerful tool in the country's efforts for the 100 Smart Cities initiative

A look at what scares countries the most

Most respondents in developing countries are worried about climate change

Dying kingdom

Species that could vanish in 2015 if we don’t act now

Generation 2030 | Africa

A new report from UNICEF, Generation 2030 | Africa, shows how Africa, already the world’s second most populous continent with over 1 billion inhabitants, is experiencing a demographic shift unprecedented in its scale and swiftness