It is a constant and chronic pain gnawing at people in Africa In the sub-Saharan region, 33 out of 38 countries have 'serious' or 'alarming' Global Hunger Index scores. Violent conflict, poor governance and climate-related impacts on agriculture ensure that hunger continues to affect the continent.
One person is displaced every second by disasters
Vanishing beauties
Spiralling Temperature: Annual Warming Trends in India
Spiralling Temperature: Seasonal Warming Trends in India
In the winter of 2016-17, the mean temperature was 2.95°C higher than the 1901-1930 baseline – the ...
Over 100 years of India's urban revolution
Between 2014 and 2050, India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers and the number of ...
Oil at Sea
Displacement burden on India due to extreme weather events
Natural disasters, primarily-extreme weather events, triggered the displacement of nearly 17.2 million worldwide in 2018. At 2.678 ...
Metro madness
Extreme Is The New Normal
The world has seen 16 record-breaking hottest years since 2000. In fact, global surface temperatures are already ...
Deadly mosquito bites
As Delhi and other parts of the country battle the surge in dengue cases, here is a ...
Water stressed world
ABOUT 750 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER About one-fifth ...
Diabetes: A silent killer
Globally, the number of diabetes cases has climbed 4.4 per cent over the past two years and ...
Why Vedanta Stays in news
El Nino-induced drought leaves Africa dry and hungry
El Nino-induced drought in Africa has destroyed crops, challenged food security and caused cattle deaths. Ahead of ...
90 years of desertification
More than 75 per cent of Earth's land area is already degraded and some 418 million hectares, ...
Climate Talkies
In 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the agreement to combat climate change was whittled down and targets were ...
International migration flows: tracking the trends
In 2015, the world saw the highest levels of forced displacement recorded since World War II. There ...
Cogeneration
Icons of freedom
Animal fat, salt, minor forest produce, indigo and khadi are icons evoked by reference to the freedom ...
The living dead
A Down To Earth special report on how the three-decade old industrial disaster is still an unfolding ...
Five States: Too many concerns, too few commitments
The 2017 Assembly elections across five states—Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur-have brought to the surface ...
Infants without safeguards
If all the countries are to reach at least 90 per cent coverage for routine life-saving vaccinations, ...
Waterworks India: Chewang Norphell
Global warming is taking its toll on the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Mountains that were completely decked ...