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DEEP DIVE

Seeds from the past

Shagun travels to Odisha to document villages conserving & growing climate-resilient rice & millets

REWIND

38 years of Chernobyl

Pripyat, the river of Chernobyl, dredged to connect the Black & Baltic Seas

IN CONVERSATION

Planting trees can cause global warming too

Scientist Susan Cook-Patton talks to Preetha Banerjee on albedo change due to restoring tree cover

REVIEW

The chronicles of Sundarbans

CARTOON

DATA CENTRE

VIDEO

Elections in the heat

Mali Hill bauxite mine

Mining

Mali Hill bauxite mine: Villagers resist project as Odisha govt extends Hindalco’s mining lease

The public hearing disrupted by protests has been rescheduled to November 22 The public hearing disrupted by protests has been rescheduled to November 22

Pandemic preparedness

Africa

COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report

There have been signs of progress, but they have been slow, the report said

NEWS

Governance

Much ado about nothing

How much does government support add to household income?

Mining

Illegal sand mining, constructions endanger Son gharials

Rampant illegal sand, uneven flow of water from a dam and construction of bridge has caused soil erosion and threatened Gharial population in Son river, Madhya Pradesh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Uneven flow of water from a dam, illegal constructions have exacerbated soil erosion, led …

Mining

Proposed amendments to Coal Bearing Areas Act will change land acquisition for mining: Experts

The proposed amendments to Coal Bearing Areas Act are likely to grant more control to private corporations, make tribal land acquisition easy. Photo: Amit Shankar / CSE

The proposed amendments are likely to grant more control to private corporations, make …

Mining

India has 500 million tonnes of gold ore reserves: Govt

India has 500 million tonnes of gold ore reserves, according to data. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bihar has the largest reserves of gold ores, followed by Rajasthan and Karnataka&…

Blogs

Durairaj Kumarasamy

City where the promise of good health turns to ash

Anumita Roychowdhury

Upscaled EV manufacturing needs zero emissions mandate

Purnima Joshi

South Asian cities need action on air pollution before next winter

Factsheet

Overall population has doubled since 2006

Wildlife & Biodiversity

India's tiger map

In 4 of the 5 states where the number of tigers fell, large areas of forests were diverted to mining

Photo Gallery

Natural Disasters

How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans

Cyclone Amphan caused major damage across south Bengal, including the Sundarbans and across the Odisha coast on May 20, 2020. Communication infrastructure, including telephone networks, were damaged in the Sundarbans.

YOUNG

Days of COVID-19 confinement: How school-goers are dealing with lockdown

Nearly 90% of the world’s children are reportedly confined at their homes due to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic. Gobar Times asked some of them to share their lockdown experiences:

Natural Disasters

Typhoon Ambo increases challenges for Philippines during COVID-19

Typhoon Vongfong, known locally as Ambo, made landfall in the Philippines on May 14, 2020, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people during a lockdown over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

YOUNG

Lockdown no bar for the young artist

Pen, paper, paintbrush and lots of colours! Beating the gloom of the lockdown through art, these young artists have decided to spread hope and love in the world through their paintings, posters and doodles. Here's a look

Millions of baby turtles emerged from their shells on April 23, 2020, at the Gahiramatha Wildlife Sanctuary, the world's largest rookery of Olive Ridley turtles. They emerged 40 days after female turtles built nests on the beach and laid eggs in them. Pho

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Running the gauntlet at Gahiramatha

Every year, Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings traverse a small distance in Odisha's Gahiramatha Sanctuary to take the plunge into life, literally

Science & Technology

Hubble space telescope celebrates 30th anniversary

The Hubble Space Telescope — responsible for significantly expanding mankind's understanding of the universe — celebrated its 30th anniversary in space on April 24, 2020. Down To Earth brings you some of the most breath-taking images the telescope has captured.

The world has gone into a lockdown ever since the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) broke out last December. As humans have been forced into confinement in their homes, wild animals have been seen entering human habitations, even big cities. Like the f

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Earth Day 2020: Wildlife runs wild amid COVID-19

With humans across the world cooped up in their homes due to COVID-19, wild animals have made appearances in human-dominated areas

Videos

Mining

Neduvasal will protest against hydrocarbon extraction

In Neduvasal, a village in the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu, villagers are protesting against the extraction of hydrocarbons from their agricultural fields. Protests broke out after the central government changed the policy and gave extraction rights to GEM Laboratories

Economic Survey 2023-24

What will be the key takeaways from the precursor to the budget?

blog

Much ado about nothing

news

More Indian residents filing patents than MNCs despite challenges: Economic Survey

news

Agriculture least hit by COVID-19: Economic Survey

news

Public spending to rescue Indian economy: Economic Survey 2020-21

hindistory

मानव वन्यजीव संघर्ष: उत्तराखंड से दूसरे राज्यों में भेजे जा सकेंगे जंंगली जानवर या कोई और है हल?

DTE In Print

Mining

Controversial deep sea mining negotiations showed progress, but many disagreements among member states remain

In November 2023, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc notified ISA of a disruption of its permitted exploration activities by representatives of Greenpeace International. However, multiple member states have reaffirmed the right to peaceful protest at sea. Photo: M

States’ proposals not included in consolidated text, while mining contractors’ …

Mining

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …

Mining

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 29, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …

Mining

Over half of global mines and their impacts are undocumented: Paper

Authors advocate for comprehensive inventory of mine sites and exploration zones to assess …

Amphan to make landfall between Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20: IMD

Seeds from the past

REWIND

38 years of Chernobyl

IN CONVERSATION

Planting trees can cause global warming too

REVIEW

CARTOON

DATA CENTRE

VIDEO

Mining

Pandemic preparedness

Africa

COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report

NEWS

Governance

Much ado about nothing

Mining

Illegal sand mining, constructions endanger Son gharials

Mining

Proposed amendments to Coal Bearing Areas Act will change land acquisition for mining: Experts

Mining

India has 500 million tonnes of gold ore reserves: Govt

Blogs

Durairaj Kumarasamy

Anumita Roychowdhury

Purnima Joshi

Factsheet

Wildlife & Biodiversity

India's tiger map

Photo Gallery

Natural Disasters

How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans

YOUNG

Days of COVID-19 confinement: How school-goers are dealing with lockdown

Natural Disasters

Typhoon Ambo increases challenges for Philippines during COVID-19

YOUNG

Lockdown no bar for the young artist

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Running the gauntlet at Gahiramatha

Science & Technology

Hubble space telescope celebrates 30th anniversary

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Earth Day 2020: Wildlife runs wild amid COVID-19

Videos

Mining

Neduvasal will protest against hydrocarbon extraction

Economic Survey 2023-24

What will be the key takeaways from the precursor to the budget?

blog

Much ado about nothing

news

More Indian residents filing patents than MNCs despite challenges: Economic Survey

news

Agriculture least hit by COVID-19: Economic Survey

news

Public spending to rescue Indian economy: Economic Survey 2020-21

hindistory

मानव वन्यजीव संघर्ष: उत्तराखंड से दूसरे राज्यों में भेजे जा सकेंगे जंंगली जानवर या कोई और है हल?

DTE In Print

Mining

Controversial deep sea mining negotiations showed progress, but many disagreements among member states remain

Mining

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)

Mining

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 29, 2024)

Mining

Over half of global mines and their impacts are undocumented: Paper

The storm is being said to be ‘unpredictable’ on the lines of Cyclone Fani last year