Released modelling study for Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24
Bihar’s only tiger reserve using green energy to provide water to wildlife during summer
United States bans white asbestos, last of its kind still in use
Measles accounted for most excess deaths as a result of COVID-19 related vaccine disruptions
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
After halt in MGNREGS work, ‘ghost colonies’ emerge across West Bengal as villages empty in search of employment
Lack of work opportunities see rural residents permanently migrate with families
Are north Indians eating wrong? New study shows imbalances & remedies
The average north Indian diet is high in salt and low in potassium, protein, increasing risk of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease & hypertension
What is ‘liver fluke’, a dog-killing parasite that has spread to western US?
Researchers recommend caution for pet owners; parasite normally found in southern US, found in California for first time
Why do autocrats insist on sham elections?
As Vladimir Putin wins yet another term in the Kremlin, the question remains what is the point in having an election at all?
Elvish Yadav Arrest: Why does snake venom give a ‘kick’ to ‘psychonauts’?
2022 paper published by AIIMS Jodhpur researchers states snake venom intoxication relatively common in India, although less reported in medical literature
Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity
Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha
2024 Lok Sabha polls: With almost 50% electorate, women voters to drive elections this year
In recent times, women-based welfare schemes have played a major role in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh polls
Lancet study finds 7 out of 10 dialysis patients in India survive beyond six months, rural mortality 32% higher
New study establishes national benchmark for dialysis success rate for the first time
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2024)
Centre contemplating ban on wolf dogs. But what about the hybrids roaming India’s wilds?
We hardly know about people breeding wolf dogs in India; but we do know they are prevalent in the wild, say experts
Neurological conditions primary cause of ill health, disability globally: Lancet study
Number of people affected by or dying from neurological conditions increased over past 3 decades; People in LMICs disproportionately affected
Electoral bonds: At least 4 companies that gave over Rs 100 cr have history of violating green norms, tribal rights
We looked at four companies whose mining & infrastructure projects have been opposed by locals; cumulatively, they paid Rs 1,664 crore to political parties through electoral bonds
There will be more human-bull shark interactions in future; the species is adapting to warming seas, and thriving
Five-fold increase in the abundance of juvenile bull sharks over the last 20 years in Mobile Bay coincides with increasing sea surface temperatures
Gut microbes that digest cellulose are declining, especially in industrialised nations
Industrialised nations tend to prefer processed food ingredients over a plant-based diet with increased fibre levels
Ramlila Maidan Mahapanchayat ends with SKM call to intensify MSP fight
Our resolution a ‘sankalp patra’ against the “corporate, communal, dictatorial regime” at the Centre, says SKM
Over 50 million people may be food insecure in eastern Africa, warns WFP
Sudan (17.7 million), Ethiopia (15.8 million people) and South Sudan (5.7 million) most concerning
Bare act
Even after five decades of enacting a law, India is nowhere close to preventing industries from dumping untreated toxic effluents in the open
Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam
A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area
Britain’s seas are warming from John O’Groats to The Lizard, data collected by all-female rowboat crew finds
Kent, Thames Estuary, East Anglia, Yorkshire & the Humber, Northumberland and Scottish Lowlands notable exceptions
Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%
Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production