Budget 2020-21: Experts hope water security will be in focus again

Fund allocations must be clearly defined, they say

Four test negative for Coronavirus, confirms health ministry

Ten persons in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad under surveillance

Antibiotic resistance: China battles population, size

Health care reform since 2011 bear results but more needs to be done

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2020)

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

Locust attack: Govt caught completely unawares, minister admits

Instead of taking accountability, Rajasthan, Centre, blame each other, Pakistan

Antibiotic resistance: How Zambia is trying to reign in AMR

Antibiotic abuse dog the country like many of its counterparts in Africa

Too early to declare Coronavirus outbreak an int'l emergency: WHO

'Neither severity, source nor extent of virus' transmission completely known yet'

40 buffaloes die of haemorrhagic septicaemia in Odisha’s Kendrapara

Locals blame officials for not acting on time, worried about livelihood

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 23, 2020)

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

Antibiotic resistance: AMR in Ghana, huge public health threat under cover

Health dept steps may fall short due to inadequate funding by government, donors

Coronavirus continues its march across Asia and the world

New cases reported in Singapore and Hong Kong; suspected cases in Scotland; three Chinese cities shut to prevent infection 

Antibiotic resistance: AMR a health threat in Uganda

Worries: Self-medication, antibiotic sales without prescription

Budget 2020-21: Will Sitharaman keep aside Rs 1.10 lakh crore to revamp India's discoms

Sitharaman may provide support for Ujjwala beneficiaries for buying refill gas cylinders

World’s oldest asteroid strike in western Australia might have triggered a global thaw

Models show that if the Yarrabubba asteroid hit an ice sheet 5 km thick, more than 200 billion tonne water vapour would be ejected 

IIT Madras scientist to improve algorithms in lattice cryptography

Lattice cryptography is an emerging technology for secret keeping

Shift health to concurrent list: Expert group to Finance Commission

Activists voice concern about some recommendations by panel

Antibiotic resistance: South Africa has a success story in treating resistant TB

Antimicrobial resistance is a worry as in several other African countries  

Locust attack: Swarms pose most serious threat since 1993

Area measuring 370,000 hectares in Gujarat and Rajasthan affected

Bats likely source of novel coronavirus: China scientists

Death toll rises to 9 in China; first case detected in US; WHO to hold emergency meet

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

Antibiotic resistance: Nigeria stares at a major catastrophe

Coordinated response is the need of the hour