https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/highlights-from-the-issue-41 https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/sjyqmlat/01-Highlights-from-the-issue.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/wc19mxfb/p03illu-DTE-35years-logo.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/28fhamyx/41.jpg Sangu Ram, resident of Kauhabahra village in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, has lived in poverty and hunger all his life. His children are also officially classified as extremely poor and are deemed at risk from hunger https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/zp99lxhp/27.jpg Lakmu Salam, from the Abujhmad area of Chhattisgarh, says poverty will not leave him or his next generation https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/fl3uycuu/31.jpg Residents of Chinddi village in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district show the container they use to collect grain in exchange for labour https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/ohyjcn77/30.jpg Over half of India’s population has no significant wealth at all. There are clear signs that those left behind in the “great wealth rush” may struggle to catch up, and remain stuck in the cycle of poverty https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/ddobogjw/29.jpg In Dangabanji village in Odisha’s Balangir district, most residents have mortgaged themselves for years. The village keeps a unique register (inset) recording details of the migrant residents and advances taken from labour contractors https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/6w8818jf/12.jpg Police detain a man in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on April 14 while patrolling a neighbourhood after protests by factory workers for higher wages https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-24/cdp85skr/LPG.jpg Photo for representation. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-03-30/tin51sfa/24.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/2ucilil5/20.jpg The most immediate impacts of a super El Niño could be land and marine heatwaves, droughts, wildfires in some regions; and extreme rainfall, storms and floods in others https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/3kwk8gge/Rainfall.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/35umlp2t/50.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-03-03/r1xzlqzv/blood-CO2 We may have already entered a period where there is permanent and developing physiological compensation for CO2 in our bodies. Photo for representation. https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/k25he0bj/46.jpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-01/yps631tj/56.jpg downtoearth en 2026-05-04T05:17:18.007Z Highlights from the issue Environment, gene, Odisha, Poverty, gender, Carbon, Sports, WARMING, anniversary, industrial strike, kashmiri food https://www.downtoearth.org.in/economy/simple-put-migrant-poverty-trap https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-03/vwk8ugza/Migrant-labour https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-03/d5y6zj86/Migrant-poverty-trap downtoearth en 2026-05-03T06:24:58.606Z Simple Put: Migrant poverty trap Economy, Poverty, Unemployment, Migrant https://www.downtoearth.org.in/economy/simply-put-gig-economy https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-03/dhsmzu7a/Labour-day-gig-economy https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-05-03/cey9m0g4/Gig-labour-day downtoearth en 2026-05-03T05:58:13.953Z Simply Put: Gig economy Economy, gig economy, labour day