<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/nigerias-green-tax-targets-fuel-guzzlers-and-signals-shift-towards-fuel-efficient-and-electric-vehicles</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/bd48b8n1/Nigeria.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A busy market street in Lagos, Nigeria.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T06:49:22.252Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Nigeria’s green tax targets fuel guzzlers and signals shift towards fuel-efficient and electric vehicles</news:title>
<news:keywords>Africa, Air, Nigeria, Vehicular Pollution, green tax, EVs, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/how-the-us-irael-war-on-iran-is-triggering-a-global-helium-shortage</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/2fbm2093/Helium-shortage-US-Israel-war-on-Iran</image:loc>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T06:02:41.772Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>How the US-Israel war on Iran is triggering a global helium shortage </news:title>
<news:keywords>Energy, Iran, helium, Gas, US-Israel, helium shortage</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/from-deterrence-to-development-indias-nuclear-shift-towards-energy-security</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/ncqx2p1y/Nuclear-Power-Plant.jpg</image:loc>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T05:47:45.047Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>From deterrence to development: India’s nuclear shift towards energy security</news:title>
<news:keywords>Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/women-in-science-global-study-finds-presence-without-power</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/yrvqgy1p/iStock-1453524892.jpg</image:loc>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T04:55:33.221Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Women in science — global study finds presence without power</news:title>
<news:keywords>Science &amp; Technology, women in science, Research, gender equality, discrimination, women representation, stem, women and girls, science academies</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/europes-only-wild-primates-gibraltars-barbary-macaques-eat-soil-to-counter-ill-effects-of-tourist-derived-junk-food-study</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/6io88f8u/Barbary-Macque-Gibraltar.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Barbary macaque monkey in Gibraltar on a wall.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T04:25:36.534Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Europe’s only wild primates, Gibraltar’s Barbary Macaques, eat soil to counter ill effects of tourist-derived junk food: Study</news:title>
<news:keywords>Wildlife &amp; Biodiversity, Europe, Primates, Gibraltar, Barbary Macaques, Geophagy</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/a-sage-for-a-fractured-planet-muni-narayana-prasad-and-the-ethics-of-ecology</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/kryvx8qq/muni-narayana-Prasaadd.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Muni Narayana Prasad.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T03:43:35.993Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>A sage for a fractured planet: Muni Narayana Prasad and the ethics of ecology</news:title>
<news:keywords>Environment, Kerala, Ecology, Muni Narayana Prasad, Narayana Guru, Spiritualism</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/raghu-rai-brought-poetry-to-photography-experts-pay-homage-to-late-legend</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/8ej4afjf/Raghu-Rai.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Raghu Rai</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-26T16:24:08.565Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Raghu Rai brought poetry to photography: Experts pay homage to late legend</news:title>
<news:keywords>Environment, Indira Gandhi, photography, bhopal gas tragedy, mother teresa, Raghu Rai, Henri Cartier Bresson</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/how-to-kill-the-ridge-forest</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/xrej2mq1/JNU-wildspace-Aug-2010-4.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The dry ridge forest comes alive once it rains, with every possible hue of green, and sounds fill the once silent landscape.</image:caption>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-25T11:46:35.852Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>How to kill the ridge forest</news:title>
<news:keywords>Forests, Delhi, Pesticides, Stockholm Convention, Dindori (D), Central Ridge</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/simply-put-shark-and-tuna-sauna</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/c87qkz9e/Simply-Put-25-Apr-hero-image-copy.jpg</image:loc>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/p0ke5zct/SImply-Put-25-Apr-Ocean-warming-copy.jpg</image:loc>
</image:image><news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>downtoearth</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-25T09:19:51.791Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Simply Put: Shark and tuna sauna</news:title>
<news:keywords>Wildlife &amp; Biodiversity, Climate Change, SHARKS, Warming oceans, tunas, overheating</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
</urlset>