https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/more-than-266-million-people-face-acute-food-insecurity-conflict-main-driver https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/wm7mvll0/Actute-food-insecurity-hunger-conflict Funding cuts undermine effective humanitarian response. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/ln67wzy0/1000320749.jpg https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/pya1hrg8/1000320747.jpg Number of people in Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) category of food insecurity. downtoearth en 2026-04-27T09:00:15.543Z More than 266 million people face acute food insecurity, conflict main driver Food, Agriculture, Health, Nutrition, food insecurity, Sudan, Food crisis, Food shortage, hunger, Conflict, Malnutrition, War, Gaza, acute food insecurity https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/covid-19-leaves-lasting-impact-on-heart-attack-survival-with-deaths-rising-even-a-year-later-finds-research https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/ufq0savb/iStock-506476770.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-27T07:32:50.455Z COVID-19 leaves lasting impact on heart attack survival, with deaths rising even a year later, finds research Health, covid-19, Heart attack, public health, Medical Research, Healthcare, Mortality, global health, cardiovascular health, STEMI, Pandemic impact https://www.downtoearth.org.in/economy/return-of-the-industrial-strike https://gumlet.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 downtoearth en 2026-04-27T07:00:43.212Z Return of the industrial strike Economy, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, gurugram, Labour wages, Noida, Delhi-National Capital Region, Manesar https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/nigerias-green-tax-targets-fuel-guzzlers-and-signals-shift-towards-fuel-efficient-and-electric-vehicles https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/bd48b8n1/Nigeria.jpg A busy market street in Lagos, Nigeria. downtoearth en 2026-04-27T06:49:22.252Z Nigeria’s green tax targets fuel guzzlers and signals shift towards fuel-efficient and electric vehicles Africa, Air, Nigeria, Vehicular Pollution, green tax, EVs, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/how-the-us-irael-war-on-iran-is-triggering-a-global-helium-shortage https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/2fbm2093/Helium-shortage-US-Israel-war-on-Iran downtoearth en 2026-04-27T06:02:41.772Z How the US-Israel war on Iran is triggering a global helium shortage Energy, Iran, helium, Gas, US-Israel, helium shortage https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/from-deterrence-to-development-indias-nuclear-shift-towards-energy-security https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/ncqx2p1y/Nuclear-Power-Plant.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-27T05:47:45.047Z From deterrence to development: India’s nuclear shift towards energy security Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/women-in-science-global-study-finds-presence-without-power https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/yrvqgy1p/iStock-1453524892.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-27T04:55:33.221Z Women in science — global study finds presence without power Science & Technology, women in science, Research, gender equality, discrimination, women representation, stem, women and girls, science academies 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 https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/6io88f8u/Barbary-Macque-Gibraltar.jpg Barbary macaque monkey in Gibraltar on a wall. downtoearth en 2026-04-27T04:25:36.534Z Europe’s only wild primates, Gibraltar’s Barbary Macaques, eat soil to counter ill effects of tourist-derived junk food: Study Wildlife & Biodiversity, Europe, Primates, Gibraltar, Barbary Macaques, Geophagy https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/a-sage-for-a-fractured-planet-muni-narayana-prasad-and-the-ethics-of-ecology https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/kryvx8qq/muni-narayana-Prasaadd.jpg Muni Narayana Prasad. downtoearth en 2026-04-27T03:43:35.993Z A sage for a fractured planet: Muni Narayana Prasad and the ethics of ecology Environment, Kerala, Ecology, Muni Narayana Prasad, Narayana Guru, Spiritualism https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/raghu-rai-brought-poetry-to-photography-experts-pay-homage-to-late-legend https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-27/8ej4afjf/Raghu-Rai.jpg Raghu Rai downtoearth en 2026-04-26T16:24:08.565Z Raghu Rai brought poetry to photography: Experts pay homage to late legend Environment, Indira Gandhi, photography, bhopal gas tragedy, mother teresa, Raghu Rai, Henri Cartier Bresson https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/how-to-kill-the-ridge-forest https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/xrej2mq1/JNU-wildspace-Aug-2010-4.jpeg The dry ridge forest comes alive once it rains, with every possible hue of green, and sounds fill the once silent landscape. downtoearth en 2026-04-25T11:46:35.852Z How to kill the ridge forest Forests, Delhi, Pesticides, Stockholm Convention, Dindori (D), Central Ridge https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/simply-put-shark-and-tuna-sauna https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/c87qkz9e/Simply-Put-25-Apr-hero-image-copy.jpg https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-25/p0ke5zct/SImply-Put-25-Apr-Ocean-warming-copy.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-25T09:19:51.791Z Simply Put: Shark and tuna sauna Wildlife & Biodiversity, Climate Change, SHARKS, Warming oceans, tunas, overheating