Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system

Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

Jharkhand-based coalition calls for mass protests against decision to open coal sector

The Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha is also irked due to Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s decision to support the Centre’s move

COVID-19 and green, open spaces: What is going to be our new normal?

Living conditions created under a pandemic situation are also a reflection of the inadequacies of our cities

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Rehabilitation colonies are unliveable

Toilets overflow in R&R colonies, residents resort to open defecation; some claim they used their compensation money to get constructions fixed

Only 11% low-income countries make their data open: World Bank report

Gaps in data on women and girls particularly severe; countries do not invest enough in public intent data systems, the report said

Assault on open access to science in India

Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India

3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey

Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …

Stormwater harvesting in parks and open spaces: Managing Delhi’s water woes

Water-sensitive urban design and planning approach, which mimics the natural water cycle, can help fix water systems in the city

Why India should not reopen schools and colleges during COVID-19 pandemic

The Centre and state governments should refrain from doing so in the light of new studies highlighting COVID-19 cases among children

Looking beyond Pokemon Go: Augmented reality and virtual reality open vistas in medicine

Surgeons who experience VR simulations had improved psycho-motor skills and their performance in the operating room improved significantly

Nobel laureates stress on open mind at 107th Indian Science Congress

The big message at India's biggest science congregation: Big discoveries can't be planned 

Tax super rich to pay Global South for climate damages: Open letter to world leaders by economists ahead of Paris talks

Just a 2 per cent tax on extreme wealth can raise $2.5 trillion a year which can be diverted to loss & damage fund

COVID-19: Rural UP girls wait for schools to reopen to get sanitary napkins

With schools that distributed sanitary napkins shut, girls have gone back to using cloth 

‘It will open up a new area of Mars exploration’

As NASA's Ingenuity touched down on Mars, Down To Earth spoke to Ingenuity’s chief engineer J (Bob) Balaram on the significance of the …

Rising vegetable prices open a new chapter in the world food crisis

Supply chain disruptions, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial tightening through rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine have …

खुले में शौच मुक्त का सरकारी दावा: हकीकत या फसाना

2 अक्टूबर 2019 को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने भारत को खुले में शौच मुक्त घोषित किया था, लेकिन विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन की नई रिपोर्ट ...

Railways allege state transmission authorities delayed power purchase under open access in 2017: CAG

West Central Railways incurred extra expenditure of Rs 75.10 crore during the period from March 15, 2016 to January 10, 2017

Over 100 experts oppose ‘Nature Positive Fund’ in open letter to UN before COP15

‘Nature Positive Economy’ promotes the financialisation of nature’s destruction, they said

Global pandemic fund to open for investment proposals in November

The treasury will help boost pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in low- and middle-income countries 

संसद में आज: भारत के 4,372 शहरों तथा शहरी निकायों को खुले में शौच मुक्त घोषित किया गया है

सरकार ने आत्मनिर्भर भारत भारत अभियान (एबीए) के तहत एमएसएमई सहित 20 लाख करोड़ रुपये के विशेष आर्थिक और व्यापक पैकेज की घोषणा की ...

Toilet-linked biogas plants tackle faecal sludge problem in Gujarat’s villages

The system not only prevented open defecation, addressed septage issue, but also gave easy access to clean and cheap fuel for cooking needs

How the open access model hurts academics in poorer countries

Rather than individuals or institutions paying to have access to publications, increasingly, academics are expected to pay for publishing their …

What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track

Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial

Pollution 'time bomb' ticking for Ganga despite ODF

India is on the verge of being declared open-defecation free but the next big challenge is to safely dispose millions of tonnes of shit in our …