Mt Everest: Overcrowding at the top of the world must be regulated
Nepal needs to be proactive in safeguarding the tourism industry centred around Mount Everest
One person is killed every month in India defending the environment
There were 164 such killing across the world in 2018, according to a report by non-profit Global Witness
State apathy caused a differently abled teen to starve to death in Odisha
A member of a fact-finding team writes about how the 17-year-old and his sister struggled to make ends meet before they couldn’t
Concern for increasing population in India just a political rhetoric
India’s population will soon stabilise, but the government is just not noticing the facts
Video: Cabinet clears formation of National Medical Commission
The new commission’s responsibilities will include, approving and assessing medical colleges, conducting a common entrance for MBBS courses …
Crisis management
Jared Diamond’s latest book espouses that nations can come out of a crisis just the way people do
Doctors under attack: Govt, IMA must create safe work environment
After Kolkata, such an attack took place in Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital on July 7, 2019 and this too led to strikes
Goa’s first white paper on livelihood can help in effective state planning
Prepared by Goa Livelihoods Forum, the paper calls for the state to achieve development in the lines of the United Nation’s sustainable …
Language gap in policy making needs bridging
For active participation of tribal communities in policy dialogues, subaltern language are indispensable
Bill in Connecticut aims to stop sale of harmful cosmetics banned in EU
Many of the chemicals banned in the European Union are still used in the US in products ranging from toothpaste to shampoo and fruit juices to cheese
It's not just jobs, but good jobs that the unemployed need
People don’t just want jobs, but good ones that are stable, are in the formal-sector, have safe working conditions, collective bargaining …
Sedition: Anti-national abuse
Most developed countries have repealed sedition laws. But India continues with this colonial law, only to help the government suffocate dissent
Ceasing to be a citizen?
Excluson of four million people from Assam's draft National Citizen Registry has created panic among the inhabitants
Philately and wild India
Through the years, Indian stamps have featured local flora and fauna in varying degrees. Here is an overview
Can technology support forest rights process?
As false claims under the Forest Rights Act raise alarms, villages in Gujarat show how communities can use technology to address them
Monumental mistake
An elected member of legislative assembly from Uttar Pradesh, BJP's Sangeet Som called Taj Mahal a "blot on Indian history" recently
Fast food MNCs indifferent towards eliminating antibiotic use in India; consumers unaware
None of the fast food companies that CSE surveyed has made any specific time-bound commitment to reduce or eliminate any kind of antibiotics
Warnings on encephalitis and floods unheeded
If more children die in August in Gorakhpur and floods occur every year during monsoon, then why are we not prepared?
The Behaviour Puzzle
Stigmatising the powerless is not the way to a cleaner India, but only a more ashamed India
These crucial exemptions
Exemptions given in drug patent protection are vital for research as the court ruled in the Natco versus Bayer case
Watch: "5-year-plan was a good method to measure growth"
The March 31, 2017 marks the end of the five-year-planning method. Former planning commission member B K Chaturvedi explains why India needs to …
Watch: Who will miss India's five-year-plans?
Former member of the planning commission N C Saxena explains what the end of five year planning means and if Niti Aayog can fill the gap
Making of the Indian Constitution: a simplified brief
On the occasion of 70 years of the Constituent Assembly of India, Down to Earth explains the incremental stages of formulation of the Constitution
DTE Exclusive: In Conversation with Uma Bharti, Union Minister
Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Uma Bharti, in conversation with Sushmita Sengupta of Down To Earth, …
Where is the Chandni of this Chowk?
Once known as the silver street and home of famous poet like Ghalib, Chandni Chowk is today a nightmare for motorists, residents, traders and …
