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 …

Will Biden dare to use march-in rights?

Health advocates are asking Washington to use laws that allow patent override on drugs developed with public funds

No money to fix leaky roofs, MGNREGS workers in West Bengal fear upcoming monsoon

The Centre has blocked the state’s funds for the rural employment scheme for over a year, jeopardising the economic conditions of …

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 …

Money for nothing

A global tax regulatory body to finance the SDGs could have rescued the international conference in Addis Ababa. But the culture of privilege …

Save internet from becoming like cable TV

Prabir Purkayastha, head of knowledge commons talks about net neutrality and why it is important to stop telecom operators from making it into a …

One year of Modi government: no more achhe din, claims citizen report

According to the authors, the document was prepared after consultations with stakeholders in 100 districts across India

Aranmula airport project: No permission granted for fresh EIA study

Expert Appraisal Committee has only given time to promoter for explanation, reveal documents

Raje resorts to MGNREGA to rescue farmers affected by unseasonal rains

Around 5 per cent of households in the affected regions will get benefit under the scheme till March 31

Kalahandi’s Kutia Kondhs: Subsistence a struggle for this tribe of nature worshippers

Despite living in abject poverty and depending on natural resources for survival, the Kondhs do not use wood from the forests for fuel and also …

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

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

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, …

Poverty eradication, a top priority or not?

On World Poverty eradication Day, here’s a lowdown on the recent developments in poverty eradication in the world

Why is transgender community unhappy with Trans Persons Bill?

They call August 5, 2019, the day Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, as ‘Gender Justice Murder Day’

Israel elections: Who women vote for and how it's shifting

Will having a woman, who is also secular and leading a right-wing religious alliance for the first time, affect Israeli voting patterns?

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