Isha Foundation exempted from prior environment clearance: Centre tells Madras High Court

Jaggi Vasudev’s foundation gets exemption on grounds for promoting education

How cities can cope with climate change-induced floods

Restoring wetlands, mapping flooded areas, reducing emissions from cities will help

Parliamentary Digest (July 26, 2022): Over 1,000 died in natural disasters across India as of July 26

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As told to Parliament (July 21, 2022): Measures introduced to regulate floods in Brahmaputra

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Making Odisha child-marriage free — an optimistic view

People have questioned the process of declaring villages child-marriage free

DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go

Bonded labour, child labour: Manual scavenging in India far from being eradicated

More than 90% manual scavengers were never recorded through the PEMSR Act

Simply Put: Renaming potholes

As told to Parliament (August 4, 2021): 183 arrested, bailed in eight months of farmers’ protests

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As told to Parliament (August 3, 2021): 47% more person days generated under MGNREGS during 2020-21

All that was discussed in the Houses through the day

As told to Parliament (July 23, 2021): Govt admits ‘increase’ in extreme weather over India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As told to Parliament (March 24, 2021): No green aviation policy drawn up

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As the world watches US election, the appeal of America is diminished

A reality check on American power, including its cultural power, is overdue

Simply Put: Beti Bachao

Simply Put : Ahmedabad wall

Africa would need another 142 years to achieve gender equality

The disparity could cost the continent nearly US$700 billion by 2025

Asia-Pacific moves slow on environment-related SDGs: Report

At this rate, the region will not achieve any of these SDGs by 2030

Simply Put: Happy Halloween

Two years of Dhinkia violence: Villagers observe ‘Black Day’ in Bhubaneswar

Thirty people from Dhinkia sustained injuries after police baton-charged agitators trying to protect their betel vineyards from acquisition for …

MGNREGA: How mandating Aadhaar-based payment is pushing rural India into poverty, forcing migration

Over 89 million workers will be unable to access work and thereby receive wages under MGNREGA

Difficult for me to come to terms with the reality lived by Dom women on Varanasi’s cremation ghats: Radhika Iyengar

Author talks about her experiences while reporting for and writing her book, ‘Fire on the Ganges’, about the Dom community on the …

No apology has been offered for the system of indenture: Bhaswati Mukherjee

Former Ambassador speaks to Down To Earth on her latest book on the system of indenture, that led to 1.5 million Indians going to far-off lands

As told to Parliament (December 20, 2023): Improvement in malnutrition indicators for children in India

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As told to Parliament (December 7, 2023): 397 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat from 2019-22

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Simply Put: Tunnel vision