We never gave any thought to ferocious dog breeds so far: S Theodore Baskaran

Down To Earth spoke to conservation writer, historian, naturalist and veteran activist S Theodore Baskaran on the Centre contemplating a ban on …

Roman legions, Boer wagons, lions, Cecil Rhodes: Some dogs being considered for ban by Centre have fascinating histories

However, ‘free-ranging dogs’ are a massive crisis and should be the government’s focus, says scientist

Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity

Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha

Simply Put: MSP road block

What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US?

The challenging topography of humid, swampy rainforest as well as criminal gangs who control the area, make the route an extremely challenging …

Poverty reduction in reverse, far-right populism to blame, says UN 2023 Human Development Report

A ‘democracy paradox’, coupled with a sense of powerlessness & lack of control over government decisions, has fuelled political …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 12, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 11, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Abused, abandoned, neglected: The plight of India’s older women

Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life

Step forward from the backward districts

India's 100 backward districts can teach a new lesson on development

Simply Put: Ministry of Environment (Clearance)

Usual suspects

Forget the Internet. Welcome to roadblocks on the information route

Soft 'target'

PDS' poor politic

News snippets

Stung society

Giver and taker eqully culpable

Yukos' loss is ONGC's gain

Chinese particle invasion

First step to control: legalisation

It's secret mate

News Snippets

The media and the republic

Self-governance in tribal villages is not a threat to national sovereignty

Genetic games

... and the government's new set of rules to ensure safety standards in DNA-based drugs

Clipping the wings

Dot com or dot in

All for war