How India’s farmers’ protests could upend the political landscape

The cycle of farmer agitations and the linkage with the main trade union federations suggests the possibility of the future growth of the …

Learning curve: E-Mobility stories from India’s hilly terrains

Shimla, Agartala, Guwahati are steadily switching to electric buses for public transport

General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter

As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and development to make an informed decision

Numaligarh Wall: Assam govt directs company to ‘demolish entire wall’

Divisional forest officer of Assam writes to Numaligarh general manager, cites the NGT’s 2016 verdict about wall being a barrier to an …

How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks

The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks

Assam and its notion of nationhood

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COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists

Numbers show one in every four in India is a child marriage, but ground situation may be even worse

Assam violence: Manas National Park closed for tourists

Bodo rebels have been attacking tribal settlements near the park and escaping to Bhutan through the park

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2024)

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

North-eastern states live in fear of drought

Monsoon ditched them so bad that they stare at lowest rain deficit in 13 years

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

Flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos

Assam proposes elevated roads to reduce accidents of animals on National Highway 37

From the blurbs

Dying wetlands

Almost 40 per cent of all wetlands in Assam are under threat

Fatal flight

On the rampage

Legislator burns forest camp in Assam's Nameri National Park

No food in forests: Weeds like Mimosa, Siam are taking over Assam’s biodiversity

Mimosa species, at its peak, covered 56% per cent of Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park

Wary healthcare workers in Assam inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines

Beneficiaries January 16, especially expressed wariness about Covaxin, compared to Covishield

Arsenic-affected habitations in India up 145% in last 5 yrs

The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17

Wildlife recall: Manas National Park's experiment with former poachers

Once in the grip of armed insurgency, a national park has lessons in wildlife management

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

Warned, yet unprepared

States prone to floods have failed to implement management schemes, finds a performance audit of CAG

Comfort backpack

An improved plucking basket promises to alleviate muscular pain and fatigue, two major health problems faced by tea garden workers

Adivasis, Bengali Muslims worst hit by child malnutrition in Assam

Adivasis, Bengali Muslims worst hit by child malnutrition in Assam They have low access to nutritious food in spite of increase in number of …

Has forest cover really increased?

The provisional figures for India's forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to …