Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

What now ?

Desperate measures are the call of the day. Common people need to have a greater say

The failure

Nationalisation of coalmines has failed badly

Making hell-holes

What slaughter mining and power plants have done to the people and the environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)

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

Warning: Air quality in North India may turn ‘severe’ by Diwali

AQI in Delhi-NCR between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ range October 22, 2022

Teenage pregnancies in every 3 of 5 child brides, finds CRY

Non-profit study significant proportion of adolescent mothers had low-birth-weight babies

Bihar initiates steps to obtain GI tag for shahi litchi

Farmers from Bihar set to benefit from protection as the fruit has a huge market globally

Rise of wives of don-politicians

As many as six-don turned politicians in Bihar are fielding their wives in Lok Sabha election 2014

Jharkhand

Most politicians and activists see the Forest Conservation Act as a hurdle towards empowering the tribal population. They want the act amended

Uttaranchal

The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood

Chattisgarh

Fighting the drought preoccupies the new government. Charting a mining policy to explore the rich mineral deposits is next on the agenda

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

From the blurbs

A year on, no lessons learnt from Bihar mid day meal tragedy

Civil society calls for pesticide-free, organic food under government programmes for children while Bihar focuses on building new kitchens in …

Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment

Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase

Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment

Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase

Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar

Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district

Poor little rich states

Rich in natural resources but extremely poor, the three new states are in need of a new strategy for development. But no blueprints have been …

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

Officials unmoved by court order

Officials unmoved by court order

Delivering safety

All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest …

COVID-19: Bihar government battles fake news linking meat consumption to virus

Advertisements by state government say meat consumption cannot cause infection

Solar street lights scam: Patna HC seeks explanation from state government

Petition demands CBI probe into purchase of substandard lights at inflated cost

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: A travesty on migrant workers

Its primary aim is to woo voters in Bihar where elections will take place later this year