‘WONDER app can make the difference in improving maternal care’
Down To Earth speaks to gynaecologist and obstetrician Narmadha Kuppuswami about the WONDER app that she has developed
Bihar may introduce licences for borewells
The state is planning to introduce several measures, including making prior permission mandatory to fetch groundwater from borewells
Bihar cracks down on errant farmers for stubble burning
Farmers who burnt stubble will not get subsidies even as many blame mechanisation and dwindling cattle
‘Hands tied’: Why non-profits aren’t part of Bihar’s COVID-19 response
Organisations say state govt wants them to hand over relief material
Centre, US agency launch Forest-PLUS 2.0
Five-year programme to focus on improving status of forests in three terrains in Bihar, Kerala and Telangana
Fertility in India is declining rapidly, says National Health Profile 2018
Total fertility rate falls below two children per woman in 12 states, reaches replacement levels in 9 others
Supreme Court directs Centre to prepare national disaster plan to tackle drought
The apex court has directed the Union government to revise the Drought Management Manual at the earliest till the end of 2016
How did it get so bad?
Ostrich policy and bad science. In Bihar, embankments built by government to prevent floods have been counter-productive
Is the alarm justified?
Yes. The disease is spreading fast. Yet there is little scientific data to devise a strategy to deal with it
Extreme weather: India’s death toll 1,357 from 19 events in 2019, flags DTE report
Over 300 died from floods, heavy rain in Bihar, 292 died from heat waves, shows report
Can President Mukherjee redress this farmer’s grievance?
World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification
Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead
Bihar’s development model fails to save Nitish
Bihar, touted as India’s fastest growing state under Nitish Kumar rule, has thrown up a startling mandate and shown faith in BJP. The Bihar …
Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades
At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps
Voting without voters: Bihar migrant workers forced to sacrifice ballot rights due to financial strain
Require special provisions, free trips home to participate in democratic process
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
Pond ‘stolen’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga: No action so far, locals allege such encroachments rampant
Around 200 out of 350 ponds in town encroached, filled up in last three decades, says activist
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Winter pollution in eastern India as bad as in Delhi-NCR: CSE report
Smaller cities of Bihar more polluted than the big cities in Delhi-NCR
Lightning strikes linked to climate change: 1,697 killed in a year in India
Lightning strikes increased 34% compared to previous year in India
Every fourth senior citizen in India rates health as poor: LASI
Every tenth individual above 60 years has some form of disability
Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies
Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise
Fear of bird flu outbreak grips Bihar
Birds have been dying in large numbers in the state from December 3
Islamic banking with a twist
A cooperative in Bihar offers interest-free loans, but only to its poor members
Bihar government rolls back cut in MGNREGA minimum wage
The decision to reinstate Rs. 162 minimum daily wage follows protests and litigation