Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh

Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets

Baigas in exile

Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Matter of life and death

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Bilaspur coal washery expansion opposed

Public hearing that gave its consent stage-managed, say residents

Science in our daily lives

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 20-24, 2020)

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