COVID-19: NIRDPR, Unicef train 2.8 mln community leaders online

The programme aims to make village communities more aware of COVID-19

Here are two methods used to test for novel coronavirus

India currently uses the molecular assays method of testing

COVID-19: Bihar's healthcare workers threaten to leave, ask to be quarantined in absence of PPEs

Doctors in some cases, used polythenes, raincoats to protect themselves

COVID-19: Global trade to decline 27% in Q2, warns UNCTAD

Global trade value slumped 3% in first quarter of 2020, according to the report

COVID-19: Distress calls from migrants reveal India’s digital divide

Communication between migrant workers, their family members has come to a standstill

COVID-19: Experts raise concerns over China's measures to prevent illegal wildlife trade

China asks public for comments on a list of animals that can be traded legally

COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report

Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled

COVID-19: Milk supply under threat amid demand spike

Dairy sector hit by migrant workers headed home

COVID-19 has caused humanity’s ecological footprint to contract by 3 weeks

Earth Overshoot Day this year is on August 22, much later than July 29 last year

Coronavirus update: 165 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility

India records highest single-day spike of 32,695 cases

WHO says COVID remains a global emergency, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?

We still face significant challenges, with high rates of transmission in many countries

COVID-19: Bihar farmers suffer labour crunch, despite govt guidelines

Labourers fear getting punished for leaving homes to work

Lost childhood: COVID-19, floods trigger child trafficking in Bihar

State’s battered economy provides fertile ground to human traffickers

What 241 scientists said in their letter on airborne COVID-19 transmission

Here is the full transcript of the letter to the World Health Organization 

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

Advertisements by state government say meat consumption cannot cause infection

COVID-19: Gujarat forest dept officials allegedly torched huts, fields

The state’s forest officials told villagers to evict land or face consequences

COVID-19: Odisha becomes first state to extend lockdown

Approximately 3.1 million families receive food grains from 12,556 fair price shops

Is telemedicine useful tool to fight COVID-19?

Hospitals should be prepared to use tele-health as a tool in fighting the outbreak

COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing

Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates

Livestock not susceptible to novel coronavirus: study

Ferrets, cats highly susceptible to being infected

Funeral over a video call: COVID-19 lockdown forces Odisha migrants to stay away

Not being able to attend last rites of kin takes a toll on mental health

Cyclone Amphan: Waterlogging sparks COVID-19 infection fear in Bengal

Amphan fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in last few decades, says IMD  

Simply Put: COVID toppers

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

2022 too short, too far: How did the economy fare last year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022