Simply Put: Pandemic planet

2021 saw over twice as many COVID-19 cases as 2020, December worst month on record

2021 saw 1.8 times more COVID-19 deaths than 2020 

Saving west Africa’s last lions: Six animals in Senegal park fitted with GPS collars to collect data

The West African Lion is down to just 250 and is critically endangered

Dengue cases on the rise in India, Delhi records its 1st death

India recorded 63,280 dengue cases as of September 30, 2022

Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150%

West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7

Over 8,000 accidental deaths in 2022 due to forces of nature, 35% due to lightning: NCRB

NCRB released its 56th annual edition of ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ on December 1, 2022

UK university academic is lending expertise to cut India’s snakebite deaths

With 50,000 deaths per year from snakebites, India has the world's highest burden

Third cheetah dies within a month at Kuno National Park, 9th since March

The cheetah was among two who had been moved to the larger enclosure in the park

Simply put: Project cheetah

US issues warning against boating as dozens of whales frolic in San Francisco waters

Vessels have been told to stay 300 feet away from cetaceans

Three die of suspected swine flu in Hyderabad

In India, 191 billion potential labour hours were lost due to heat exposure in 2022: Lancet

Agricultural workers are the worst affected in many countries, with the burden often shifting to those in construction in higher income …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2023)

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

Support system: This Chhattisgarh SHG began to fight leprosy stigma; it has now made women self-sufficient

Sahara has got a liquor distillery closed down; enabled women to participate in local governance and improved livelihoods

Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1

The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants 

Does Bhubaneswar need to worry about dengue amid COVID-19?

Some 60 people in certain city localities have been diagnosed with dengue, say health officials

COVID-19 in Africa: Real toll may be thrice the official figure

The average excess deaths increased to 1,200 per day June 21-27, 2021 from 910 the previous week  

COVID-19, climate crisis: 7.8 million across east Africa pushed to starvation

Floods and locust outbreak in east African region lead to increased food shortages, where 34 million people are acutely food insecure

Few takers for Bihar’s revised COVID-19 death toll

Most experts say the government did not count deaths of people at homes, in ambulances, private hospitals and rural areas

Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos

Consumers show a strong preference for wild rhinos and do not believe that horns from semi-wild or farmed rhinos have the same medicinal effects

Global malaria response suffered due to COVID-19: World Malaria Report 2021

COVID-19 service-related disruptions responsible for 69,000 additional malaria deaths in 2020, says new WHO report

At least 12 million avoidable deaths linked to improper diets in 2018

Premature deaths attributed to inappropriate diet increased 15% in 2010-2018; premature deaths attributed to dietary risks increased 22%

Malaria vaccine: India needs it too, say experts

Countries in Africa registered 94 per cent of all malaria cases and deaths that took place globally in 2019; India saw the largest drop …

Indian economy will be hit hard by rising heat: Global report

By 2030, the average loss in daylight working hours could put between 2.5% and 4.5% of the GDP at risk annually

World Rhino Day: COVID-19 keeps rhino poaching in check

According to a new report by the International Rhino Foundation, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be beneficial for rhinos, especially in Africa