40 gharials released in Ghaghara river amid lockdown

About 250 gharials have been released in the river since 2014

The humble gourd is falling out of favour

Gourd has sculpted the culture and traditions of rural India for ages 

To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie

Tiger survey: Census work covers 400 sq km in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist territory

Indravati Tiger Reserve had three tigers in 2018-19

'Large hydropower projects are not safe'

Experts discuss about the negative impacts of building large dams

Book says climate change will affect global food security and trade

In several regions of the world, water scarcity will reduce the capacity to grow crops

Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges

Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours 

Inherent faith runs deep

In Jharkhand, sacred groves define social and cultural consciousness of tribal people

Experts urge promotion of decentralised seed systems in rain-fed areas

Indigenous seeds work best in areas without irrigation benefits

Why potato's cousins remain neglected

Tubers come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and pack quite a punch

World Turtle Day 2020: Here's an app for you to aid conservation

Kurma mobile application lets users collate, exchange data on turtles

‘Antibiotics are convenient only when they work effectively’

The goal is to treat bacterial infections. Every possible way should be made of making bacteria susceptible to antibiotics as it will help patients

सिकिया पर संकट

बैगा आदिवासियों के भोजन का अभिन्न अंग रहा सिकिया अनाज क्या अपनी पुरानी रंगत में लौट पाएगा?

'Worldwide food losses and waste amount to 30-40 per cent of total production'

On the occasion of World Food Day, Rob Vos, strategic programme leader in FAO’s economic and social affairs division, talks about …

Shadowed by Khajuraho, singhara cultivators struggle

As the Archaeological Survey of India takes over a lake near the temple town, the livelihood of a community that depends upon growing water …

'Don't misunderstand the leopard'

Few wildlife enthusiasts have tracked leopards more closely or known them more intimately than jonathan and Angela Scott, who have made the …

Santhali Sohrai murals: An etch in time

Santhali communities of Odisha and Jharkhand are changing their ways of painting Sohrai murals

अफ्रीका में बच्चों की बाढ़

अफ्रीका में स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं में सुधार ने शिशु मृत्यु दर पर अंकुश लगाया है। इसके कारण वर्ष 2050 तक अफ्रीका दुनिया में सर्वाधिक बच्चों वाला ...

Pay farmers for providing ecosystem services; make agriculture attractive: experts

A steady income for farmers will stem migration and reduce pressure on urban areas as rural people will stay back in villages

'India is likely to experience strong relative impacts of climate change'

Overexploitation of groundwater reservoirs and dependence of surface water reservoirs on monsoon rainfall may lead to decreasing freshwater …

अस्तित्व की लड़ाई

मोनार्क मिल्कवीड के बिना जीवित नहीं रह सकते, इसलिए इन तितलियों ने मिल्कवीड की विषाक्तता को बर्दाश्त करने और जल्दी मौत से खुद को ...

‘Labour burden on women millet producers must be reduced’

Shailaja Fennell, an expert in gender and household dynamics in agriculture, talks to Down To Earth about millet production in India

Hands that held rain

Stories of common citizens who transformed their environments through rainwater harvesting

When I abandoned movies, yoga came to my rescue

For Aashiqui actor Anu Aggarwal, yoga brought happiness and also provided tools to find it

Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas

Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood