Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh

As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …

Highlights of 2016 UNICEF report on the state of the world's children

The UNICEF report, titled The State of the World's Children 2016, makes startling revelations on prevalence of inequity in child health, …

In wait for revamp

Researchers and government call for new ideas to revive Indian science yet again. Will it work?

Murder mystery in Bihar

The killing of two social activists has left behind a series of unanswered questions. On the evening of January 24 social activists Sarita and …

Prosperity and Beyond

A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces …

Flight into danger

While cranes are regularly hunted in parts of Pakistan, villagers in Rajasthan are doing their best to protect these endangered species

Water beneath our homes

Fall of a premier institute

Amid funds siphoning allegations, future of National Institute of Pharma Education seems bleak

COVID-19 update: India education ministry cancels board exams for Class X

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gehlot test positive for virus  

Independence Day 2020: Learning under the shadows of COVID-19

Why education is all the more important in disastrous times

COVID-19: Inducing child, early and forced marriage

The lockdown has interrupted protective measures that need to be restarted immediately

National Medical Commission Bill: Govt ignored key advices

There was no mention of community health providers in the version of the Bill the parliamentary standing committee studied and their opposition …

‘Need to be accompanied biggest reason for girl student drop outs’

New study says 90 per cent of over 3,000 girls in 1,604 households across four states claimed this to be the reason

Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

Food for taught

Should Karnataka expand the midday meal scheme without fine-tuning it?

Mizoram’s malignancy

Cancer gnawing at the northeast state

Shaky foundations

Truth or dare

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …

मानव विकास सूचकांक में एक पायदान लुढ़का भारत, 189 देशों की रैंकिंग में 131 वें स्थान पर पहुंचा

मानव विकास सूचकांक की 189 देशों की इस लिस्ट में भारत को 131 वां स्थान दिया गया है, जबकि पिछले वर्ष (2018 में) भारत ...

ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020

Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states 

Two years of Modi government: A civil society review

According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

Nobel Peace Prize to child rights champions from India and Pakistan

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay selected for their fight against injustice towards children

World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report

The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets

South Asian Union: Dream reality?

A closer-knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation …