Deficient programme

Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?

Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn

Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

Same indifference

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers

Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers 

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered

India

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

WHO alert on ‘sub-standard’ cough syrups made by Noida firm

Alert aginst Ambronol and DOK-1 Max syrups after deaths of children in Uzbekistan

Will PM 2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR go back to pre-pandemic levels this winter?

The answer lies in air pollution control measures, finds assessment by CSE

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

Science and Technology - Briefs

It’s mid-May and it isn’t as hot as it normally is. Here’s why

354 heavy rainfall events across India in just two months

Straw in the wind

Lift your head from the sand

Root cause

Adulteration is an effect of warped pricing

2001 onwards

A systematically careless government

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings