COVID-19: Odisha plans to prevent community transmission with weekend shutdowns at 11 districts
Doctors term the decision as illogical, say government should identify containment zones instead
COVID-19: Maharashtra exempts non-timber forest produce from lockdown
Income from collecting tendu leaves keeps small farmers in Maharashtra from depending on loans
History books tell us about just a few who fought for India’s freedom: P Sainath
Sainath’s book ‘The Last Heroes’ is an attempt to tell the stories of unsung heroes behind freedom struggle from British …
Is there any upside to COVID-19
The lockdown has affected our economy, business, daily earnings of many workers and farmers. There are, however, a few positive aspects.
COVID-19: Why ICMR okayed hydroxychloroquine as preventive med
Hydroxychloroquine has been found to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory studies
Monsoon 2023: Skewed rainfall distribution drowning north, northwestern India while peninsular south remains dry
Deficit rainfall in 15 subdivisions in the eastern and southern peninsula as of July 10
East and Northeast India recorded second-warmest July in over a century: IMD
Rainfall over East & Northeast India was the 4th lowest since 1901, stated IMD
Monsoon reaches Bay of Bengal; Kerala onset on May 31: IMD
The intense cyclonic activities over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea might influence the monsoon system
COVID-19 outbreak: More hand washing can increase India's water woes
Family of five would need 100 to 200 litres of water per day only to wash hands
Can poor urban planning be held responsible for emergence of congested and unplanned urbanisation?
Formal urban planning must not be reduced to a mere water utilities sectoral planning and forecasting approach
Neocolonial Raj has taken root in India
Inequality has been widening rapidly in the country since the 1990s
Tigers in the Terai’s sugarcane fields are developing into an ecotype of their own: Rahul Shukla
Down To Earth speaks to conservationist who has documented and written about tigers growing up and surviving in the Terai landscape of northern India
Farmers will once again march to Delhi, decides Jandiala Guru Mahapanchayat; here are their demands
MSP, crop insurance, debt relief, repeal of Electricity Bill 2020 among main demands
2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Deadly nursery: More children in Delhi have cancers than any other Indian city; is air pollution to blame?
Is India prepared for the long term impact of poor air quality?
Simply Put: AIIMS Darbhanga
Simply Put: Yamuna pollution meter
71 per cent Indian districts stare at poor monsoon, shows DTE analysis of IMD data
These districts have received deficient or no rain so far
Monsoon 2022 will be ‘normal’ but highly erratic month-to-month: Skymet
Abrupt and intense rains with abnormally long dry spells predicted
Simply Put: Save India’s forests
Over a million paddy bags damaged in the open in Odisha due to rain, hailstorm
Most of the market yards had temporary sheds while several of them had permanent sheds
Simply Put: The vaccine
Assam pollution control board seeks Baghjan shut down, OIL plans to move court
Watchdog cites damages to ecology, violations of environmental acts
COVID-19: Strict measures can’t prevent Odisha’s 4th case
Had a travel history to Dubai, contacts being tracked, said officials
COVID-19: We will write to states to resume immunisation, says Centre
NCDC says 9 coronavirus disease hotspots in country, ministry says there are many