Windhoek to Jaipur: It is jet set go time for cheetahs

Three Namibian male and five female adult cheetahs, all between two to five-and-a-half-years-old, will make the 11-hour, transcontinental journey …

Taking off from CoP26: Is Green Grids Initiative the way forward for India?

The implementation of the initiative comes at an increased environmental cost due to waste disposal issues

Beware of a deal with Trump

As the US president comes visiting to India there is worry about the demands he will make on intellectual property

India's industrial production shrinks 1.1% in August

Quick estimates show declines in manufacturing, electricity andnegligible growth in mining

Char Dham national highway has cost Uttarakhand its ecological balance

To assess the extent of the ecological damage that construction activity is causing, Down To Earth travelled 250 km on the Char Dham …

Is 100% electrification another myth before polls?

As with most govt schemes, real efficacy of Saubhagya scheme remains unclear & there is reason to question  if the real goal of power …

Inequality among farmers keeps 85 per cent out of discourse

Like in the formal economy, the farm economy also suffers from concentration of lands within a small group

Centre approves Operation Green pilot in 8 states

17 clusters have been chosen in 8 states to roll out the pilot of Operation Green, a Central scheme aimed to contain annual price distress …

A ‘kick’ass jibe

Could Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘gadha’ comment increase awareness about wild equid conservation in India?

Centre overrules Supreme Court directive on combined medical entrance test

The latest Union government’s rule intends to allow the states to conduct their own medical entrance exams for the current academic year

The unbearable burden of 2015

This is the second full budget of the NDA, coinciding with the second year of its governance

103rd Indian Science Congress begins at Mysuru

Event to stress on the use of science and technology for indigenous development in India

Power for all—can it be achieved?

Round-the-clock assured power supply programme to kick off with Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan; finances and logistics pose a huge challenge

Modi mantra to a healthy and wealthy nation

The mantra of zero defect and zero effect manufacturing practice should translate into no pollution from industrial effluents

Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?

India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it

Healthy maa Ganga needs healthy sisters

Varuna and Assi, the two tributaries of the Ganga that gave Varanasi its name and together defined the original extent of the city are fighting …

COVID-19: Centre brings package to boost bulk drugs

Indian pharma industry is critically dependent on imported raw material 

Modi 3.0 through green lens: Shivraj Chouhan, Jual Oram, J P Nadda get agriculture, tribal affairs, health

Bhupender Yadav again MoEFCC in-charge; C R Patil gets Jal Shakti while Annapurna Devi gets women & child development  

Indian democracy’s tryst with trust

Elections in India are a paradoxical see-saw between trust and legitimacy crisis

Coronavirus update: Centre offers free foodgrain amid collapsing healthcare system

Modi government announces 5 kg foodgrain per head a month for 2 months 

PM Modi's Independence Day speech: Call against single-use plastic can be a start

To weed out single-use plastic, India must first define it

PM Modi: Climate action ambitions must match with action on climate finance

Calls for democratising climate action in a blog article

‘Don't mess with Telangana farmers’: KCR’s warning to Modi government at Delhi rally on paddy procurement

Telangana CM gave Centre a 24-hour deadline to respond

CoP26 Glasgow: Why equity is key to stopping climate change — Sunita Narain explains

Will net zero emissions targets by 2050 help mitigate climate change?

Coronavirus update: Pandemic regenerates SAARC

Maharashtra now worst-affected in India | Spain under lockdown