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Count Your Carbon Footprints

If you are a resident of Hong Kong, or for that matter, Abu Dhabi or Doha, you have to admit that you have a much larger carbon footprint than …

Displaced by Disasters

In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home. Most of the disaster-related displacements recorded in 2016 were linked to …

Episode 1 New Vastu with Ashok B Lall: How to shade your windows for a cool home

The window is your immediate connection to Su-Urja or good energy. It is the source of daylight, it is the source of fresh air and the breeze …

Extreme Is The New Normal

The world has seen 16 record-breaking hottest years since 2000. In fact, global surface temperatures are already rising about 20 times faster …

Killer roads

India is committed to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020. However, road safety levels have taken a serious …

Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?

The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity — how to balance the two

In Africa, 75% of agricultural growth comes from farmland expansion into forests and savannas, leading to habitat loss & fragmentation

In pictures: UNESCO’s global geoparks get 18 new sites

UNESCO is adding 18 sites to its global geoparks network, bringing the total number up to 195 in 48 countries. Two UNESCO Member States have …

India launches National Quantum Mission with a budget of over Rs 6,000 crore

Quantum technology can also find applications in medicine, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, security, employment generation & navigation  

In photos: Forest fires ruined over 67,000 ha of Odisha’s forest cover in 5 years

According to Odisha’s forest minister, over 0.173 million forest fires were reported in the state in half a decade

The cleanest cities of India: The transgender community and women keep Paradeep clean

Paradeep has set up a socio-economic model that not only integrates the marginalised but also generates enough revenue to make itself self-…

State of India’s Environment 2020: In Figures (e-book)

The 2020 "In Figures" annual eBook is ready... It has tons of data on India’s environment and development to get a better understanding of …

COVID-19 lockdown: A ventilator for rivers

Of 36 monitoring units placed in the Ganga, water quality at 27 points was found suitable for bathing and propagation of wildlife and fisheries …

What are lost continents, and why are we discovering so many?

The more we explore and sample the depths of the oceans, the more likely we’ll be to discover more lost continents

Body Burden: Antibiotic Resistance - State of India’s Health

Body Burden is a theme-based, biannual report. This year’s theme is antibiotic resistance. The book will look at the state of antibiotic …

State of India’s Environment 2020

The State of India's Environment 2020 is the country's most credible annual statement on the state of affairs in environment and …

Climate change is forcing butterflies and moths to adapt – but some species can’t

Only by arming ourselves with an understanding of why butterfly numbers are down can we hope to halt or reverse the decline

Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone

An interview with Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City

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कभी दिन के थे राजा, अब हैं रात के उल्लू

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Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 15-19)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week