‘Yoga just doesn’t boost physical fitness, but gives inner peace too’
A personal account of the journey from depression to contentment
World Food Safety Day: India must regulate foods with excess fat, sugar and salt
Overindulgence into these causes cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and obesity
Simply put: Lopsided priorities
Full coverage: Green agenda for the new govt
Here is what environmentalists and experts expect from the new regime
The sugarcane story: Not at all short and sweet
Here’s all about the political economy of the sugarcane crisis
Simply put: Overcrowding on Mt. Everest
Urochloa Ramosa: Browntop Millet
This millet grows easily in all kinds of soils and gives a good yield even with minimum rain. The crop is resistant to pests and diseases and is …
Sorghum Bicolor: Sorghum
This is the largest-grained millet and most preparations involving it take a long time to cook. However, since the grain germinates well and its …
As told to Parliament (February 8, 2024): 605 people killed in human-elephant conflict in 2022-23
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Key takeaways from the Interim Budget Financial Year 2024-25
Budget 2024 lays special emphasis on youth, women, the poor and farmers and the tax rates remain unchanged. But inflation remains a concern
Women’s empowerment and environmental restoration: Sundargarh’s sustainable evolution shows the way
Ground-breaking solid waste management programme ‘Aama Sundargarh Swachh Sundargarh’ benefitted 1,602,916 individuals, 363,676 households
Farmers lost $3.8 trillion to disasters over 30 years: FAO’s first-ever global estimation
Proactive and timely interventions in response to predicted hazards are crucial to build resilience, the report notes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Monsoon will withdraw between Oct 14 and 24, predicts scientist
Physicist Elena Surovyatkina, who recently came up with a new weather forecasting model, speaks to Down To Earth about the Indian monsoon and more
‘A’ is for Ayurveda
A 3-part series by DTE that explores the issues with Ayurveda as a system of medicine today
COVID-19: Why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit
One in 10 hospitals could not provide pulse oximetry to measure arterial blood saturation to all critical care patients
Zero draft of global plastic pollution treaty: What are the hits & misses
Negotiating and agreeing upon a strong, legally binding instrument seems difficult, as many members’ priority lies in economic interests …
Over 50 million job cards of MGNREGA workers deleted in 2022-23; 7.4 million this financial year
Names are deleted without the knowledge of workers or following proper procedure, claim activists
The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) explained
A key goal of this partnership is to reduce the dependence on China to secure critical minerals as the country has developed a mineral processing …
No money to fix leaky roofs, MGNREGS workers in West Bengal fear upcoming monsoon
The Centre has blocked the state’s funds for the rural employment scheme for over a year, jeopardising the economic conditions of …
Right anti-venom, given on time, can reduce snakebite deaths in India
India alone accounts for nearly half of the global annual snakebite deaths
UN Water Conference: A third of people surveyed by global study suffer from freshwater shortage
People in Argentina, South Korea, Vietnam, Colombia, Germany and Peru reported the largest increases in concerns about water shortages over the …
Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report
Finance should be mobilised for cloud forest protection through payments schemes targeting 25 developing countries, public finance institutions, …
Lots of ‘breakthroughs’, still no cure. Do the new dementia drugs bring us any closer?
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a group of conditions characterised by a loss of brain function; this includes the ability to …
Has forest rights Act enhanced the lives of Adivasis?
Declining biodiversity of forests has led to more vulnerability for the majority of Adivasis living in and around the forest
