National Education Policy: Why education must be anchored in quality and equity

States support, corporate commitments and value addition by other stakeholders can usher in a major transformation in education

Google launches campaign to get 50 million women online by 2014 end

Initiative will focus on empowering women by enabling them to use Internet

COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay

Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms 

Loan burden increased across India in 2020 amid pandemic: Study

Among marginalised groups, indebtedness was highest in Muslim-majority and Scheduled Caste-majority hamlets

Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched

New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums

Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched

New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums

Kremlin expands online voting possibilities amid COVID-19 fears

The new bill removes federal legal obstacles to expanding distance voting

World waking up to wind, solar energy: study

Countries prefer wind and solar over nuclear energy for producing electricity

Odisha launches pilot project for online emissions monitoring of industries

Real time monitoring of industrial emissions will make it possible to introduce accountability and transparency, says pollution control board

Fascism on the internet

The US seizure of domain names on the web is ostensibly a crackdown on online piracy but it could end up as censorship

Punjab Pollution Control Board goes hi tech

To give clearance over Internet

‘6,419 animals and 3,148 plants in Africa on verge of extinction’

UNEP, CITES and TRAFFIC reports raise alarm over continued poaching and online wildlife trade  

Information cannot be leashed

The state and capital meet their match in digital technology

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