Earth Hour 2021: India should embrace clean tech that minimises environmental damage
Embracing clean tech innovations will not only help address the challenge of climate change but also bring about tremendous improvements in local …
Permaculture: Stricken by drought years ago, a Nepal village comes back to life
Hundreds left Kurule Tenupa village in Nepal’s Dhankuta district a decade ago; they are now returning home to newer ways of farming
The body’s fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed models
Nathan Ahlgren, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, uses 3D-printed models to explain what proteins do in viruses, how they …
A year of blursdays: how coronavirus distorted our sense of time in 2020
By keeping busy, minimising stress, engaging in as much face-to-face or online social interaction as we can and by reducing our stress levels, we …
Book Digest: Mental health impact of COVID-19, the revolution after it and more
Network of communication in South Africa to a comprehensive overview of environemntal justice, DTE tracks new books on environment and …
Book Digest: Mapping immigration as hope, chasing world-class urbanism and more
From accounts of urban history to state of Indian agriculture, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading …
Forced displacement is the new norm in India
Extreme weather events have been triggering widespread internal displacement for years now. Now COVID-19 adds to the pressure
Cut off amid CVID-19 lockdown: How a positive case next door changes the way I live
One of the latest novel coronavirus positive case in Delhi is at Kalkaji — a house away from mine
Governments knew COVID-19 was a threat. Here’s why they weren’t better prepared
From not believing the magnitude of the problem to displaying scepticism over past epidemics — governments remained in the dark …
COVID-19 is paving the way for an increase in superbugs
There is some evidence that multidrug-resistant bacteria are among germs causing secondary COVID-19 infections
COVID-19 could lead to spurt in Punjab migration: Study
Preliminary findings pertained to 296 migrants from 207 households of 5 villages in rural Patiala
COVID-19 lockdown a blessing for the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Bihar: Experts
The animals are being seen in parts where they were not seen earlier due to human activities
Will mandates change fate of distributed renewables post COVID-19?
Even as distributed renewable energy sector faces downfall, expert consensus is that situation will be short-lived
COVID-19: Our government failed us, say Nepalese workers stranded at border
The govt has refused to let in thousands of workers who wanted to migrate back to Nepal until lockdown is lifted
Ambulance driver ostracised in Odisha for transporting COVID-19 patient
Banamali Sethi faced discrimination from his fellow villagers and apathy from the government for doing his duty
Coronavirus update: First death in India
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said the novel Coronavirus outbreak was “a matter of concern”
Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?
Read on to find out whether the answer is yes or no
COVID-19: Bihar beekeepers find it tough to relocate bee boxes amid lockdown
Bees are relocated to orchards in Jharkhand for them to get easy access to food sources
Enabling local government systems to combat COVID-19 in India
Front line workers from all the departments play an integral role in containing the pandemic
Delight, relief and caution: six experts on New Zealand’s move to ease its coronavirus lockdown
The country’s government will consider relaxing restrictions further on May 11, 2020
COVID-19: An extreme disorder
Flattening the epidemiological curve also means an economic cessation. Who will bear the burden most in an unequal world?
COVID-19: Odisha doctors help state’s stranded migrants in Telangana
Doctors take time off schedules and reach out to 100 migrant families, 400 individuals
COVID-19: NIRDPR, Unicef train 2.8 mln community leaders online
The programme aims to make village communities more aware of COVID-19
COVID-19: Bihar's healthcare workers threaten to leave, ask to be quarantined in absence of PPEs
Doctors in some cases, used polythenes, raincoats to protect themselves
Breathe through your nose during COVID-19
By inhaling through the nose, you are delivering Nitric Oxide directly into your lungs, where it increases both airflow and blood flow and keeps …