Unpredictable weather, unreliable insurance, unbelievable profit to companies
Farmers across India suffered heavy losses when the monsoon turned out to be a non-starter. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the government'…
COVID-19 warriors: How Assam’s Mishings brought agroforestry back into practice
A village in Assam escapes unemployment and food scarcity by reviving an ancient food forestry practice
भारत के 127 जिलों में हालात बिगड़े, कोरोना से होने वाली मौतें राष्ट्रीय औसत से अधिक
भारत में कोविड-19 के 51 मामलों में एक मृत्यु हो रही है। 127 जिलों में यह अनुपात राष्ट्रीय औसत से अधिक है। आइए जानते ...
Cold trap: Severe winter keeps killing Indians as govt drags feet on policy
India recognised cold waves as disaster in 2012. But the country still does not have an effective action plan to mitigate its impact
COVID-19 vaccines: What the world needs & what we have
While 168 countries are currently administering COVID-19 vaccines, the distribution remains skewed
Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India
People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report
Budget by the people
Pune Municipal Corporation has been successfully implementing participatory budgeting since 2005
'We need better awareness to stop this trend of old age pregnancies'
Jaideep Malhotra, president of the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) and director of Rainbow IVF, talks to Down To Earth about the …
State of waste: plastics
India generates around 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste a day, of which Delhi contributes the largest share (689.52 tonnes a day).
We know vaccines are the way out of COVID-19, but how are India’s numbers stacked
India is adding the most to the pandemic’s tally now; yet, the vaccination drive has lost steam before any significant gains
COVID-19: Rural India’s case load has topped since August
The pandemic has also killed more people in rural districts than in urban ones in September
Meet the pandemic that has survived a decade
India, like most nations, is fighting two pandemics: COVID-19, the casualty numbers of which are ever rising, and swine flu, which never left the …
Lexical conundrum: Desertification does not allude to deserts
Today, desertification just means a reduction in the productivity of the land that is not reversible
Investors accuse 22 Indian firms for hiding environmental impact
A group of 88 investors have written to corporate giants such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries and 20 others to disclose their impact …
Rooftop solar power’s massive job potential untapped
India has only met 9.5 per cent of the target for roof-top solar power, which has the maximum job potential
Union Budget 2017-18 in figures
While agriculture saw 5.9 per cent increase in budget allocation, rural development and health sector witnessed 11.8 per cent and 22.6 per cent …
World breached safe atmospheric CO2 levels 33 years ago
Global consumption of fossil fuels, the primary source of CO2 emissions, has gone up by 78 per cent in last three decades
One out of every two Bihar households is multi-dimensionally poor: NITI Aayog
The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is also uncomfortably high, according to NITI Aayog
More than half of India’s April COVID-19 deaths were in rural districts
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, 7 other states / UTs recorded more cases and deaths in rural districts last month
Government told Supreme Court south India didn't protest new farm laws; How true is that?
The five southern states have recorded at least 26 major protests since September 2020. Of them, December saw the maximum 12 protests.
State of India's farmers: Lost crops, lost resources, lost lives
After much delay, the Centre reluctantly released the data on farmer suicide. While the overall numbers have dipped, farmer suicide cases are …
The lingering scent of Kannauj
The world's oldest hub for producing itr, the traditional Indian perfume, is fighting to retain its fragrance
Climate call
Communities are embracing measures to adapt to extreme weather events. Here are some important practices for each of the five agro-climatic zones …
India can dramatically reduce stunting in children, says World Bank report
Just 1 per cent of children in the country receive adequate food, healthcare and environmental health that are required for normal growth
भारत में अप्रैल में कोरोना से हुई मौतों में आधे से ज्यादा मौतें गांवों में हुई
उत्तर प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, बिहार और सात अन्य राज्यों और केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों ने बीते महीने ग्रामीण जिलों में संक्रमण और मौतों के सबसे ...