Tropical storm Hudhud: Odisha puts 16 districts on high alert
Residents of seaside villages start moving to safer areas; stock up rations
Concerns over social-distancing as floods affect 300,000 in Assam
Two dead so far, around 20,000 in relief camps
World Bank's Pakistan flood-control plan faulty
World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan
Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead
Time to reform UN Security Council, Bretton Woods system outdated: Guterres
Can’t ignore vast majority of countries suffering a deep financial crisis, UN Secretary-General says at G7 meet
Floods follow cyclone Phailin
Thousands of people are trapped in Balasore district, which is far from areas hit by cyclone
Andhra buckles up; Hudhud just 20 km away
Army, navy and air force on stand-by for emergency rescue and relief
Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades
At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps
Low-paid, young women: The grim truth about who this recession is hitting hardest
While total monthly hours worked by men fell by 7.7% between March and May, total monthly hours worked by women fell 12%
Doctors absent in flood-hit areas
Hospitals have not got green signal for deploying teams; state government unclear of medical help actually needed
Parched ground
Australia says no to protecting Japanese whale hunters
Does not buy country’s argument that it is whaling for scientific reasons
Think institution
The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long-term
From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees
DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …
Cyclone Amphan: Discrepancy in wind speed data of US agency, IMD
US Joint Typhoon Centre recorded 270 km / hr peak wind speed, while IMD recorded 240 km / hr
Farm loan waiver given to ineligible people: CAG
Serious lapses and errors in over 20 per cent cases test-checked; many deserving farmers left out
Testing time
Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management
Made to fail
Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …
Out of focus
The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …
Cyclone Amphan: Waterlogging sparks COVID-19 infection fear in Bengal
Amphan fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in last few decades, says IMD
Uttarakhand residents get little succour
They have lost homes, belongings; claim no government aid available as yet
Human cell ‘membrane on a chip’ can fast track COVID-19 drug testing
The research aims to know how SARS-CoV-2 virus attacks human cell membranes and how it can be blocked
COVID-19 is wake up call for global food systems, say experts
Current industrial agriculture models drive habitat loss, create conditions for viruses to emerge and spread
Lightning claims more lives in Odisha than any other calamity
14 deaths on September 16 takes this year's toll up to 191; Centre ignores state's plea to declare lightning a natural calamity
India in a microcosm: Will COVID-19 reverse migrants pick up the plough again? Palanpur throws up a question
Palanpur has been closely monitored and studied since the early 50s to help economists, policy makers understand the changing rural landscape of …