Why is Earth’s driest place flooding and snowing?

The Atacama Desert in Chile is witnessing rains like never before, including regions that never recorded rains in history

'Sir… if we define forests, it could create many loopholes'

Union forest ministry’s reply to parliamentary committee’s query on absence of a clear definition of forests  

India’s food self-sufficiency is conditional to drought-hit districts

For over 40 years India’s net sown areas remain the same; drought-hit areas have to increase production to match food demand

Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought

One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall

Global share of women in labour force stagnating for over 15 years

Women’s participation in the labour force globally was only 48 per cent in 2018. For men, this was 75 per cent. 

Full coverage: Impacts of climate change on Hindu Kush Himalayan region

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development assessed the ecologically important but fragile region for the very first time. Here'…

Himalayan meltdown: Number of glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayan region is rising

Rapid warming of the region leads to not only melting of glaciers but also fragmentation, says the area’s first-ever assessment

Himalayan meltdown: ‘Besides global warming, pollution also impacts glaciers’

ICIMOD director general talks to Down To Earth about the first-ever assessment of climate change impacts on Hindu Kush Himalayan region and how …

Himalayan meltdown: Hindu Kush Himalayan region warming faster than global average

Capping global warming at 1.5°C will still mean a higher rate for the region through this century

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कैसे इस वादे ने इंडिया शाइनिंग अभियान को जन्म दिया और अंततः एनडीए की हार की वजह बना

10 million jobs: Vajpayee floated, Manmohan adopted, and Modi faltered

How the promise gave birth to India Shining campaign and ultimately led to defeat of NDA-I

A fifth of the world's healthy land degraded in 15 years

First land degradation assessment report by UNCCD shows countries in emergency mode to halt land degradation by 2030

Desertification: Planet’s tree-covered areas fell by 35,204 sq km in 15 years

Countries party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification meet to review the first global land degradation assessment

Half-way, doubling farmers’ income is a distant dream

Farmers’ produces enter deflation zone; in general they don’t get return on their investments

कामगारों को तकनीक से न बांधा जाए : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क नए नियमों और डिजिटल कार्यस्थल पर अधिकारों की मांग करता है

पर्यावरण से बेपरवाह

नोटबंदी व जीएसटी जैसे फैसले रातोंरात ले लिए जाते हैं, लेकिन बात जब प्रदूषण या औद्योगिक त्रासदी की होती है तो सख्त फैसले की ...

ऑटोमेशन कौशल खत्म करेगा, इंसानी हस्तक्षेप जरूरी : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क का कहना है कि ऑटोमेशन और अन्य तकनीक कम दक्ष लोगों को काम से बेदखल कर देंगी

Drying reservoirs, low winter crop yield, and a simmering water crisis

About 300 districts have already been declared drought-hit by states 

Changing weather will affect living standards of half of India's population

2018 was the sixth-warmest and had the sixth-lowest monsoon in the last 117 years, says IMD

Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report

Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition

Inequality among farmers keeps 85 per cent out of discourse

Like in the formal economy, the farm economy also suffers from concentration of lands within a small group

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Niti Aayog’s new strategy: A call for growth or acceptance of failure

Celebrating India's 75th year of Independence is a matter of pride, but achieving a "New India" needs more than a textual articulation

Not BJP, not Congress: Women voters are real winners today

The results to the elections to the five state legislative assemblies underscore how women play an increasingly important role in India’s …

संसद में 33 प्रतिशत महिलाओं की उपस्थिति 55 साल में होगी

महिला मतदाताओं की बढ़ती संख्या के बावजूद विधानसभाओं में उनकी उपस्थिति बमुश्किल 7 से 8 प्रतिशत है। जबकि संसद में उनकी मौजूदगी महज 11 ...