What rural facilities are prevalent in your state?
DTE’s analysis of data from the Union rural development ministry produces an interesting map of the Indian villages; follow the …
Great change for Little Rann: Finance for solar panels and the road ahead
Salt farmers cannot apply for bank loans to buy pumps and subsidies promised are delayed
Limiting antibiotics use in crops: What new actions did the government take
There were growing concerns over resistance to streptomycin and tetracycline antibiotics
Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming
There is growing evidence that governance and service delivery failures are affecting functioning and efficiencies of farming and agribusinesses …
COVID-19 second wave: Model Gujarat doesn't shine through
Amid a rapid surge in case numbers, communities face shortages of food, wage works and hospital beds
Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: Evidence from 22 African countries
Nearly half of the world’s unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children live in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa shows the way: A quarter of parliamentarians are women
In Mali, female representation in parliament increased by 19.5 percentage points; Burundi with 41% women parliamentarians in the upper house, …
This is not corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility has generated a lot of buzz in the last half-a-decade, but not as much understanding. These five papers try to …
Mining push continues despite water crisis in Neskantaga First Nation and Ontario’s Ring of Fire
It is exactly the foundation that Canada is built on. It is one of the ways that colonialism not only survives, but thrives
Bihar Elections 2020: A mandate against status quo?
The verdict indicated a tipping point in people’s tolerance for rhetoric; it also exhibited a rare consolidation of the youth
Mahatma Gandhi, public policy and COVID-19
The Gandhian talisman is important more than ever now in the times of pandemic to steer public policy for those who need it the most
COVID-19: PM Modi announces 21-day complete lockdown
Union government initiates procurement of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, bans export
No end to discrimination against Punjab’s Dalit women labourers, says study
A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment
Tribal women in Odisha attempt mass suicide over rail track construction
The women alleged the track was being constructed without compensating tribals in the area for their land
Yes, I buried my mother in front of my house
A social activist travels to eastern Uttar Pradesh to meet a marginalised community who bury their dead in their front yards because of caste stigma
BJP lost Jharkhand due to tribal anger: Experts
The Raghubar Das government's efforts to grab tribal land to give to industry alienated the community, they said
LPG connections not only success metric: CAG on Ujjwala
Scheme can't be a success without transition to clean fuel through sustained LPG use, auditor says
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 8, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 7, 2019)
ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?
According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 13, 2019)
Is child protection a priority in the public budget?
Well-designed interventions for prevention, protection, response & rehabilitation can help India reach the ideal of a comprehensive …
Is America redeeming itself vis-à-vis its First Nations?
The country appointed its first Native American poet laureate and apologised for the genocide of aborigines in its largest and richest state on …
Safeguarding women after disasters: some progress, but not enough
Sexual exploitation must be recognised as a real and widespread problem. There must be staff and management accountability.
To catch a Delhi bus
Read a daily commuter’s hilarious (and serious) take on how millions like her struggle to access the commonest mode of transport in India&…