The perils of being a child in India

Book Excerpt: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s role in the history of India’s craft renaissance

Freedom fighter & social reformer’s belief in crafts was multifaceted in nature: A way to support women’s advancement & …

DTE Special on International Women’s Day 2024

Down To Earth delves into 7 exemplary initiatives to illustrate formidable influence of self-help groups

As told to Parliament (February 6, 2024): India accounted for 65.3% of estimated malaria cases in Southeast Asia in 2022

All that was discussed in the House through the day

5 elections to watch in 2023 — What’s at stake as millions head to the ballot box around the globe

Experts provide the lowdown on Nigeria, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Argentina and Pakistan   

Gandhi Jayanti 2022: DTE’s coverage over the years on various facets of the Mahatma

From nutrition expert to cleanliness advocate to environmentalist, the Father of the Nation donned various hats 

Over half the world’s 10-year-olds won’t have adequate literacy by year-end: Report

The learning poverty will substantially diminish global recruitment pool for skilled health workers by 2030

What we learned from tracking every COVID-19 policy in the world

During the first months of the pandemic, governments mostly adopted similar policies, in the same sequence and at the same time

There will be 2 billion more people on Earth by 2050: UN report

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the next eight years, according to the United Nation’s The …

World Earth Day: Colonialism’s role in the overexploitation of natural resources

Colonialists saw “new” territories as places with unlimited resources to exploit, with little consideration for the long-term impacts

Towards a bitter end: India's neem shortage

India, the land of neem trees, faces acute shortage of neem oil, and now plans to import it for coating urea

BJD says 33% of its Lok Sabha candidates will be women

A third of the candidates from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be women, party chief and Odisha Chief Minister …

4 charts show Venezuela's worsening migrant crisis

The exodus impacts even those who haven’t left. Many schools and medical centers have closed throughout the country due to lack …

Verdict on Net Neutrality: India's journey towards free and fair Internet

In a huge victory for those who advocate free and fair internet access, the Indian government has approved net neutrality, but the road to …

Rural vs. Urban: Measuring the inequality of opportunity

Just building infrastructure to bridge inequality in basic services like education is not the answer

Dam disaster drowns Rajasthan village

A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in …

How kids in a low-income country use laptops: lessons from Madagascar

Our findings suggest that developing countries like Madagascar have something in common with western nations when it comes to laptop use, such as …

We have Right to Privacy, and that is fundamental

Government’s demand for making Aadhaar mandatory for almost every transaction does not seem to be a reasonable restriction on the Right to …

Fighting over Anne Frank's legacy

The Diary of a Young Girl chronicling her life and times under Nazi fascism is still shackled by copyright laws

Modi's surgical strike on jobs

Demonetisation has deepened the gloom on India's employment prospects which have been shrinking

Students win right to photocopy

Delhi University's course packs are not a copyright violation, says the court in a wide interpretation of the law

Child participation: Adolescent leadership should extend beyond schools to recognise children as political citizens

There should be action to make child participation robust & sustained institutional process  

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