Care not cure

Is the answer to the AIDS problem in migrants

Demystifying a "legend"

Know your past

Women’s Day 2024: Food for all in Tamil Nadu

One of the major reasons behind the success of the state’s Amma Canteen scheme is the decision to employ women self-help groups 

‘The price of millets is 3 times higher than that of regular rice’

J Suresh is an Engineering graduate, and had been working for six years as a techie before he left his job to start a millet restaurant. After …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 16, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal    

Resource wise: This panchayat head in Tamil Nadu uses tech to curtail water and power wastage

K Kanchana Kannaperumal installed sensors in eight villages of her panchayat; the move has benefitted 750-odd households

‘Mobile Girls Koottam' is a witty take on complex issues facing women workers today

If you are feeling a little cynical about politics lately, this book might be just the right dose of magic to push you out of the rut

The Porunai in Sangam Literature: A river of wealth, power and antiquity

The latest discoveries about human settlements along the Porunai or Thamirabarani river in Tamil Nadu are exciting; the river and its valley have …

Why South India needs the Shola forests of the Nilgiris

The forests and grasslands act as water towers and influence the fortunes of farmers in the Cauvery delta

The rediscovery of wild food plants

While India is slowly rediscovering such plants, the forests must be co-managed by tribal communities in order to preserve them for posterity

Lessons from Cylone Gaja to Tamil Nadu

While the state government’s precautionary measures have helped save many lives, the cyclone offers some very important lessons for the future

Amma, we want some more

Food subsidy has attained a new meaning in Tamil Nadu, where government-run canteens are feeding a growing urban poor population

Tamil Nadu Solar Policy: will it be enforced?

State aims to have same amount of solar as is now installed in all of India by 2014

DTE Coverage: South Tamil Nadu Floods 2023

DTE explores as to how and why the deluge in Tamil Nadu’s southern districts occurred

DTE Coverage: Cyclone Michaung leaves a trail of destruction

Slow-moving cyclone wreaks havoc in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

Why India must conserve its palm trees

The country has a variety of palm trees. But they are diminishing fast

When did early humans reach India?

Stone tools suggest a million years ago, previous assumption was 0.5 million years ago

Forest officials suspended

INDIA

Grounded by thirst

Assessing marine threat

Animals feel the heat

Clash course

Kerala's act may stoke row

'Empower us'

TN gram panchayats' plea to Union government