Smoking unabated

Women in the US continue to puff one too many

The malefactor

Males are more susceptible to chronic arsenic poisoning than females

Book notice: Hope in sight

Improving People's Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia, edited by Mukul Sharma

Chronicling resistance

From the blurbs

Cesarean births on the rise in India but Mizoram, Nagaland defy trend: NFHS-5

C-section births in India increased 4.3% — to 21.5% (NFHS-5) from 17.2% (NFHS-4, 2015-16)   

IN PICTURES: The vibrant, colourful world of Bastar’s haat bazaars

Colourful bamboo baskets, laughter of women sipping away at mahua, sweets to devour — haat bazaars of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are a different …

Droupadi Murmu to Rekha Devi: Women who rose from Panchayats to Assemblies, Parliament

As India observes three decades of the formalisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, DTE explores the political journey of a few exceptional …

A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition

Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …

Populism, polemics, pandemic and cadre base helped BJP win Assam: Experts

With its populist schemes and organisational strength, the BJP endeared itself to various segments of Assamese society

Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women’s health at risk

Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50% of the world’s population

DTE Ground Report: After Posco, women of Odisha’s Dhinkia village take on Jindal Steel

Women of villages affected by JSW’s steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district are unequivocal in their opposition 

Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but a new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity

But the evolution of the new gene comes with risks such creation of several different human species

International Women’s Day 2023: When mothers learn from daughters and begin anew

In a South Kolkata suburb, life comes a full circle as women take baby steps to fulfill lost dreams and rush to attend afternoon classes

Why are there fewer women on India’s science scene? Data needed to answer that, say experts

Social and natural scientists have to come together to work on why women are less represented in Indian science

Remembering Anil Agarwal: India needs a Gobar Minister

Today is the death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. He wrote this editorial …

Vaccines without needles: New shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

A research group claims to have developed a method to stabilise live viruses and other biological medicines in a rapidly dissolving film that …

'Women should be self-reliant to make a big difference in society'

Down To Earth talks to Pramila Bisoi, an SHG leader chosen to contest Aska Lok Sabha seat in Odisha

The others too

The MeToo campaign comes at a time when women are being courted for electoral gains. Is it good or bad?

Women key players in ending hunger, poverty

As rural women are an integral part of the agrarian economy, they are important in the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

In Africa, burden of water labour still lies on women

Over 14 million women and 3 million children spend more than 30 minutes collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa  

Protest against dengue at Delhi Secretariat

Protesters demanded that the Delhi government should declare dengue an epidemic and ensure that no hospital refuses to admit a dengue patient  

“My room used to be full of used napkins”

A Muruganatham, 47, of Coimbatore, invented a machine that makes 1,000 sanitary napkins daily. He also improvised a vending machine that can …

NGOs launch new war -- against deforestation

Non-governmental organisations in Ethiopia are working to create awareness among rural communities to protect the country's forest cover

Jobs define female power in the home

FORMS OF PRODUCTION AND WOMENS'S LABOUR - GENDER ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIALISATION IN INDIA AND MEXICO I S A Baud Publisher: Sage Publications, New …