Nearly 80 mln displaced globally by 2019-end, half of them children: UNHCR

Fewer displaced people have been able to return to their homes in 2019

The saddest Twitter got: Blame it on racism

Words such as ‘arrested’, ‘murder’, ‘violence’ have surged on microblogging site since the killing of George Floyd

How ‘vaccine nationalism’ could block vulnerable populations’ access to COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine nationalism also runs against the fundamental principles of vaccine development and global public health

‘There could be a racist backlash to the current anti-racism movements’

Race science has been used to justify colonial occupation, slavery, genocide; it became so ingrained that we still live with its devastating …

“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?

Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…

When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?

Carbon dioxide was always essential for our planet, but when did it become too much?

Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD

Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …

African countries need to seize opportunities created by US-China tensions

This will require a great deal of imagination and courage

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अनुमान है कि कोरोनावायरस से आया आर्थिक संकट बाल मजदूरों की संख्या में इजाफे का कारण बनेगा| इससे पहले 2000 से लेकर अब तक ...

COVID-19 and the global energy structure’s geopolitical framework

The US — one of the largest consumers of global energy from the 1950s till 2018 — is now emerging as a major energy supplier to the …

COVID-19 community transmission in 26 of 54 African countries: WHO

Several African countries have a poor healthcare system — about five hospital beds per 10,000 population

‘Who created the terms superior and inferior races?’

Down To Earth speaks to activist Binalakshmi Nepram about race in the light of the US race riots over George Floyd's death

For a day, thousands of scientists halt work to protest racism

The aim was to stop business-as-usual for a day and initiate long-term action plan — protesting, educating themselves on issues faced …

Investors accuse 37 Indian companies of hiding environmental impact information

A group of 105 investors wrote to 1,051 corporate giants across 49 countries on the matter 

Landlocked countries suffering due to COVID-19 lockdown: UN

Lack of coastlines makes the flow of goods from these countries to world markets more difficult, it added

COVID-19: 300,000 seafarers need flights for crew changes, says UNCTAD estimate

About half the seafarers will have to travel home by air for repatriation, while the other half will need to join ships for work

Climate change, biodiversity loss and other global ills share root causes

The world is in the throes of a ‘sixth extinction crisis’ — an accelerating loss of species at a rate far more rapid than the …

Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making

Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …

A dirty US fight to control WIPO

China loses to Singapore in American smear campaign but the US will have to contend with an IP powerhouse

Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products

Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…

Why do protests turn violent? It’s not just because people are desperate

Some commentators have suggested the violence on streets stems from a deep sense of despair and helplessness that things never change  

George Floyd killing is time to say it again: Racism has no place in science

A single mutation in a gene called ‘SLC24A5’ is responsible for giving Europeans their light skin

COVID-19: How far will green stimulus to combat climate change go?

COVID-19 disruptions caused shocks to power and oil sector that will cause drop in carbon emissions. However, long-term implications are uncertain

Drugs standard body proposes banning animal test for human vaccines

The proposal has been put in public domain for comments    

Periods in a pandemic: Women, girls in low-income settlements need more support

Measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may have made things worse by affecting their ability to buy sanitary products