Celebrating our kitchen and farms

Technological help for autistic children

Children diagnosed with autism have impaired social interaction and communication ability which delays their cognitive and language development. …

Run up to Budget

19 years of reportage on nuclear energy, quakes & tsunami

The first nuclear story Down To Earth (DTE) reported was on Japan. Sixteen years ago, DTE carried a story on 14 tonnes of UK's nuclear waste that …

Analysis of Budget 2012-13

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in growth, deteriorating fiscal conditions, inflationary pressure and political turbulence, Union finance …

The curious case of bird flu in China

Flashback

Action at Rio

The world gathers to mark 20 years of the first Earth Summit

DTE archives: Lifestyle diseases and food habits

Reduce Subansiri dam height: expert panel

Will National Hydro Power Corporation heed report?

Religion and the environment

45 farmers commit suicide each day in India

Underscores growing agrarian crisis

How radiation can affect health

Indian swine flu vaccines hit market

Maharashtra doctors refuse vaccination even as toll rises

Climate change meeting begins in Bonn

New deal must not attempt to rewrite or reinterpret the Convention, say developing countries

Global forest product industries recover from recession

India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries

Bonn climate talks: move HFCs to Montreal Protocol, says EU

Developing countries dismiss appeal, say fulfill technology transfer commitment first

Down To Earth Archives

On El Nino's track

Down To Earth has been following the current El Nino since July. A lowdown

Timeline: Chain reactions...

40 civets and a hunt for home

'Planning Commission big stumbling block in the path of India's progress'

The demand for universal public distribution system is justified, says Congress leader and former cabinet minister Mani Shankar Aiyar. He spoke …

Green tribunal orders closure of 18 polluting industries in Noida

Order follows site inspections by a joint committee appointed by tribunal

A bill to secure food for the poor

A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013

Tribal affairs ministry gets cracking on apex court’s order on Vedanta

Odisha government gets a slew of orders to ensure the order is properly implemented