Costing norms for mid-day meals, Anganwadis not revised despite food inflation

Schools, Anganwadis find it difficult to meet nutritional needs of children, mothers, as a result

World Water Day 2023: Traditional reverence helped preserve and tap North Sikkim’s springs

Facililated by the Jal Jeevan Mission, around 90 per cent of the households in the district now have functional household tap connections

World Health Day: ‘Enable all rural Indian girls to avail education, regardless of categories’

In states like Rajasthan, pre-matric scholarships are restricted to socially disadvantaged populations and sums vary across categories, which …

World Water Day 2023: Nuapada switched to surface from ground sources to solve its problems of quality and quantity

After the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, the district witnessed a drastic change in the sector of rural water supply. River water was …

World Water Day 2023: Ladana in Rajasthan made conjunctive use of ground, surface sources to solve its scarcity problem

The village dug three wells and constructed an overhead tank that can store both groud and surface water

Bihar schoolkids to grow organic vegetables, fruits for their mid-day meals

After a successful pilot project, 20,000 schools will now be given Rs 5,000 each and asked to develop kitchen gardens

International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions

The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity

Question mark over Bihar kids’ future as mid-day meals in limbo due to pandemic

Malnutrition and stunting among Bihar’s children could rise due to mid-day meals being stopped ever since COVID-19 struck

World Lion Day 2023: The big cat once roamed Arabia and left an indelible mark on Arab culture

It is said that there are nearly 700 names or terms used for the lion in Arabic dialects and literature  

World Water Day 2023: India can show the world how water management can be reinvented, says CSE

National workshop held in Lucknow on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlights the steps Uttar Pradesh is …

World Environment Day 2023: This project in south India is all about bridging art, conservation and empowerment

Adivasis make life-sized elephants from lantana; this provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raises awareness …

World Cancer Day 2023: Indian children with the disease are in dire straits; here is why

Children with cancer in India grapple with lack of awareness, adequate treatment and low survival rate

Steep rise in food poisoning cases after eating mid-day meals this year: Data

Food poisoning cases in Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been highest in the last 6 years

International Women’s Day: Self-help groups are institutions with bargaining power today; now it is time for the next step

Self-help groups bring about socio-economic empowerment of women by providing access to income-generating opportunities. Focus should now be on …

World Heritage Day: ‘Himalayan geo-heritage sites under threat to road construction activities’

DTE talks to ON Bhargava, geology professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh about why roads must be constructed in the Himalayas on the basis of …

How India's water conservation methods can be upgraded to fit rural requirements

In the absence of holistic strategies, the urban issues may get induced to the resource-constrained rural areas

World Lion Day 2023: How do we conserve our Asiatic Lions?

We must recognise lions as a precious part of our collective natural heritage and how much we owe our support to ensure their long-term conservation.

World Youth Day: Digital economy can boost livelihood opportunities for young refugees

Digital labour and e-commerce platforms can help refugees and displaced people transition to decent work, says ILO report  

World Elephant Day: It is time to retire Amer Fort’s working elephants

A non-profit, World Animal Protection, has urged the Rajasthan government to retire elephants used to give joyrides to tourists at Amer Fort in Jaipur

World Elephant Day: Poaching of elephants for their skin could wipe them out

Poaching elephants for their skins to use in Asian medicine, will not just target males but also females and calves 

World Food Day 2019: FAO calls for healthy diets to build zero-hunger world

The United Nations body noted that people around the world were either suffering from obesity or food insecurity

How green is the country? Check out our State of India's Environment Report 2019 In Figures

Centre for Science and Environment to launch latest edition on June 5, World Environment Day

Alzheimer’s disease blood tests: Here’s what they look for and what they can tell you about your risk

Evidence suggests that signs of Alzheimer’s disease could be detected in the blood up to 20 years before symptoms start

World Rivers Day: Adopt bottom-up approach, says student who cleaned Vadodara stream

Down To Earth talks to Sneha Shahi about the issues facing Indian rivers and her own experience of working with two of them

Disposal of polyester flags post-August 15 raises concern

Polyester flags are non-biodegradable and produce more than twice as much carbon dioxide as cotton