Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Rehabilitation colonies are unliveable
Toilets overflow in R&R colonies, residents resort to open defecation; some claim they used their compensation money to get constructions fixed
Fear of food grain crisis due to open procurement; increasing MSP coverage the solution, say experts
Buffer stock of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India godowns double the normal
‘It will open up a new area of Mars exploration’
As NASA's Ingenuity touched down on Mars, Down To Earth spoke to Ingenuity’s chief engineer J (Bob) Balaram on the significance of the …
Only 11% low-income countries make their data open: World Bank report
Gaps in data on women and girls particularly severe; countries do not invest enough in public intent data systems, the report said
Assault on open access to science in India
Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India
3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey
Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …
Stormwater harvesting in parks and open spaces: Managing Delhi’s water woes
Water-sensitive urban design and planning approach, which mimics the natural water cycle, can help fix water systems in the city
Why India should not reopen schools and colleges during COVID-19 pandemic
The Centre and state governments should refrain from doing so in the light of new studies highlighting COVID-19 cases among children
75 years of Japan atomic bombings: An open letter from people of the US
We promise to keep raising our voices to our government regarding the importance of keeping arms control treaties, they wrote
Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead
COVID-19 and green, open spaces: What is going to be our new normal?
Living conditions created under a pandemic situation are also a reflection of the inadequacies of our cities
COVID-19: Rural UP girls wait for schools to reopen to get sanitary napkins
With schools that distributed sanitary napkins shut, girls have gone back to using cloth
Looking beyond Pokemon Go: Augmented reality and virtual reality open vistas in medicine
Surgeons who experience VR simulations had improved psycho-motor skills and their performance in the operating room improved significantly
Nobel laureates stress on open mind at 107th Indian Science Congress
The big message at India's biggest science congregation: Big discoveries can't be planned
Only 71.3% rural households have access to toilets, shows NSSO data
The report's findings trashes the grand claim of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India is now open defecation free
खुले में शौच मुक्त नहीं हुआ है भारत, एनएसएसओ की रिपोर्ट में खुलासा
दो अक्टूबर 2019 को प्रधानमंत्री ने दावा किया था कि ग्रामीण भारत में 100 फीसदी घरों में शौचालय बन गए हैं, लेकिन एनएसएसओ की ...
ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?
According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim
Swachh Bharat Mission: Water shortage drives people in Marathwada to open fields
Maharashtra’s rain-shadow region has had so little rain in the last four years that residents don’t have enough water to flush …
Swachh Bharat Mission: Women take the lead in Himachal Pradesh
The state, with almost 60% of panchayats headed by women, tackled open defection by resolving the water crisis. It was declared open-defecation …
Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time
Researchers found chimpanzees in Gabon regularly catch, kill and consume tortoises that have been grabbed from the forest floor
Toilet-linked biogas plants tackle faecal sludge problem in Gujarat’s villages
The system not only prevented open defecation, addressed septage issue, but also gave easy access to clean and cheap fuel for cooking needs
How the open access model hurts academics in poorer countries
Rather than individuals or institutions paying to have access to publications, increasingly, academics are expected to pay for publishing their …
What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track
Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial
Pollution 'time bomb' ticking for Ganga despite ODF
India is on the verge of being declared open-defecation free but the next big challenge is to safely dispose millions of tonnes of shit in our …
World Water Day: Solving water issues key to achieving ODF status
Here’s an example of a village in Nagaland that journeyed from being one of the most backward districts in India to being open defecation free