The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …

Unkindest cut of all

The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap

Capital labour rush

A drought-like condition at home and long-term employment opportunity in Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, are fuelling migration …

Is Chandrababu’s call for more children an indirect push for Amaravati megacity

Andhra chief minister's new-found concern about declining population may have something to do with his plans for a grand new capital city

Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni

Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25% 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 2, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Misled about water

VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …

Orange tumbles

Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?

Big idea

Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Maharashtra elections: Farmers warm up to the idea of guaranteed income

Community youth’s fascination with development, however, is likely to split the farmers’ votes

Spiders weave web in tiger den

Melghat reserve has the highest concentration of giant wood spider

Wrong banishment

Producer pays more

Vidarbha cities granted zeroloadshedding; high charges sting

Seismic fault as recharge well

Inter-state agreement to replenish groundwater in 800,000 ha

People feel cheated over government assurances on Pedhi dam

Rooted to earth

Rooted to earth

It's trust vs certification

For farmers, trust sells more than organic licence

Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam

A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing

Gram sewaks protest NREGS pressure

Nine gram sewaks have committed suicide in past one year due to work stress