COVID-19 lockdown: An hour of crisis for India’s DNT communities
The scarcity of essential facilities and lack of any rehabilitation measures might affect the lives of the DNTs even more than COVID-19
Lockdown no bar for the young artist
Pen, paper, paintbrush and lots of colours! Beating the gloom of the lockdown through art, these young artists have decided to spread hope and …
World Environment Day 2021: Pollution will rebound, warns CSE
Analysing air quality shows how tough it is to curb pollution only with forced restrictions: State of India’s Environmenmt 2021: In figures
COVID-19 lockdown: Why some workers lost patience
The rich now trusts the government most, while the less privileged experience an absence of the same
Cut loose: End of COVID-19 containment
Life goes back to normal in my area of residence
Year(s) of the virus: Things we must not forget
The sheer power of the virus, our collective callousness, the sufferings of the working class... there are lessons to be learnt …
Air during COVID-19 lockdown: March’s last week cleanest so far in Delhi
This is the first time since 2016 that March in spring has recorded lowest pollution levels
Beginning of the third wave: How Nigeria is bracing for COVID-19 pandemic
From cash transfers for the vulnerable to new test kits, Nigeria has announced a slew of measures
As told to Parliament (September 19, 2020): 51 coal projects okayed since last year
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
COVID-19 warriors: How a woman in a tribal village shared vegetables from her kitchen garden
Krishna Mawasi, who lives in Kailhora village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, claims to have helped the hungry and destitute during the lockdown
COVID-19 lockdown hits Patachitra artisans of Odisha crafts village hard
Artisans in Raghurajpur near Puri, who make the traditional paintings, have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown
India’s deep economic paralysis just set in
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.
COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages: Report
Urban poor have seen a decline in income and have been left more hungry, though this was not the case earlier
In the deep sea: Those on board are stuck due to COVID-19 lockdowns
Thousands of seafarers working for months are unable to return home due to the lockdowns
COVID-19: Kerala fights hunger — several steps at a time
From community kitchens to low-cost hotels under Kudumbashree, the state takes several measures to ensure nobody goes hungry
95% migrants want to return home despite uncertainty: Survey
Only five per cent want to stay in their work places, according to the organisation’s latest mapping exercise of migrants
COVID-19: Himachal gears up to meet post-lockdown challenges
From economic relief to different use of premises to regulation of hotels, hoteliers are considering a number of options
How COVID-19 changed the crime profile of India in 2020
Cases of ‘disobedience’ or violation of COVID-19 norms increased by over 20 times in just a year; without it, overall crime was lower …
Who is afraid of COVID-19? These Delhites don’t look to be
India’s capital was among the worst-hit during the second wave of the pandemic; citizens, however, seem to have learnt no lesson
COVID-19 second wave robs 'eternal city' Varanasi of its eternal din
Bustling Banaras by the Ganga, a busy pilgrimage, trading and education hub, has fallen silent due to the lockdown
COVID-19: Fear factor, supply uncertainty can make second wave worse for rural India, warns Pronab Sen
Down To Earth spoke to economist Sen, India’s former chief statistician and programme director for the International Growth Centre - …
Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: The long walk home
As india witnesses its largest movement of workers, Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra walks with them for over 500 km, chronicling the crisis. …
COVID-19 and the curious case of development sector un-partnerships
The key principle for the development in dealing with the global pandemic should not be rationality but equity
Frontline forest workers: ‘Heroes in the strife’ of the COVID-19 lockdown
They have been performing duties in some of the most risky areas in extraordinary times. Yet, unlike health workers and police, we …
COVID-19 Emergency: Uddhav Thackeray to request PM Modi for oxygen supply transported by Air Force
Maharashtra chief minister says Section 144 to be clamped down in the state from 8 pm on April 14