India's Cow Crisis Part 3: Brutal to kill India’s ancient uber economy
Sunita Narain on cow-vigilantism, cattle trade and the collapse of the livestock economy of India
India's Cow Crisis Part 1: Nepal bears the brunt of India's cow vigilantism
Hounded by cow vigilantes and trade restrictions, farmers in Uttar Pradesh's border areas abandon their unproductive cattle in Nepalese villages …
Can life exist sans DNA?
Stanley Prusiner, winner of the 1997 Nobel prize for medicine, devoted two decades of research to answer this question
Cowering countryside: The effect of cow vigilantism on India's agriculture sector
Down to Earth travels across north India to speak with farmers and animal rearers to find out how cow vigilantism has affected the rural economy
The deshi cow milk jinx
Our wealth of indigenous cattle breeds have failed to benefit those who are conserving them – the poor farmers, herders and nomadic …
Utterly bovine
UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis
Stop cow vigilantism; take urgent steps to end violence: Supreme Court tells Centre
The apex court also asked chief secretaries of each state to consult DGPs to keep highways safe from cow vigilante groups
Holy cow! So many patents
ICAR and CSIR laboratories are helping a Nagpur cow research institute to patent therapies based on cow excreta
India’s natural, organic farming strategy for rice and wheat
This can help in targeting global export market, thereby feeding the world population and getting valuable foreign exchange for the country
Ground report: How is Chhattisgarh’s ‘dung deal’ working
plan to purchase cow dung to boost rural economy, ensure clean villages and solve stray cattle problem saw initial success, but things …
India’s cow crisis: A rebuttal to Sunita Narain
Down To Earth's Editor wrote how it is brutal to kill India’s ancient Uber economy: PETA India director offers a counter-point
India's Cow Crisis Part 2: Threat of decline looms over livestock economy after 35 years’ growth
The circular economy of cattle has ruptured, threatening livelihoods of India’s poorest. The value output of the livestock economy is Rs 9.…
How two-year-old Una flogging incident is killing Gir lions today
Most of the dead Gir lions were suffering from canine distemper, which spreads from dogs to bovines and water bodies before reaching big cats
High-five
Scientists are rediscovering the value of the unique combination of five products of the cow, especially as pesticide
Remembering Anil Agarwal: India needs a Gobar Minister
Today is the death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. He wrote this editorial …
12 million people have no cooking arrangements in India, says study
According to the report, the situation has worsened over the years
Cattle slaughter ban to turn today’s girls into anaemic women: study
The research paper says that women exposed to the ban in their year of birth are 10% more likely to be anemic in their prime reproductive age
Cow milk standard changed; lesser fat and solids now acceptable
Minimum fat content in milk is now set at 3.2 per cent by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Wild spread of lumpy skin disease in Rajasthan may have been triggered by climate change
Vectors of the viral disease thrive during periods of heavy rainfall like the kind the state witnessed this year
Ground report from Gurrampanuku: This Andhra village ditched chemical fertilisers for cow urine
Ideation by an NGO, a little funding, collective labour help farmers in Vishakhapatnam go natural
NSA for alleged cow slaughter and the myriad ironies played on the Constitution
The State that is super-sensitive about bovines seems to hardly care about other Directive Principles of State Policy
Is it time to find a second home for Asiatic lions?
The recent deaths of lions in Gir has raised the issue of their translocation to a safer place
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Is dung procurement a solution to UP’s stray cattle problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the people of Uttar Pradesh that there will be no problem of stray cattle in the state after March 10
Interim Budget 2019: 'For the BJP it’s the cow versus working people'
Worker union lashes out against Interim Budget 2019 for being pro cows and rich, with only piecemeal for poor
Why we need better data on clean fuel coverage to tackle air pollution
The level of emissions arising from household cooking is uncertain given the varying data sets used for emission analysis