About sleepless nights at PMO and the diwan
Are bureaucrats under Modi regime so hard-pressed that settees in office have become a necessity?
We create jobs-for the US
Modi government still has no clear strategy for creating employment for the hordes of the jobless young in India
Mr Verghese, you live on through your words
The eminent journalist was closely linked to the evolution of environment and development journalism in India
31 persons die of dengue in Maharashtra cities
Mumbai is worst-hit city; health department and administration fail to curb disease spread
Cyclone Nilofar’s threat to Oman and Gujarat decreases
Cyclone Nilofar to rapidly lose strength from October 30; it may turn into a boon for Gujarat
Cyclone Nilofar forms in Arabian Sea
Nilofar set to intensify further but will rapidly weaken before striking Gujarat-Pakistan coast on October 31
MGNREGA impact on food inflation is very limited, says RBI study
There are other factors for food price inflation, says the study commissioned in the wake of persistent double digit food price inflation between …
Climate Change: three sobering milestones
World leaders at UN climate summit need to heed these grim markers if global warming has to stay within 2°C limit
Monsoon data's departure from reality
Latest rainfall data shows 18 per cent monsoon deficit, which Met officials consider to be in the 'normal' range. But does this data really …
Farewell to welfare
The budget is a patch work of abandoned schemes revived or existing ones being re-named. This is all for rural development
How light impacts brain
Light-sensitive photoreceptors melanopsins play crucial role in cognitive ability of the brain
Click the sick
Visual documentation of illnesses is integral to healthcare in the West but a rarity in India. Sayantan Bera charts the hows and whys of medical …
Early years with nature
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State of fear
Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar's murder is a reminder that social conditions give rise to irrationality and those who perpetuate existing …
Novel Therapy
Bimal K Banik is President’s Endowed Professor and professor of chemistry at College of Science and Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan …
Pilgrims' distress
Better infrastructure planning and upgrade needed for mega events like Kumbh to avert stampedes
Catching them young
Every year, the Indian Science Congress Association awards young scientists of the country. Down To Earth spoke to some of the winners about …
Perfect model
Biologists use a variety of animal models for experiments. But a mouse or a fruitfly cannot truly represent a human being. Jessica Bolker, …
Why we are bugged
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USA faces up to the biodiversity challenge
The US President reiterates that the one world, one environment theme is the only way to protect the planet.
Green issues need equitable entitlements
Now that the Cold War is over, concern for the environment will play a vital role in international relations in the foreseeable future.
Revitalised role forecast for people's movements
It is becoming possible to utilise the capacities that exist outside the state -- such as non-governmental organisations -- to influence state …
Being accountable
The reluctance of financial institutions to be made answerable will stymie progress on implementing the Earth Summit agreentents.
North - South tussle over SDC
The proposal for setting up a Commission for Sustainable Development, considered one of Rio's successes, is already caught in a dispute over size,…
Awareness growing about Amazon destruction
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