General Elections 2024: Elections in the time of heatwaves
The Election Commission of India has made preparations to ensure voter safety and accessibility amid the prediction of blistering heatwaves
No relief for Marathwada droughts: Failure of the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan
Through expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting, Down To Earth uncovers the systemic failures and shortcomings of the ambitious water …
Betel cultivation is in danger due to climate change
Losses in betel cultivation have reached such an extent in the last few decades that most farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba have given …
What are Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)? Why do we need to pay attention to them?
Some of the most catastrophic floods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas have been caused by glacial lake outburst events. The last recorded GLOF event …
2023 in a blink: How food inflation affected India and the world this year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
DTE Call For Action: Considering recyclability before banning single-use plastics in India
19 single-use plastic items are banned in India but we use many more types of such items
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 5, 2023)
Michaung intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; causing heavy rainfall in Chennai
Chennai received 230 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in the last 24 hours and is expected to see the worst flooding after December 2015
Kenya gets tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
Kenya has plans to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years
Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series
Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate
Top 10 stories of the week that was (October 14-20)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
Six of 9 planetary boundaries have been breached because of human activities: Study
The study results show that humans have caused a breach in our planet’s safe climate and land system in 1988 and are now facing a risk of …
Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters lunar orbit
The Vikram Lander is expected to land on the moon on August 23, 2023
Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days
Dolphins are frequently targeted by poachers for their skin and oil
Rise of AMR could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050: UN report
AMR can push 24 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030
Can Bio-CNG click: DTE reportage on the coming of age tech
A 3-part series on what is Bio-CNG and what are its advantages as well as challenges
How to build your own mud house keeping these 5 things in mind?
The story of Biju Bhaskar who teaches people to make breathable houses
Explained: Why heatwaves are becoming longer, more frequent
One major factor behind this is the trapped greenhouse gases caused by human activities
Parliamentary Digest (August 8, 2022): India generates plastic wastes of 3.46 million tonnes
All that was discussed in the house through the day
What is rice fortification? Does India really need this Rs 2,700 crore per annum scheme?
There is more to food and nourishment than just rice
In search of hope and care: Medical tourism or forced migration?
The arduous journeys of those who migrate for medical treatment in India
Why are polar bears migrating to Russia from Alaska?
Sea ice, on which polar bears rely for hunting, have been on the decline
What happened after the volcano at Tonga
Here is a primer on what changed after the volcano in Tonga erupted recently
China’s birth rate drops to record low in 2021
In 2021, China’s birth rate was 0.752% versus a death rate of 0.718%
