A breakthrough for a rare genetic disorder
After 13 years of experiments and research, Indian scientist Surajit Sinha has developed a chemical formula to make medicine for Duchenne …
The seed banker: This Nuapatna farmer strives to save traditional paddy varieties
Bijaya Jhankar grows nine traditional varieties of paddy that have a longer harvest duration of 130-150 days
An old man and his baton: Meet Damodar Kashyap
Kashyap has ensured food, and livelihood in Bastar villages by offering them thriving forests
Do you want to cut your Carbon footprint after death?
Recompose offers human composting, or natural organic reduction as a greener alternative to burial, cremation
Ensuring home for those abandoned with HIV: Meet Noori Amma
A transgender woman diagnosed with HIV in 1987 has run a home for children living with the disease for nearly two decades now
These places in NCR are making zero waste a daily commitment
Down To Earth profiles two initiatives in the National Capital Region that aim at reducing food waste and a number of other measures for making …
IISER Mohali scientist plans to fuse theories to understand symmetries of geometric objects
This recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship wants to understand symmetries of geometric, algebric objects
New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19
Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …
Not a child’s play to stand up against child marriage
After saying a no to her own marriage, Bishnupriya Pradhan is saving others from child marriage
Small incentive, big draw: How an officer makes PDS work
Jyoti Kakwani plugs pilferage in fair price shops by giving surprise gifts to those who demand receipts from the shopkeeper
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
Thar’s friend: Meet tiny melon kachri
This drought-tolerant fruit turns short of gold upon drying and changes the fate of all those associated with it
Solar lift irrigation helps Gumla farmers move away from diesel pump sets
More than 200 farmers in three blocks of the Jharkhand district went the green way to reduce dependance on monsoon rains
Fight for survival: MP's Chutka village holds out against proposed nuclear power project
Dadu Lal Kundapa has galvanised 54 tribal villages to say no forced evictions for the second time in four decades
Every drop counts: How a cooperative turned 250 acres of Dharmapuri green
Cooperative forest in Tamil Nadu’s drought-prone area an example of the power of water conservation
Why NGT’s calls on restoration of water bodies is need of the hour
National Green Tribunal’s 2019 order asking states to identify, protect and restore water bodies underlines the urgency to save them
Uganda becomes first African country to submit REDD+ results, paves way for payments
The mechanism by the United Nations calls for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Good news stories from Vietnam’s second wave — from dragon fruit burgers to mask ATMs
Throughout the first and second waves, Vietnamese business people and ordinary citizens have been coming up with innovative ways to respond to …
COVID-19 and green, open spaces: What is going to be our new normal?
Living conditions created under a pandemic situation are also a reflection of the inadequacies of our cities
Physicists hunt for superconductors that can revolutionise world’s energy system
Superconductors can address the problem of unwanted heat produced from electrical energy. But there is a rider: they operate at ultra-low …
Breaking bad: 8 Gaya villages shift away from growing opium
Economically viable crops, skill development encourage villagers
Small farmers, daily wagers take to vegetable retail selling in Himachal due to lockdown
The development is being seen as a positive outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown
Good news: Trees that bind families
An Uttarkhand teacher gives reasons to take care of plants after plantation drives
Solar power lights up Sundarbans island
Six solar micro-grids cater to about 600 families in Satjelia island
COVID-19 lockdown reduces Patna waste by more than half
An unfortunate side-affect is hundreds of stray dogs left to starve