The pill that’s roiling US drug regulation
The hard right is challenging FDA’s authority to regulate drugs with its lawsuit to ban America’s most used abortion pill
Simply Put: Freebies
Annual Antarctic Treaty meet begins in Kochi: Tourism framework to tackle growing threats in talks for first time
46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting aims to foster international collaboration on scientific research and sustainable resource management …
Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian voters
Indian democracy is yet to breed a new category of ‘climate voters’ as its electoral landscape has very little space for green …
Voting without voters: Parties set up call centres to woo migrant voters, but few return
Scorching heat, lack of interest to vote among other reasons for low turnout
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 21, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Two years since Bihar’s ambitious solar streetlight project, village roads still engulfed in darkness
Only 20% of the target has been met with only few months left for the deadline, shows official data
A heatwave is raging during election season, but who will take responsibility of polling officers on duty?
Heat in Kalahandi district, Odisha claimed lives of a few presiding officers after phase 1 of Vidhan Sabha elections
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 17, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Simply Put: Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Lok Sabha 2024: Is it too hot to vote?
DTE analyses if there is a direct correlation between rising temperatures and a decrease in voter turnout
Simply Put: Mumbai dust storm
New Caledonia riot result of ‘stunted decolonisation’, lack of sovereignty for Pacific’s indigenous peoples: Shubhamitra Das
As New Caledonia in the Pacific burns, DTE speaks with Jawaharlal Nehru University academic to inquire more about what has actually led to the rioting
Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s feminist utopian novel recognised as ‘Memory of the World’
Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka Lochana by Anandavardhana also recognised by UNESCO
Voting without voters: In Odisha, turnout suffers in districts home to migrants despite promise of goodies, travel fare
Lowest turnout in Berhampur in Ganjam district, CM's home turf, due to large-scale migration to other states, say experts
The crisis of India’s parliamentary democracy
Parliament’s hollowing out can only be checked, and reversed, by a successful electoral challenge to the Modi personality cult
Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime — here’s why it’s needed
UN data shows that, on average, five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family
Americas: Yet another country in Western Hemisphere turns right as Panama elects Jose Mulino as president
Mulino joins Argentina’s Javier Milei & El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele even as Donald Trump & Jair Bolsonaro hope to return to power
Indian democracy’s tryst with trust
Elections in India are a paradoxical see-saw between trust and legitimacy crisis
Gaza Strip: UN warns of increased death & despair as Israel intensifies attack on Rafah
UN Women survey finds 93% women report feelings of insecurity even within their own homes
Digital democracies and the challenges of Anthropocene
Only sustained human intervention can effectively mitigate challenges to daily human life
Free and fearless journalism in a fight for survival
Freedom of the press, a cornerstone of democracy, is under attack around the world, just when we need it more than ever
The corporate takeover of India’s media
Press freedom in India has been badly hit by the gobbling up of media platforms by a few large companies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 2, 2024)
Naya’s women patuas are preserving a traditional artform while also securing a livelihood & identity
The first generation women patachitra artists of the village sell their work online & are recognised world over, encouraging future …
