Simply Put: Climate reparations

Simply Put: Global plastic treaty

Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days

Dolphins are frequently targeted by poachers for their skin and oil

Simply Put: People fired, AI hired

Simply Put: AI in healthcare

Simply Put: World Press Freedom Day 2023

Simply Put: International Women’s Day

AAD2024: Conversation with KJ Ramesh on the impacts and science of El Nino

Listen to former director general of India Meteorological Department speak on various aspects of ENSO’s warm phase

Women’s Day 2024: Flight of hope in Uttarakhand

Women pilot AIIMS Rishikesh’s initiative to use drones to carry medical supplies to remote health centres 

A group of daily wagers are on a fast-unto-death at -14°C in Leh; their voices should be heeded

The workers, in a challenging environment like Ladakh, have alleged inhumanity and discrimination employment regularisation; it’s a gross …

Cancer treatment can cause metastasis; a new nutraceutical drug can contain it: Research

R-Cu made from grape extract, resveratrol, and copper, deactivates chromatin particles, reduces toxicity of chemotherapy drugs

Delhi’s electronic bazaars are one of the city’s last non-elite commercial spaces

As dynamic public spaces, these bazaars are invaluable

Simply Put: Processed foods

Simply Put: WTO Abu Dhabi

How bad is India’s single-use plastic crisis?

The country generates 5.5 million tonnes of single-use plastic waste

Dengue outbreak in Brazil prompting emergency health measures

As the world gets increasingly warmer and wetter, mosquito-related disease outbreaks are predicted to rise and spread

Simply Put: Eyes everywhere, ears closed

Paspalum Scrobiculatum: Kodo Millet

One of the oldest known millets, kodo is said to have originated in India 3,000 years ago. This millet has a husk which has to be removed before …

Panicum miliaceum: Proso millet

High in protein, this small-grained millet has a creamy texture when cooked. The cooked millet acts as a great binder and can easily substitute …

What India can do to strengthen community-based foster care for children in need of nurturing

Lack of awareness involving village-level child protection committees, non-availability of frontline workers dedicated to child protection …

Plan for Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line through Bandipur National Park evokes protests over ecological impact

Railway line to connect Nilambur in Kerala to Nanjangudi in Karnataka on Golden IT Corridor

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 5, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

What ails the hills

Himalaya’s towns urgently need carrying capacity-based development plans

Life on the edge: Story of the last survivor in Odisha’s erosion-hit Podampeta village

Coastal Odisha is slowly being swallowed by the sea; almost half of its coast has undergone erosion between 1990 and 2015

Karnataka’s trekking trails in eco-sensitive Western Ghats off limits till October

Trekking to be limited to 300 people a day once it resumes, only in areas with online bookings