North East India records lowest rainfall in 122 years
The IMD predicts that below-normal rainfall will persist over the remaining part of August
Agristack: The new digital push in agriculture raises serious concerns
These concerns are about information asymmetry, data privacy and consent, profiling of farmers, mismanaged land records and corporatisation of …
Storage level: 23 of India’s 91 reservoirs below 50%
With the monsoon playing hide-and-seek, western and southern India are especially suffering, says CWC
Why the heatwave? Blame Cyclone Vayu, El Niño
Experts believe if monsoon rains would have reached central India by June 10, it would not have been this hot
Lead in Maggi shows how dangerous Indian food standards are
There seems to be a problem with India’s Food safety and standards. This comes in the wake of Nestle admitting that the lead in Maggi …
An unjustified progress of the monsoon
People are confused over the monsoon’s arrival declared by the India Meteorological Department
Safety undermined
A recent disaster that claimed 55 lives revealed the abysmal safety standards of India's mines.
Book Excerpt: The power of solitude
Solitude is what we seek, while loneliness is thrust on us; solitude has helped writers come up with some of the finest works of literature
How air pollution impacts human health: Unpacking the science
Two-thirds of the death burden occurs in developing Asia, including India
Urban Menace: Dogs, monkeys and pigeons in Indian cities
Why is their story important? Because they are creating a new set of urban problems
Simply Put: The binary of clouds
Simply Put: State of tribals
COVID-19 makes more than 2,000 migrants throng back to Balangir
District among those in Odisha that send out the most workers
COVID-19 a double whammy for India’s urban poor
There is the shock of the pandemic plus the loss of livelihood
Small Woodbrown butterfly rediscovered in Sikkim after 120 years
The species was first discovered in Sikkim in 1887
Corruption raises cost of healthcare by 25%: Samiran Nundy
Leading gastroenterologist Samiran Nundyco-editor of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India, spoke to Down To Earth about the …
Water storage in major reservoirs less than average of last 10 years
Overall storage position in India’s 150 major reservoirs is less than the corresponding period of last year
Agenda: Forests for real
We need fifth-generation forest reforms that will secure forests for growth and livelihood
How India's water conservation methods can be upgraded to fit rural requirements
In the absence of holistic strategies, the urban issues may get induced to the resource-constrained rural areas
COVID-19: How Meghalaya bucks the trend
A host of reasons including prior curfew conditions, humidity as well as prompt government action are the theories being touted behind the state'…
COVID-19: Dirty air and vice of the virus
The novel coronavirus pandemic may have lowered air pollution. But this crisis-led change shows how health risk perception makes difficult …
COVID-19: India may have 500 cases by March 22
That is the worst-case scenario according to projections by Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical Sciences
COVID-19: Private labs allowed to test, appealed to do for free
ICMR disagrees with WHO D-G on random testing, criteria yet not opened up for testing
How to prevent novel coronavirus
The World Health Organization — in the absence of a vaccine or cure for COVID-19 — recommended several precautionary measures
IISF 2019: Experts advise sustainable, climate-smart, diverse farming
With reduced land holdings, increasing populations and climate change looming large, this was the solution to farmers’ problems, they said
