INDIA

Smouldering row

Plan to evacuate Jharia residents: more to it than underground fires?

Power plant with zero emission

Rice for kings

Black rice is indigenous to the Northeast, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. In Manipur, it is considered food as well as part of traditional …

Lahbera: How the last Santhal settlement of Dhanbad is fighting for survival

The Santhals of Lahbera are fighting for their identity, ancestral land and survival amid the dust-laden air of coal mines in what used to be …

Rich land, poor people: What will be the future of generations growing up in Jharkhand’s coal belt

If the coal-dependent communities are not connected to employment opportunities, this illegal parallel economy may grow even larger

How important is basic infrastructure in securing livelihoods of Adivasis

A significant proportion of poverty in backward areas is due to a gap in basic infrastructure and its deficiency

COVID-19 and Cyclone Yaas: Double whammy for Jharkhand’s watermelon farmers

Unseasonal rainfall triggered by Cyclone Yaas, combined with COVID-19 restrictions, has led to few takers for the crop 

COVID-19: You have water to wash your hands; but that is a privilege

Given the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact over the country and the globe, systems that supply water  are extremely crucial for rural …

Flour surplus: Ponds transformed farming in villages of Jharkhand's Pakur

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act helped flood-hit Jhenagaria build back stronger

Coal mining and India’s tribal peoples: Inequality as the death knell of community

Mining and land dispossession produce new, profound inequalities within Adivasi communities, which erode their traditional egalitarian values

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 27, 2020)

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

Why certain parts of India churn out the best sportspersons

Haryana, with just two per cent of India's population, accounts for 20 per cent of its Olympic contingent

Environment in elections: Droughts fail to make it to poll issues in Jharkhand

Severe drought conditions in the state over the past two years ignored by politicians during campaigns, say farmers

Unfit for office

Jharkhand Pollution Control Board chief in eligibility row

Cleansing solution

Next phase of India's clean coal initiative in the pipeline

Road not taken

Spark in the soot

Conflict kindles among states of India's iron ore belt

Indian villages refuse telephone connections due to naxal problem

Suspect diagnosis

World Bank's take on Indian forestry sector motivated

Active threat

Highway subsides

Centre approves evacuation in fire zones

Land acquired forcefully for Adani's Godda power plant

Recent visit by a fact-finding team shows that Adani's functionaries have resorted to forceful land acquisition, intimidation and even police …

Is Jharkhand's ambitious Aadhaar linkage derailing MGNREGA?

For four years, Jharkhand has been experimenting with Aadhaar-MGNREGA link with missionary zeal. Its experience holds lessons for all the states …