World Drowning Prevention Day: There is a need to create safe spaces, says WHO

Drowning is among the top 10 leading causes of death for children and youth aged between one and 24 years

Mountain people in the throes of great changes

To secure the existence of highland people, we need to create sustainable economic avenues

Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

In 2016, the United Nations Security Council named modern slavery a serious concern in areas affected by armed conflict

International Women’s Day: Why 2021 shines bright for gender parity at parliaments in Sub-Saharan Africa

In the 48 countries around the world that held parliamentary elections in 2021, women candidates won 28.6% of the new seats

Legal wildlife trade

Globally, legal wildlife trade has increased more than five-fold in value in the last 14 years and was estimated to be worth US $107 billion in …

Every person may have to live on less water as per capita reservoir capacity decreases: UN

While the world population might increase to nine billion by 2040, the projected reservoir volume is stabilising around 7,000 billion cubic metre

Union Budget 2021-22 must protect allocation for children even after pandemic

Children have largely remained unscathed by the virus, but disruptions due to the pandemic and the resultant lockdown have affected aspects of a …

International Women's Day: Empower to protect the womb and newborn

Transmission of latent toxic risk from air pollution through womb forever is not acceptable

Science communicators get awards for popularising subject

The award is to promote bridging gaps between scientists and lay man for better scientific communication

How caste is marring mid-day meals

Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day meal scheme

Yoga can work wonders, but caution is the key word

Experts say yoga is a holistic approach to treat various disorders, but it is a slow process and takes time to show results

Remembering Shelley the vegan poet

The poet, who championed the cause of free love and atheism in somewhat conventional times, can be looked upon as a role model for today’s …

Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women

Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and …

'Menstrual hygiene needs as much attention as providing toilets'

Lack of separate toilets major reason for girls dropping out of school on achieving puberty, point pout civil society groups

Bihar to close open air schools to curb food poisoning incidents

Kitchens with storage facilities to be constructed on priority basis in all schools serving cooked meals, says education department

Tuesdays are pedestrian's day out in Bhutan

Central Thimpu becomes pedestrian zone on World Environment Day

New ‘Race to Zero’ campaign needs to leverage optimistic messaging into concrete climate action

Messaging needs to be leveraged to put pressure on holdout national governments to increase climate ambition

Forests’ lingering question

Nearly three decades have passed since the Supreme Court ruling in 1996, which mandated the use of dictionary definition to delineate forests. …

Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Crops, trees and livestock in harmony; pesticides no more; small tech, big difference

Grassroot environmentalists

Hymen doesn’t stand in the way of intercourse, but menstrual hygiene

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout

Nearly 8 decades since the nuclear age started, people around the world, not to mention the flora and fauna, have all been exposed to radioactive …

International Tiger Day 2023: Should India cap its big cat population? Here is what experts say

Are India’s forests nearing their carrying capacity to support tigers, who are apex predators? DTE puts the question to scientists

Is new-age environmentalism narrowing down to planting saplings?

Planting saplings is undoubtedly a good idea, but considering it as the panacea to all our environmental woes is dangerous

India’s population question

Population per se is not the determinant of environmental problems; it is their consumption pattern that leads to environmental degradation