Antibiotic resistance: 'Some bacterial pathogens are resistant to all antibiotics'
Tobias Dörr, a microbiologist at Cornell University, New York, is researching on protecting beneficial microbes from antibiotics. He speaks …
Rural youth population rising in agriculturally rich areas, but …
A new, global report explains why unemployment rate among rural men and women has tripled since 2011-12
Chhattisgarh CM stays mining activities in Bailadila
This decision has come days after locals launched an indefinite protest against mining on the hill that is religiously significant for them
Decolonising the ‘idea of the farmer’ through the eyes of Munshi Premchand
A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer …
Govt needs to address policy ambiguities affecting shifting cultivation: NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog report recommends doing away with the practice of having divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation
Child participation: Adolescent leadership should extend beyond schools to recognise children as political citizens
There should be action to make child participation robust & sustained institutional process
India’s race to a green hydrogen future
The march to a net zero future has received a boost with India announcing a suite of green hydrogen plans
Yes, the Chinese protests are about politics and freedom. But they are also about what COVID might do if it is let loose now
It would be foolish to guess what will happen next in China or even Iran
Gadkari announces vehicle scrappage policy
Says will reduce pollution and boost automobile industry
150 years of Calcutta Tramways: This icon is the future solution for the city which wants to write its requiem
All opposition against trams and public transport will fall flat if car users pay the true cost of owning and using a vehicle
Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like
Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change
Supertech: It is essential to mitigate pollution, waste post-demolition; here is why
Huge amounts of construction and demolition waste in a residential area is hazardous for human health and warrants immediate disposal
IPBES9: Bonn to host major global biodiversity seminar from July 3
140 governments will meet in German city to consider 2 new scientific reports on sustainable use of wild species and values and valuation of …
Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat
In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise
Union Budget 2022-23: Customs exemption extension on steel scrap will bring temporary relief
It would have been good to see the Centre taking concrete steps to improve domestic scrap availability
In Africa, 64% more people became food-insecure in last five years: Report
The global burden of food insecurity also shifted towards Africa; COVID-19 expected to make matters worse
India at the center of world energy stage, will experience gains: IEA director
The report stated that as China moves towards a service-based economy, India could pivot its growth in the energy sector
Why National Green Tribunal is not as powerful as UK Environment Agency
One of NGT's limitations is the ‘lack of environmental finesse’ of its expert members
Nutritional security could have made the fight against COVID-19 easier
This weak link between growth in income and nutritional outcomes requires the attention of policy makers
‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
If we are to halt the continued loss of nature, then the world’s legal, institutional and economic systems must be reformed entirely
Decluttering India’s energy sector
It is high time that we should rid the sector of the mess that it is in using a multifarious approach
India’s first forest-certification scheme gets global recognition
A Geneva-based non-profit recently decided to endorse the Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management designed for Indian forests
10 good news we got in 2018
As this year nears its end, here’s a look at stories by Down To Earth that brought some relief to an otherwise climate change-ravaged period
‘Agriculture and consumer choices are driving disastrous climate change’
Ahead of COP24, 130 national academies urge governments to take immediate steps to address climate change and failing global food systems
Study finds genetic variants that increase ADHD risk
Researchers identify 12 regions in the genome, changes to which increase the risk of developing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder