New education policy to shrink India’s school system: GN Devy
The National Education Policy 2020 agregates where it should segregate and vice versa, veteran linguist and activist says
Crowd-sourcing, community participation to help in conserving rare toad
Bengaluru-based non-profit grantee to build citizen conservationist group for mapping, conserving Malabar Tree Toad in the Western Ghats
The peasant rebels of the Satnami Rebellion
'Fear of Lions' is a fictional retelling of the Satnami revolt against Aurangzeb, and underlines the importance of rebellion in times of oppression
New glanders action plan: Equine fairs won’t be allowed near infected zone
The plan released by the government on July 26, 2019 has updated existing guidelines related to the deadly equine disease
'Frogs are beautiful'
Wildlife filmamker Ajay Bedi talks to Down To Earth about his recent documentary, 'The Secret Life of Frogs' that released commercially recently
Narmada has been killed in Gujarat, say activists
Members of Vadodara-based non-profit say the river downstream of Sardar Sarovar is now seasonal and carries only seawater and sewage
'Animals and humans have shared spaces in India long before 1972'
In the aftermath of a tragic incident in Maharashtra's Junnar, where 5 leopard cubs were burnt to death unknowingly by a farmer in whose field …
Pacman, one of Ranthambore’s most sighted tigers, is dead
Pacman, a five-year-old male, was found dead with grievous wounds caused by what is suspected to be a territorial fight
‘Such an ad-lib translocation would lead to human-mugger conflict’
As the Gujarat government sets about catching 500 crocodiles from two ponds near the Statue of Unity to make a seaplane lauchpad for ferrying …
क्या सेंटीनेलिस को ‘बचाने’ की जरूरत है?
अंडमान की सेंटीनेलिस और अन्य जनजातियों की आबादी सीमित है। क्या वे विलुप्त हो जाएंगी?
Will the inauguration of Ganga navigation destroy the river’s ecology?
Down To Earth talks to riverine experts on what could happen to the river’s flow, depth and wildlife
Madhya Pradesh’s vulture population increases
There are now 7,906 vultures in the state, an increase of 12 per cent from 2016
Don’t worry, experts say after Pakistan gets GI tag for its own Basmati rice
Basmati joint heritage of the subcontinent; Pakistan’s exports will not dent India's share
Complexity & agency in ‘Kobigaan’ need to be understood to know why gender gap continues in the art form: Priyanka Basu
Down to Earth speaks to UK-based academic on her latest book about a unique art form from West Bengal and Bangladesh
Roman legions, Boer wagons, lions, Cecil Rhodes: Some dogs being considered for ban by Centre have fascinating histories
However, ‘free-ranging dogs’ are a massive crisis and should be the government’s focus, says scientist
Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar
Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears
‘Konkan’s rich biodiversity has lured poachers to its pangolins’
Vishwas Katdare is the founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, a non-profit operating for the last 26 years, mostly in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan …
Lok Sabha passes Surrogacy Bill amid disruptions
The Bill ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy, and allows altruistic surrogacy to needy Indian infertile …
The sexual world of the tiger has been invisible to the world: Valmik Thapar
Down To Earth talks to veteran conservationist Valmik Thapar about his book 'The sex life of tigers', the cat’s mating rituals and why his …
30 years of Latur-Osmanabad Quake: It is time we paid proper attention to rehabilitation as a concept, says Atul Deulgaonkar
Senior journalist has just come out with a book on the botched rehabilitation in the aftermath of the quake
DTE Coverage: International Tiger Day 2023
DTE puts together new analysis and insights on the world's biggest and most charismatic cat
Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India
Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan
Cat on the Roof of the World: Pallas’s cat DNA found on Mount Everest
The cats share their territory with the red fox. Their main prey on Everest are pika, a cousin of the rabbit and mountain weasel
Cheetah: Did India’s erstwhile nobility cause its wildlife’s downfall? Apply nuance, some say
The common perception that the princes along with the British obliterated much of India’s wildlife needs to be qualified, say descendants …
As told to Gujarat Vidhan Sabha: State’s donkeys, camels in peril
Chinese medicine responsible for decline in donkey population; lack of grazing areas and mechanisation responsible for camel’s decline