Ready for only tourists
Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year
Maya of Indian Science
Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability
Get your own vaccine
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
LIC’s unhealthy choice
Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry
SC extends endosulfan ban
Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod
Victims of vaccination
Vaccine trials in a Madhya Pradesh government hospital are making children sick. Culprit: harmful chemicals in high amounts
Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats
Defies Information Commission’s order and obtains stay from Delhi High Court to keep the report out of public domain
Our daily dose of antibiotics
As dairy farmers inject antibiotics in their livestock, chances are high that these are passed on to humans through milk, finds Delhi-based non-…
RTI activists’ murders: Jairam Ramesh demands prompt action, compensation to families
Rural development minister’s letter to Nitish Kumar includes four suggestions for better implementation of social welfare schemes
Critiquing globalisation
In Churning the Earth, The Making of Global India, environmentalist Ashish Kothari and economist Aseem Shrivastava put India's much-hyped growth …
Home ministry delayed Plachimada bill
RTI response reveals why bill meant to secure compensation from Coca-Cola has not received president’s assent till now
Protocol to protect RTI activists in the works
If a single panchayat-level activist can expose corruption worth Rs 25 lakh, then each needs protection for effective implementation of …