UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures
Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and …
Curtain raiser: Here is what we can expect from the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference
Conference will focus on ensuring that countries deliver on promises already made and are designed to be action-oriented, inclusive and cross-sectoral
Malnutrition threatens 120 UN member nations, says global report
India performs well on under-5 stunting, but sanitation continues to be the biggest stumbling block
The rich are enjoying themselves at the expense of poor people's health
Karen E Smoyer of the University of Alberta, Canada, has been working on the impact of poor environment on the weaker sections of society. …
Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?
The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats
Urban shit: where does it all go?
India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism
Silent epidemic: Superbugs killing India’s newborns
Each time we use antibiotics, we allow the few superbugs—bacteria that are able to survive the antibiotic—to thrive, says an expert
An urban puzzle
India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?
As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …
Dust pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa raised infant mortality: Study
A 25% spike in local annual mean particulate concentrations in West Africa caused an 18% increase in infant mortality
Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage
Union government is set to introduce The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in …
COVID-19 and SDG 6 goals: All that we need to learn and do
We need political will and commitment during COVID-19 times. Our world is packed with knowledge and we can achieve SDG6 goals if we remain engaged&…
Blind spot in Namami Gange
By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the …
Unreal in pampered India
With NDMC winning the smart city challenge, the contrast between where the government lives and where the rest of the citizens live could not …
Fixing old houses on Himalaya
German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
How Chunar, a small town in UP, is combating COVID-19
How awareness drives involving local bodies, distribution of PPEs and other equipment, helped turn the COVID-19 situation around
Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released
Safe toilets, with well managed black and grey water, are the need of the hour, particularly in rural areas
Periods in a pandemic: Women, girls in low-income settlements need more support
Measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may have made things worse by affecting their ability to buy sanitary products
Citizens' forum demands continuation of AAP's free water supply scheme
On poll eve they prepare a resolution for all political parties, demanding extension of free water supply to all residents of Delhi and scrapping …
Algae alleviates
South African townships that were earlier helpless in the face of pollution caused by human wastes, are now bucking up to the problem. Spirulina, …
Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts
Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…
Open defecation linked to stunting in Indian children
Research finds 10 per cent increase in open defecation associated with a 0.7 per cent increase in stunting in 112 districts
How e-waste crisis continues to plague informal sector
Over 90% of electronic waste management is done by informal sector workers, most of whom are unaware of their rights