Real pride of ancient Indian science

Indian scientists are nowhere to be seen in the world you and I inhabit. This is when our modern world requires science to be integrated into …

A river’s worthy son

Veerbhadra Mishra dedicated his spiritual quest and scientific calling to cleaning the Ganga

When the old gods died

From a wooded upland Jhabua became an example of extreme ecological degradation. The story of its recovery is remarkable

Opportunity waste

A senior technical manager says there is a lot of money to be made in management of industrial waste

Reining it in

Chennai shores up its laws to curb groundwater depletion, with renewed emphasis on rainwater harvesting

Colonializing Agriculture, a review

Book>> Colonializing Agriculture, The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism by Mridula Mukherjee Sage Publications New Delhi 2005

DTE Coverage: Parched Marathwada

How Maharashtra’s drought-prone region does not have water though summer has not even peaked

'India's policy on marine fisheries excludes small-scale fishers'

Yet another seer sits on fast-unto-death for Ganga

Bihar girl Padmavati demands action against mining, stricter norms for dams

1 in 5 murders due to property, land or water: UN Global Homicide Report 2023

While India boasts almost 18 per cent of the world’s population, it has access to only four per cent of the global water resources, making …

DTE Water Series: Decentralised wastewater management in Chunar, Uttar Pradesh

The small town located in Mirzapur district on the banks of the Ganga and the Jargo, is showing Uttar Pradesh how to efficiently manage its …

Simply Put: Cauvery dispute

Simply Put: To use groundwater, recharge

Simply put: NSSO on ODF

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustaining ODF a multi-faceted process

Bangladesh took 15 years to become ODF, while Thailand took 40

Simply put: Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers

Saving the degraded river basin

Assam shows how water needs can be met without disturbing a river’s ecology

Ganga warrior GD Agarwal passes away after 111-day fast to save the river

Prophetically, Agarwal had told Down To Earth that he would die before Dussehra

Lake found on Mars by scientists

The underground lake is about 20 kms wide and is on Mars’ southern ice cap

Hiking prices for conservation

Metallic clams

ULTRA PURE

Out of the depths

Women water-users are determined to have their say in water management policymaking

Water in the sand

Experiments in rainwater harvesting are recharging parched aquifers in Kutch

Tanking up on water

Renovating traditiona_1 village reservoirs, farmers in Tamil Nadu are pursuing a green dream