Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours

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 …

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …

Book review: Profound primer

Providing a good text is the primary step, now that environmental studies have become a scheduled subject at the graduate level in all …

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

"Tribal leaders are mere pawns in politics"

Tribal activist C K Janu speaks on adivasi issues and the Muthanga controversy

"Non-tribals need to be educated about tribals"

Veteran anthropologist B K ROY BURMAN in conversation with SOPAN JOSHI

Herbal cure to cancer

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Aila prompts exodus

Joba Majhi

JOBA MAJHI, wife of the leader of Singhbhum's Jungle Andolan, Devendra Majhi, is in her second term as member of the legislative assembly from a …

Niral Enem Horo

A Jharkhand Party veteran, NIRAL ENEM HORO didn't quit when Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand's most eminent leader, left to join the Congress party. He …

Speeding train kills six elephants in West Bengal

The killer track has claimed lives of 52 elephants in the past decade; forest department and railways continue to blame each other

The wisdom of indigenous healers

Medicinal Plants of India - Vols I & II S K Jain and Robert A DeFillips Publisher: Reference Publications Price: US $94.95

Arvind Netam

ARVIND NETAM was, till the mid-1990s, one of the most promising tribal politicians of India. He was deputy minister of education in 1973. He …

Jual Oram

JUAL ORAM, Union minister of tribal affairs, is in the Lok Sabha from the Sundargarh constituency in Orissa

Jayanta Rongpi

JAYANTA RONGPI is a doctor and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). He represents Karbi-Anglong in Assam, a seat reserved …

Mansukhbhai Vasava

MANSUKHBHAI VASAVA is the only independent Scheduled Tribe member of parliament in Lok Sabha. He represents the Bharuch parliamentary constituency,…

Shibu Soren

SHIBU 'GURUJI' SOREN of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has been a prominent figure in the struggle for Jharkhand and is equally well-known for the …

Yamuna Singh

YAMUNA SINGH, Jharkhand's minister of environment and forest since the state's creation, is from the Kharwar tribe. Down To Earth spoke to him …

"Police firing will keep happening"

BABULAL MARANDI was the Union minister of state for environment when he took over as the chief minister of Jharkhand in 2000. In March 2003, he …

"I will get the Koel-Karo project reviewed"

ARJUN MUNDA, the newly sworn in chief minister of Jharkhand, spoke to Down To Earth the day he announced his cabinet

National Centre for Advocacy Studies' new report 'Sponge iron industries'

Report>>Sponge Iron Industries Issues and Campaigns, National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune 2007

Absence of MGNREGS work take a toll on festivities, medical care and nutrition intake in rural West Bengal

Villagers report grappling to make ends meet due to loss of guaranteed employment

COVID-19: Is novel coronavirus spreading among Kolkata pavement dwellers through waste

Those who live by the streets often pick up waste for livelihood