Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 6-12, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants
Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs
Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow
Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …
Crafted tales
Startups are connecting artisans to the urban consumer by providing them an online market to showcase their craft
3 years of pandemic: I am still dealing with the havoc COVID wreaked on my health
Down To Earth reporter recounts his harrowing experience of dealing with post-COVID illnesses
Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni
Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25%
COVID-19 immunity: how long does it last?
In UK’s second wave, previously infected health workers were either completely protected from reinfection or were asymptomatic
Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time
Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague
COVID-19: ‘Bengal hospitals turning into epicentres of novel coronavirus’
At least 80 healthcare workers, including 38 doctors, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the state
Punjab extends time for brick kiln conversion to September
Those operating kilns with older technology still have to pay a fine depending upon the capacity of kiln under the polluter pay principle
Oxfam’s latest report is a wake-up call on the ever-increasing gulf between India’s haves and have-nots
India should adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic model to reduce its inequalities
Formulate, implement national urban employment guarantee, workers tell Centre
The pandemic and subsequent national lockdown have exposed the long-existing vulnerabilities faced by India’s urban poor
Sting operation: How Odisha’s Malkangiri controlled malaria
One of India’s worst malaria-affected districts is on its way to win the fight against this scourge
Tannery workers in Kanpur risk DNA damage
Trivalent chromium, widely used in tanning industry, and thought to be harmless found to be the culprit
Master plan for anarchy
The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …
Monsoon 2023: Long dry spells in August lead to crop failure in western Odisha
Workers expected to migrate early this time, brokers start approaching people to work in brick kilns
Labour union raises concerns over housing scheme for Bengal tea workers
Pashchim Banga Cha Majoor Samiti Study presents analytical report based on RTI, workers’ replies; shows scheme will reduce income, …
Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods
Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …
COVID-19: One nation, one ration card turns spotlight on 2017 govt report
The Union govt report had asked states to remove provisions that restricted migrants in accessing PDS benefits
What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much
What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe
Gloom ahead of Handloom Day: Centre scraps handloom, handicraft boards
Experts slam government move to get rid of advisory bodies, say they let stakeholders present their case
Faceless and dispossessed: India’s circular migrants in the times of COVID-19
The 2011 Census said India has 454 million migrants, 54 million of whom are interstate workers. But the data accounts for a fraction of workers …
COVID-19: Odisha death rate least in world, claims Naveen
Odisha recorded 1,660 cases positive to SARS-CoV-2 and seven deaths as on May 28, 2020; active cases were at 766
COVID-19: UP stares at mammoth challenge as migrants return home
More than 1.2 million migrants returned to Uttar Pradesh since the nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25, according to state official
Crushed and torn
Closed tea gardens of West Bengal are enclaves of death and destitution. Speculative ownership and a callous government have prolonged the crisis,…