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Down To Earthby Richard Mahapatra1 Sept 2026
The world’s most populous country is in a demographic quagmire. India’s birth rate is falling at a baffling pace. The dip is being grudgingly celebrated as the ultimate population control success.
Down To Earthby Puja Das1 Sept 2026
With large tracts of land competing with agriculture, forests and other uses, reservoirs and inland waterbodies are emerging as potential sites for utility-scale solar projects.
Down To Earthby Vivek Mishra1 Sept 2026
If there is one item ubiquitous in grocery stores across cities and villages of India, it is mustard oil.
Down To Earthby Richard Mahapatra1 Sept 2026
There is another metamorphosis to witness, after the “Cockroach Janta Party” agitation that formalised a generational identity in the country—Gen Z, the collective noun adorned as a powerful...
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware1 Sept 2026
Pune has kept fares the same for air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses, a model aimed at making public transport more accessible.
Down To Earthby Puja Das1 Sept 2026
Mechanically compressing the solid electrolyte in solid-state batteries can prevent lithium dendrites from growing vertically and causing short circuits, allowing the batteries to operate for...
Down To Earthby Ranjan Panda1 Sept 2026
The images coming out of Nepal are difficult to comprehend. A glacial collapse in the Langtang region, followed by a devastating flash flood through the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli river system, has once...
Down To Earthby Sunita Narain1 Sept 2026
India has recycled 17 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste since 2022, when the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime came into force, shows the latest Central Pollution Control Board...
Down To Earthby Ibrahim Al-Marashi1 Sept 2026
Yemen’s historic coffee hub of Mocha once controlled the world’s beans, sending “Arabica” across Ottoman and European markets and lending its name to the moka pot.
Down To Earthby Dayanidhi1 Sept 2026
Chhattisgarh faces extremely heavy rainfall, with several districts under flash-flood threat as authorities urge residents to remain vigilant.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware31 Aug 2026
Coral reefs are facing bleaching events more frequently, leaving them less time to recover between periods of severe heat stress.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul31 Aug 2026
About 660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while around 200 died from AIDS-related causes, UNICEF estimates.
Down To Earthby Himanshu Nitnaware31 Aug 2026
Maharashtra has India’s second-largest registered electric vehicle fleet after Uttar Pradesh, but officials say headline numbers do not show how deeply EVs have entered mainstream transport.
Down To Earthby Santosh Pathak31 Aug 2026
India has launched its first national guide to grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, challenging the long-standing “wasteland” label for deserts, scrublands and ravines.
Down To Earthby Kaifee Jawed31 Aug 2026
India’s GOBARdhan scheme commits Rs 23,731 crore to scale compressed biogas nearly tenfold, finally assuring buyers, prices and credit for developers.
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul31 Aug 2026
A global study in JAMA Pediatrics finds antimicrobial resistance in children is rising, undermining life-saving antibiotics for infections like sepsis and pneumonia.
Down To Earthby DTE Staff31 Aug 2026
Nearly 160,000 women and girls have been affected by flash floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, UN Women says.
Down To Earthby Santanu Gupta31 Aug 2026
Ethanol is emerging as a powerful but overlooked clean cooking fuel, especially for India, where it can cut deadly household air pollution, reduce LPG imports and support farmers through local...
Down To Earthby Dayanidhi31 Aug 2026
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall likely across Odisha and Chhattisgarh, with thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and widespread disruptions expected.
Down To Earthby Susan Chacko31 Aug 2026
US gas-fired power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in early 2026, pushing America ahead of China in new gas generation.
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