In this issue

ARE FREEBIES NOT WELFARE - The "freebie" debate has reached India's highest court. But who will tackle the fundamental question of defining the very term?

Strong start

With free tuition and access to sanitary pads, a non-profit in Prayagraj provides children in low-income areas a chance to complete their education

2 mins

Africa's clarion call for climate justice

IT WAS highly symbolic that Gabon, which commits to remain carbon neutral up to and beyond 2050, hosted the Africa Climate Week, the last major talks before the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Egypt this November to implement the Paris Agreement.

1 min

Cost of credit

Information accessed by Down To Earth under the Right To Information Act belies the government's claim that banks give farm loans without any service charge or mortgaging farmer's land

5 mins

Planetary summer

Prolonged droughts and heat waves are wreaking havoc across continents. Europe may have reached the point of no return

10 mins

PERILS IN A DEFINITION

The country's Supreme Court is tasked with deciding whether political parties should be restricted from promising freebies in election campaigns and manifestos. But the debate is not so simple

10 mins

Moderna strikes with a new lawsuit

Moderna is trying to be gatekeeper for the mRNA platform for future drug development, raising monopolistic fears

4 mins

OZONE ON FIRE

Frequent, widespread forest fires in a warming world are the new threats to the ozone layer

3 mins

Crowdfunding - Fund At Your Own Risk

Crowdfunding has emerged as a popular option in India to help people avail expensive medical treatments. But in the absence of regulation, donors are vulnerable to fraudulent campaigns

3 mins

Invisibilisation of Dalit scholars

A PERSON READING CASTE AND PARTITION IN BENGAL: THE STORY OF DALIT REFUGEES, 1946-1961 WOULD THINK THAT DALITS HAVE NEVER DONE A CASTE ANALYSIS OF PARTITION, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE

3 mins

Millet might

Odisha's mission to bring millets back to its fields and plates can succeed with greater marketing support and promotion beyond tribal areas

5 mins

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