Down To Earth
Fuelling problems
With LPG price crossing the ₹1,000-mark, the poor are forced to return to unclean cooking fuels
5 min |
August 16, 2022
Down To Earth
Sequence for a just future
Without a robust regulatory framework, digital genomic data will not allow benefits from biological resources to reach communities
3 min |
August 16, 2022
Down To Earth
Illusive oilseed
Without the Centre's push, niger seed might vanish from the tribal food plate in near future
5 min |
August 16, 2022
Scientific India
Sleep And Your Heart Health
Sleep duration is now considered an essential component for ideal heart and brain health.
5 min |
July-August 2022
The Xplorer Guide
MAGICAL MONSOON OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The gushing winds after a simmering summer brings in the fresh air from the Seas and Oceans.
2 min |
May - June 2022
The Xplorer Guide
NTFP Its impact on Forests
Extraction of Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) has been going on for centuries.
1 min |
May - June 2022
The Xplorer Guide
SPECIES IN FOCUS
Green Bee-Eater (Merops orientalis)
1 min |
May - June 2022
The Xplorer Guide
TRAILS OF JAGESHWAR
Writings from a wild traveller
2 min |
May - June 2022
Scientific India
Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano Erupts with Electric-Blue Lava
Ever heard of a blue lava volcano?
1 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Giant Bacteria- 5000 times bigger than normal
Scientists have discovered the world's largest known bacterium, which comes in the form of white filaments the size of human eyelashes, in a swamp in Guadeloupe.
1 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Long term high-fat diet expands waistline and shrinks brain
New research shows that fatty foods may not only be adding to your waistline but also playing havoc with your brain.
1 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
NASA's Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far.
2 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Animal feed useful weed
Agriculture is the backbone of world's economy and food availability. Various biotic and abiotic factors affect agriculture.
5 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Sign-In for Good Health: Human Microbial Signatures
Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is rightly referred to as the molecule which accounts for 'Unity in Diversity' in living organisms and this molecule has provided valuable biological insights including human and animal health, biodiversity, agriculture, forensics, evolution, and much more.
3 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Fossil of three-eyed animal found, lived in the seas 500 million years ago
Scientists have come to know about such an animal of the Arthropod group, which used to have three eyes.
1 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
Protective T cells remain 20 months after COVID-19
In the July, issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Anna Martner and co-authors at University of Gothenburg report two main findings.
1 min |
July-August 2022
Scientific India
New cancer drug trial shows promising results
A new cancer therapy that targets a "shield" that protects tumors from the immune system has surprised scientists by causing all trial participants to go into complete remission, representing what is claimed to be the first time such success has been found.
1 min |
July-August 2022
Down To Earth
Africa To Pay For Europe's Energy Crisis
AT THE latest meeting of the Group of 7 (G7) countries, host Germany and Italy watered down a pledge to end financing for overseas gas projects. The pledge was made at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change last year, and at the meet in June, new loopholes were introduced for temporary financing so countries can tide over the energy crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
1 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
The invisible bhadralok
FIELD NOTES FROM A WATERBORNE LAND SHEDS LIGHT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE BENGALIS WHO BARELY EXIST FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD
3 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Dry beginning
June is becoming drier and this is delaying the sowing of the kharif season
4 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Not close enough
Human milk banks are important for infants who do not have access to mother's milk. But India is yet to see large-scale rollout of such centres
4 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Spark of hope
India needs to reform panchayati raj institutions, reserve seats in Parliament and legislative assemblies to create more women leaders like the new President Droupadi Murmu
9 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
FIX FROM GROUND UP
Prepare business strategies for districts and leverage existing government schemes to make India a global economic powerhouse
3 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
'We can soon study stars that formed during the Big Bang'
THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE AMAZED THE WORLD ON JULY 12 WITH ITS FIRST IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE. ASTROPHYSICIST JESSY JOSE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, TIRUPATI, WILL SOON USE THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD TO STUDY THE EARLY STAGES OF STARS. SHE TELLS ROHINI KRISHNAMURTHY WHAT MAKES THIS DEEPSPACE VIEWING TOOL ONE OF A KIND
3 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Bridging gaps
A farmer-producer organisation in Dantewada provides crucial market links for organic produce and helps naturally improve yields and incomes
5 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Is The Covid-19 Vaccine Story Over?
India claims vaccines are no longer an issue in the battle against COVID-19, but a host of developing nations would disagree
4 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Clear signs
The repercussions of a 1.5°C global temperature rise would be catastrophic for India. Ladakh could grow 2.23°C warmer than pre-industrial levels; Rajasthan could receive 23 per cent more rainfall AKSHIT SANGOMLA and PULAHA ROY New Delhi
4 min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
KILL TO CONSERVE
Sustainable use of wildlife is the best approach to conservation in the long run. This is the latest scientific assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Optimal exploitation of wild flora and fauna will ensure that livelihood and dietary needs of humans are met without threatening survival of the species. But do countries have the capacity to ensure sustainable use, and to make sure the benefits reach local communities? An analysis by SHUCHITA JHA, HIMANSHU NITNAWARE and VIBHA VARSHNEY in New Delhi with ABSALOM SHIGWEDHA in Namibia, CYRIL ZENDA in Zimbabwe, PETER ELIAS in Tanzania and CHRISTOPHE HITAYEZU in Rwanda
10+ min |
August 01, 2022
Down To Earth
Water diviner
Sarjubai Meena is resolute in her mission to conserve soil and water in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district BHAGIRATH
2 min |
July 16, 2022
Down To Earth
‘Never thought I’d see octopus change colour in front of me, at Juhu beach’
A journalist and editor, SEJAL MEHTA has for the last four years walked the shores across India looking for creatures in intertidal zones—spaces explorable upon the retrieval of high tides. By virtue of traversing the sea as well the shores, the life forms found in intertidal spaces are blessed with features that appear otherworldly. In an interview with PREETHA BANERJEE, Mehta talks about her walks and the sightings that resulted in her book Superpowers on the Shore. Excerpts:
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