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Gender Gap Report 2024: India fares worse than Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan; scores low in political parity indices

WIDENING GAP

Governance

Gender Gap Report 2024: India fares worse than Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan; scores low in political parity indices

Score dragged down from last assessment due to widening education, political disparity

NEWS AND VIEWS

Economy

Post-pandemic recovery shows clear disparity as global growth stabililises but 80% world population grapples with slowdown

The World Bank’s forecasts for growth in 2024 reflect downgrades in three out of …

Health

Four-year-old from West Bengal confirmed as second human case of H9N2 bird flu in India

China, Vietnam and India have reported seven cases of infection among children and adults …

Governance

Verdict 2024: Lack of focus on regional issues cost BJP both the Telugu states

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project meets 70 per cent of Telangana’s agriculture, domestic and industrial water needs. Photo: bhoopalapally.telangana.gov.in

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme boosted BRS in Telangana, while water woes and farmer …

Health

WHO comes up with new framework to combat kala-azar in eastern Africa

Nine countries in eastern Africa account for three-fourths of the global incidence of kala-…

Water

Delhi’s water woes: Megacity should control wastage, regulate industrial usage & address disparity to combat shortage

Beneath the technical nitty-gritties of the water supply in the national capital lies an …

Governance

India capitulates on key accord at WIPO

The WIPO treaty on genetic resources is historic, but it will override vital safeguards in …

Health

Michael Mosley reportedly died from heat exhaustion. How can extreme heat turn deadly?

When the symptoms of heat illness are not responded to quickly, a dangerous cascade of …

Environment

Coral reef recovery could get a boost from an unlikely source: Sea cucumbers, the janitors of the seafloor

While repopulating sea cucumbers is unlikely to save coral reefs without also taking other …

Videos

Food

The Green Kitchen: The gooey goodness of bael

Not only is it nutritious, the fruit provides livelihoods to many Indians during the summer momths

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Mass fish kill in Bustillos lagoon as Mexico faces drought

Climate Change

How does heatwaves impact the health of labourers | Burnt to Build

Climate Change

What is a Heat Dome and why is it causing extreme heatwaves in the USA?

Food

The Green Kitchen: What is the true culinary potential of jackfruit?

Environment

The Sunita Narain Show: World Environment Day 2024 Special on agenda for new government

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The Przewalski’s Horse (pronounced Shuvalski) or ‘Takhi’ in Mongolian, the world’s only true wild horse, is back on the Kazakh Steppe, the Kazakhstan section of the Eurasian Steppe — the great band of grassland that stretches from Hungary in Europe to Man

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Takhi: Przewalski’s horses back on the Kazakh steppe

The planet’s only true wild horse is being ‘rewilded’ in Central Asia, where it roamed once

The iconic red dog or Asiatic wild dog, the dhole (Cuon alpinus) has been at the receiving end of human actions till now. But recent years have slowly peeled away layers of ignorance regarding the species. There has been a substantial increase in the scie

Wildlife & Biodiversity

World Dhole Day 2024: Are things looking up for Asia’s red dogs?

Recent years have seen a host of new research on the elusive canid; many range countries now working on national plans

On May 2, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly declared May 24 as the ‘International Day of the Markhor’, after the iconic and ecologically significant wild goat (Capra falconeri) found across the mountainous regions of Central and South Asia. The fi

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Markhor: The world’s largest wild goat now has a day of its own

The UN declared May 24 as ‘International Day of the Markhor’ on May 2, citing its iconic and economic importance

Environment

Ghazipur landfill fire: Annual choking hazard for Delhi

Authorities have missed multiple deadlines to clear out the legacy waste from Ghazipur landfill

डाउन टू अर्थ

वायु प्रदूषण

नई सरकार, नई उम्मीदें: राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छ वायु कार्यक्रम को नया रूप देने की जरूरत

वायु प्रदूषण पर अंकुश के लिए नई सरकार को नई सोच अपनानी होगी और प्रदूषण के सूक्ष्म से सूक्ष्म कणों पर फोकस करना होगा

अगले तीन दिनों में छत्तीसगढ़, ओडिशा समेत इन हिस्सों में पहुंच सकता है मॉनसून, उत्तर में लू का दौर

मानसून

अगले तीन दिन में छत्तीसगढ़, ओडिशा समेत इन हिस्सों में पहुंच सकता है मॉनसून, उत्तर में लू का दौर

आज, पश्चिमी राजस्थान के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में बिजली चमकने तथा 30 से 40 किमी प्रति घंटे की रफ्तार से चलने वाली तूफानी हवाओं के साथ धूल भरी आंधी की आशंका जताई गई है।

सौर ऊर्जा

पीएम सूर्य घर योजना: क्यों राजस्थान में सफलता से दूर है योजना, कहां आ रही हैं दिक्कतें

राजस्थान में अधिकारियों की अड़ियल रवैये के चलते लोग पीएम सूर्य घर योजना का लाभ चाहकर भी नहीं उठा पा रहे हैं

Data Centre

Environment

Key findings of State of India’s Environment In Figures 2024

From waste, health, climate change and forests to urbanisation and electric vehicles, here is what the annual DTE publication found

Waste

State of Environment in Figures 2024 on municipal solid waste in India

At least 12 states and Union Territories process less than half of the municipal solid waste they generate daily

Climate Change

Islands of heat

CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health

Waste

Global stances on various facets of plastic pollution

As the fourth round of talks begin in Ottawa for a global plastic treaty, CSE analyses positions taken by various countries on plastics

Factsheet

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Did heat dissuade voters during the third phase?

Climate Change

Lok Sabha 2024: Did heat dissuade voters during phase 3?

Almost half of the districts analysed saw a rise in temperature as well as a lower voter turnout on polling day on May 7, 2024

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets