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India's richest 5% spent 8-10 times its poorest; agri household expenditure lower than rural avg for 1st time: NSSO

India, Feb. 26 -- Household spending increased since 1999-2000; disadvantaged sections in rural, urban India spent lowest After a gap of 11 years, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the U... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 23, 2024)

India, Feb. 26 -- Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal SC directs Animal Welfare Board to pass order on man... Read More


IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them - and the crucial cognitive skills they don't measure

India, Feb. 26 -- The ethos of a modern school is rightly not driven by a preference to educate only those children who on selection meet a minimum standard on a mental test Many people object to int... Read More


Water every other day: Bengaluru is drying up & destruction of lakes is the reason

India, Feb. 26 -- City is now dependent on Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir, which received only 75% of its usual inflow last due to poor rainfall in River Cauvery catchment area The gardens of Bengalur... Read More


Why are Olive Ridley sea turtles dying in large numbers on Odisha's coast?

India, Feb. 26 -- Non-compliance with 2-decade-old orders by CEC constituted by Supreme Court likely cause The primary cause of the deaths of a large number of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odis... Read More


Nationalism a dominant frame in global media narratives; India no exception

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Resurgent right-wing politics and 'ubiquitous hyper-nationalist politics' have been global phenomena that have taken different forms of governance into their folds. The case of I... Read More


Anant Ambani unveils Reliance Foundation's animal welfare initiative Vantara, first of its kind in India

New York, Feb. 26 -- Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation today announced the launch of their Vantara (Star of the Forest) programme, an umbrella initiative to focus on rescue, treatment, care ... Read More


The Bamboo Trope for woman empowerment

New York, Feb. 26 -- Dr. Kirti Shekhawat Bamboo tree and empowerment? Yes! Surprisingly, a perfect combination for March, the spring season. The Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus), due to its r... Read More


Individuals, delegations call on LG

Jammu, Feb. 26 -- A delegation of Goswami Shri Guru Nabha Dass Samaj Kalyan Parishad J&K called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan, today, an official press release informed. It said th... Read More


World's first multiomics lab to be built in Bengaluru

India, Feb. 26 -- Dr Vishnuvardhan, CEO, Vizzhy has announced the establishment of the world's first Multiomics Lab in Bengaluru, marking a significant leap in healthcare innovation. The announcement... Read More