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No feather in the cap

India, June 2 -- "No To a Switzerland with 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)." On June 14, when Switzerland votes in the referendum, it will be the world's first attempt to cap a country's popul... Read More


Ganga runs polluted

India, June 2 -- Despite considerable funding under the Centre's flagship Namami Gange programme, Uttarakhand fails to keep the Ganga clean. More than a third of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the ... Read More


Harvest of heritage

India, June 2 -- In the hills of Koraput district in Odisha, farming still follows an older rhythm. In Jalaguda village of Kundra block, Rukmini Kilo tends her fields much as her parents did, sowing t... Read More


Rethinking conservation: The saga of the 'lantana tiger'

India, June 2 -- On the edges of India's forests, a new tiger story is emerging. These tigers do not range grasslands or stalk deer in open forests. Instead, they move through the dense, impenetrable ... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's striped cats are unevenly distributed

India, June 2 -- This graphic was originally published as part of the cover story Rethinking Conservation in the June 1-15, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth Published by HT Digital Content Service... Read More


Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace

India, June 2 -- Over the past five decades, the scale of conservation under Project Tiger has expanded considerably. From nine tiger reserves at its inception, the network grew to 23 reserves by 1997... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's tiger story must move beyond rising numbers and expanding protected areas

India, June 2 -- During a routine patrol in Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve in May, the state's forest department team came across an adult tiger carcass. This was the third such case reported fr... Read More


Almost 76 per cent of Delhi is persistently heat-stressed in summers, says new CSE report

India, June 2 -- Almost 76 per cent of the national capital is persistently heat-stressed, a condition worsened by the dramatic shrinking of the city's green cover, according to a new report released ... Read More


Special cell formed for quick resolution of Bangladeshi migrant workers' complaints

Bangladesh, June 2 -- The information was disclosed in an office order issued by the ministry's Administration Wing on June 1. Speaking at a press briefing at the ministry on June 2, Expatriates' Wel... Read More


Himalaya to launch first direct flights between Kathmandu, Shenzhen

Bangladesh, June 2 -- The airline will operate the inaugural Kathmandu-Shenzhen service (H9985) from Tribhuvan International Airport, departing at 9:50 pm and arriving at Shenzhen Bao'an International... Read More