World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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Adorning: a trait from past
Humans worldwide began wearing jewellery at the same time as groups started meeting up, say researchers from the University of Arizona in Tucson, usa . The finding counters the idea that
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Mounting problem
Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide
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Wings Of Change
Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life
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Small ancestry
Europeans descended from just 50 African migrants
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Prosperity and Beyond
A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces challenges of a different kind today
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INDUNDATED by excuses
<font class="UCASE">the </font> floods have once again ravaged Bihar. Claims made by the government that all precautionary measures were taken, embankment and anti-erosion work completed in time and that the floods would not be allowed to occur
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A state in chaos
The human cost of the cyclone in Orissa is very high. So is the cost of the damage to the environment. The failure of the state machinery in handling this crisis is only going to make matters worse. At present, chaos reigns supreme in the affected areas
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Watered down
Siltation, deforestation and now the cyclone. It s bad times for Chilika, Asia s largest brackish water lake
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When the government s emergency system fails, people learn for themselves
MIHIR R BHATT, honorary director of the Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad, spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Down To Earth </font> about the lessons unlearnt from several natural disasters that have taken place in India. The problem lies within our sys
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In nature s backyard
New eco friendly market towns can stop downhill migration