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India, Aug. 20 -- The search for two common cancer drugs outside the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, leads to the same answer, pharmacy after pharmacy: "No stock." The drugs ... Read More

AI could help developing countries reduce inequality, but only if basics are in place, World Bank says

India, Aug. 4 -- Jobs in high-income countries are more than three times as likely to face automation risk from generative AI as those in low- and middle-income countries, according to a World Bank re... Read More

India on e-wheels: Can a housing society block your EV charger? Supreme Court may soon decide

India, July 27 -- Greater Noida resident Rachit Katyal has moved the Supreme Court after his housing society allegedly failed to act on his request to install a private EV charger. The petition seeks... Read More

India on e-wheels: E-rickshaws powering electric mobility growth in several states, finds DTE analysis

India, July 20 -- Electric vehicles accounted for 8% of all motor vehicle registrations in India in 2025-26, according to a Down To Earth analysis of VAHAN data. E-rickshaws drove a large share of EV... Read More

Andhra Pradesh COVID-19 cluster exposes gaps in India's disease surveillance

India, July 15 -- Two Covid-related deaths and eight active cases have been reported from YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh. Samples from contacts are being tested and specimens have been sent to... Read More

Hopeful about the future, uncertain about family: What young Indians told a UNFPA survey

India, July 13 -- More than eight in 10 young Indians surveyed by UNFPA said they felt positive about the future, even as nearly half reported deep worries about conflict, economic insecurity and ineq... Read More

Only 42 in 120 years: Why Venezuela's doublet earthquake stands out

India, June 26 -- Two major earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on 24 June 2026 just 39 seconds apart, in what seismologists call a doublet earthquake. The first quake, measuring magnitude 7.2, hit... Read More

Stem cell transplant keeps two patients with rare autoimmune disease relapse-free for 15 years

India, June 24 -- A donor stem cell transplant has kept two patients with neuromyelitis optica relapse-free for 15 years without ongoing medication. NMO is a rare autoimmune disorder in which the imm... Read More

How an Indian citizen science network helped uncover a space phenomenon never clearly seen before

India, June 23 -- A citizen scientist spotted a bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy during a weekend online class run by India's RAD@home network. The object, named BAARG, has a wide radio arc on one s... Read More

Over 2.8 million trees on forest land approved for felling in three years, DTE analysis finds

India, June 18 -- More than 2.8 million trees on forest land were approved for felling or recorded as felled between July 2023 and May 2026, a Down To Earth analysis found. The analysis examined minu... Read More

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