Jayanta Basu

Jayanta Basu is a Kolkata-based freelance journalist

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Two nurses may have contracted the Nipah infection consuming bat-contaminated date palm sap. Experts say fruit bats are attracted to the sap during this season and can contaminate it with saliva, urine or faeces.

Source of Nipah infection in West Bengal still unclear as investigators examine possible Bangladesh link

16 Jan 2026

4 min read

Sundarbans development debate deepens amid Centre-Bengal mudslinging

Sundarbans development debate deepens amid Centre-Bengal mudslinging

07 Jan 2026

5 min read

Farmer Amrik Singh looks out at his ruined paddy field in Hardowal village in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil, Gurdaspur district after devastating floods in Punjab this monsoon.

Southwest monsoon in India and Pakistan responsible for highest number of fatalities among 2025’s major climate disasters: Christian Aid report

27 Dec 2025

4 min read

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