A few questions to begin with

Mari Marcel Thekaekara has worked with indigenous people in the Nilgiri mountains for thirty years, and researched and written about dalits and …

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Scientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal

Most eel groups possess less economic value and sampling of these groups has been rare in Indian waters, the scientists say

Wild elephant kills 2 in Bihar

Officials say the elephant likely strayed out of forest in Jharkhand in search of food

West Bengal Assembly Election: Social schemes secured Trinamool victory, data suggests

Three prominent welfare schemes, Duare Sarkar, Kanyashree and Swasthya Saathi, were aggressively promoted ahead of the polls

How the GST has affected traditional weavers in West Bengal

Orders from wholesalers have dried up, affecting the weavers' income

`Indian cuisine is rediscovering itself'

Ethnic Indian food is reinventing itself, says Colleen Taylor Sen, considered to be one of the leading historians on Indian and South Asian food. …

‘The West African monsoon always had the potential of impacting the Indian monsoon’

The realisation of the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel may strengthen the West African monsoon significantly, which may have a cascade …

Over-stretched poll schedule driving COVID-19 cases in Bengal, claim experts

The state recorded 216 COVID-19 cases on February 26, when the poll schedule was announced; the number shot up to 5,892 by April 14

There is hope for the West African Lion; World Wildlife Day 2023 throws up pleasant surprise

‘Florence’, a 9-10 year-old lioness, has been photographed and video graphed with her third litter of three cubs

The dilemma of drink in India’s tribal areas

Should tribals regularly consuming home-brewed alcohol be let off as a cultural practice, or should it be targeted just like any other unhealthy …

‘The govt’s version of history is less dependent on science, more on divine sayings’

Journalist Tony Joseph debunks the myth of India being the homeland of the Aryans and offers a scientific chronicle in his latest book. Here, he …

Climate-smart agriculture in Cooch Behar, West Bengal

The National Innovations on Climate-resilient Agriculture was launched by the central government in 2011. It covers 121 villages in the country. …

James Bong

A scourge called arsenic

Why Bengal tea workers feel let down by political parties

Low wages, hazardous work conditions and ‘hollow promises’ have left workers disillusioned

Timing and geography of COVID-19 spike in Bengal point to elections: Experts

Bengal districts polling later have been seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases which hints at the role of the elections, experts said

West Bengal elections: Activists try to push river conservation into agenda

Condition of several rivers in the state critical, puts livelihoods of thousands at risk, flagged environmentalists

Climate change: West African countries mark $294 billion to meet challenge

The commitment is part of a Regional Climate Strategy to set regional mitigation and adaptation targets for 2030, with a review planned for 2050, …

Simply Put: Marsupial mystery

The first megadrought of the 21st century

Just what is a megadrought and why is the American West experiencing it

A shift in grants

Mapping changes in total support estimate to the sector; producer support estimate; consumer subsidy estimate; general services support estimate 

Alloy of 8: Non-descript Pukhuria keeps making bowls the same way for 150 years

Village in Bengal's Bankura district now sends its craftwork to as far as Australia

Why is there a witch-hunt against doctors in India?

So asks a doctor as he narrates the plight of his tribe, which he feels, is being increasingly targeted in the country