Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

Illogical theory?

Use of pesticides is responsible for the arsenic crisis

Cold furnaces

West Bengal kilns asked to shut down to save mangoes

Homoeopathing in

Alternative medicine can reduce arsenic toxicity, claims study

Governor shows the light

Weak gene

Czechs convicted

Wrong catch?

Book review: 'A quick travel through the countryside'

Book>> Red Sun; Travels in Naxal Country by Sudeep Chakravarty

Nano particles help purify proteins

Centre approves evacuation in fire zones

The devil and the 'deep sea' fishing

In the Indian context, the term 'deep sea' has very little to do with depth. It refers to India's Exclusive Economic Zone: the 188 nautical miles …

Bengal forest guards rescue 2 Arunachal elephants being trafficked to Gujarat

Two wild elephants rescued in Jalpaiguri October 24, have been taken to the Gorumara National Park and are in good health

Fani weakens into deep depression, now in Bangladesh

It is now moving East Northeastwards and is expected to turn into a depression in five hours

Kolkata and Sundarbans: climate change rhetorics

The Indian Sundarbans, covering an area of nearly 10,000 sq km and having a population of 4.5 million, is facing a serious threat

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 8, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Here is the science behind unseasonal rains and hailstorms that flattened crops in India

Global warming, weak western disturbances and strong subtropical jet stream are to be blamed, say experts

COVID-19: Drizzle deters section of pilgrims but violations galore at Ganga Sagar Mela

“What can you do when a sea of people comes and overwhelms you,” say officials

Pitter-patter, flip-flop: The unpredictable 100 hours Monsoon 2021 just had

The IMD issued a forecast September 16 warning of heavy rainfall in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal from September 18-20  

Kolkata rolls out CNG buses

West Bengal’s transport minister introduces two new CNG buses; service to be expanded soon

Cyclone Yaas: Where are the 50 million mangroves gone, asks Mamata? 

Banerjee’s earlier government had planted 50 million mangroves after Cyclone Amphan despite experts criticising the plan

Experts slam BJP’s manifesto proposal to transfer water from south to north Bengal

The BJP’s proposal to take water from three south-flowing rivers to the northern part of Bengal lacked justification, experts said

How India’s farmers’ protests could upend the political landscape

The cycle of farmer agitations and the linkage with the main trade union federations suggests the possibility of the future growth of the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 6, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission

Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source