Kolkata gasps for clean air even with Rs 536 cr in 3 years to control pollution

Money spent on non-priority sectors laced with political interest, allege experts

COVID-19: Bengal beckoning 3rd wave with norm flouting during Durga Puja, warn experts

Positive cases in the state are rising and may spike in the days to come, data shows

Sundarbans, several areas of Kolkata incommunicado 24 hours after Amphan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal and Odisha on May 22 

Come alive with gundruk

Dried-mustard-leaves soup to beat the monsoon blues

Burdened with bumper crop

Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide

Poison in the air

Tidy gains

Rice millers to tap CDM

Left unaddressed

Rehabilitation issue ignored in Kolkata's eviction drive

Methane drive

Shaking trade

Brakes on bill

Sundarbans has been slipping in rank despite an increased tiger count; here’s why

Lack of adequate manpower is its main challenge, a member of the evaluation team points out

Cyclones getting fiercer; account for nearly half of India’s deaths due to climate-related disasters

Frequency of very severe cyclonic storms during the post-monsoon season has increased by 1 event per a decade

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 18, 2022)

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

Asani update: Cyclone to dissipate into sea after moving parallel to Andhra coast

Andhra Pradesh government assures all precautions taken in coastal districts; track of cyclone not unique, say experts

Cyclone Asani may not make landfall at all

Odisha to witness maximum impact; West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh likely to have rains   

COVID-19 shouldn’t deter developed countries from Paris Agreement pledges: Bangladesh minister

Cooperation between India and Bangladesh on Sundarbans will lead to win-win situation, says Hasan Mahmud 

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will West Bengal have a firecracker-free Kali Puja

The state dilly-dallys despite a high court directive even as environmentalists seek strict action against violations; is the fire …

Durga Puja vs COVID-19: Bengal gears up for festivities, experts say disaster in making

COVID-19 cases on the rise; experts claim political consideration behind allowing pujas with the usual fervour  

More than 200 natural disasters across world in 1st half of 2020

Cyclone Amphan was the world’s costliest natural disaster, at an estimated economic loss of $15 billion

Cyclone Amphan may intensify by May 18: US forecast body

The India Meteorological Department did not give any fresh updates on the development of cyclone

Bengal's tea belt: 3 lakh voters, but nobody cares about elections

Tea garden workers in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and North Dinajpur, which go to polls on April 18, depend on Bhutan more than India for employment …

Return Singur land acquired for Tata Nano to farmers: SC

The land was acquired in the name of public purpose. The court also said that those who received compensation will not have to return the money

Lethal nanopowder

Researchers develop water-soluble carbon nanoparticles that arrest growth of mosquitoes beyond the larval stage

Structural collapse

The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …