Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

States paid Rs 36.8 cr as interest to panchayats, still don’t transfer funds

Parliamentary standing committee flags off persistent delay in transfer of funds to panchayats but government’s reply have not been convincing

West Bengal sees highest coastal erosion since 1990

A national survey of India’s coastline from 1990 to 2016 shows West Bengal saw the biggest coastal erosion followed by Puducherry, Kerala &…

Cyclone Asani not to hit West Bengal, confirms IMD

Asani was not even responsible for the deluge in the state May 9, the weather agency added

Ivory sculptures in Hoogly? The whole of Bengal is susceptible to wildlife trafficking, say experts

Hoogly did have an ivory casting industry in the past; it could also be emerging as a new transit point for wildlife trafficking post-Covid

International Women’s Day: How women lead climate adaptation in eastern India’s Adivasi areas

Wattle and daub houses maintained largely by women in tribal parts of Odisha and Bengal provide cool shelter to families when temperatures soar

COVID-19: Cases, positivity rate soar in Kolkata after Christmas revelry

The positivity rate in the city rose from 3.2 per cent in early December to 5.5 per cent on December 28 

The Sundarbans: India must protect the world’s largest delta from a dystopian future, and now

We must get out of ‘beyond disaster response’ mode in the Sundarbans and take urgent action to save it

Not just climate change, Farakka also to blame for 2021 Bihar floods

Farakka construction has caused siltation in Bihar and eastern UP, leading to a rise in the Ganga riverbed’s height, which caused floods in …

World Wildlife Day: India’s National Heritage Animal deserves the best in captivity and in the wild

Let us ensure that these giant pachyderms stay safe in this land that has revered them for milliennia

Hesitancy, logistical challenges behind low turnout at vaccination camps in West Bengal

State is vaccinating health workers beyond the online list generated by Co-WIN app to attain target

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 4, 2020)

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

Amphan now strongest-ever cyclone recorded in Bay of Bengal: US agency

Down To Earth could not directly verify this fact as the Joint Typhoon Centre in Hawaii keeps updating its warning and older reports are …

A warming Bay of Bengal may have turned Amphan into super cyclone: Experts

Storms will rapidly intensify more frequently in the Indian Ocean, making prediction methods less accurate

Bulbul ‘more dangerous than Aila’: Affected people

One week after the cyclone struck the Sundarbans, Down To Earth travels to the area to take stock

City of joy is choking

In the 31 months between January 2014 and July 2016, the average monthly count of suspended particulate matter was never below permissible limit …

Tea tag takeaway

The Geographical Indication tag for Darjeeling tea may have opened a window of opportunities for big estates, but there are huge challenges for …

Earnest endeavours

West Bengal's women panchayat members have become the torchbearers of rural development programmes in the state

Fights for space

Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …

Nadia in West Bengal goes Churu way, achieves open defecation-free tag

Nadia’s campaign, termed “Sabar Souchagar” (toilets for all) was an entirely community-driven idea

Steps to check infant deaths in West Bengal prove too little

42 infants have died at Kolkata super speciality hospital; most were referred and came in critical condition

West Bengal MGNREGS workers protest over stopping funds to scheme, non-payment of arrears

Protestors gather at chief labour commissioner office, ask for immediate action

How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans

Cyclone Amphan caused major damage across south Bengal, including the Sundarbans and across the Odisha coast on May 20, 2020. Communication …

Indian & Bangladeshi Sundarbans to be impacted as cyclone Remal to make likely landfall 100 km from Indian border  

Cyclonic system may overlap with high tide to maximise damage if landfall happens late evening on May 26  

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags