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
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 …
International Women’s Day 2023: When mothers learn from daughters and begin anew
In a South Kolkata suburb, life comes a full circle as women take baby steps to fulfill lost dreams and rush to attend afternoon classes
Cyclone Yaas: Landfall speed lower than predicted, but damage severe
At least 51 embankments in East Medinipur and 24 in South 24 Parganas were breached, CM Mamata Banerjee said
These young volunteers endeavoured that children in rural Birbhum got an education
Current student count stands at a whopping 70 over two days of classes — a far cry from where it all began
Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE
After a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are seeing a resurgence in pollution
Smoke from cement factory leaves toddlers gasping for air in Howrah
Breathlessness, skin allergy and eye infections is all too common for villagers in Dhulagarh in Bengal’s Howrah district
Some 200 wild animals killed in annual tribal hunting season in Bengal last month
Supporters of an ancient tribal hunting tradition in Bengal want it to continue; critics oppose it even as hundreds of animals are killed
Amphan to make landfall between Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20: IMD
The storm is being said to be ‘unpredictable’ on the lines of Cyclone Fani last year
Claims under FRA being wrongfully rejected in Bengal
Claims that had been piling up since 2010 are now being rejected at the instance of the forest department
Tajpur and Haldia: How coastal development is impacting fishing in West Bengal
A deep-sea port is to be constructed in Tajpur and eight more jetties are to come up in an already industrialised Haldia, but no official has …
A flawed effort
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COVID-19: Fewer tests a bane for Bengal, warn health experts
Only 7,261 tests per million were conducted in West Bengal; only Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and Telangana lag behind