West Bengal staring at COVID-19 spike by end of election season, warn experts

Kolkata and North 24 Parganas worst-hit in ongoing surge of infections  

COVID-19 outbreak: Cities with higher air pollution at more risk, say experts

Kolkata’s average exposure level was the highest in the country, because of the city’s compactness

Cyclone Remal missed India’s coast by a whisker; Indian Sundarbans impacted, but largely saved

Multiple factors worked in tandem to minimise damage in Sundarbans; but next time may be different, warn experts

Weakening of Tej in Arabian Sea might have strengthened Hamoon in Bay of Bengal: IMD Expert

Hamoon expected to make landfall between Khepupara and Chattogram in Bangladesh  

COVID-19 vaccine: 74% scheduled health workers didn't get second shot

Less than half the scheduled workers have received the first shot

Bangladesh PM2.5 levels 7 times higher than WHO limit: Study

Clear link between heightened pollution and developmental works  

COVID-19: Calcutta HC to decide on Ganga Sagar Mela, Bengal municipal polls

Doctors, activists have urged judiciary, state government to defer ‘super spreader’ events such as Ganga Sagar Mela, municipal polls …

Vessel overloaded with people capsizes near Bangladesh’s Mongla, as Remal hurtles towards coast

Monsoon circulation adding to cyclone system & expanding Remal’s diameter; Red alert in Kolkata  

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back

India opposed rapid coal phaseout part in GST text; demanded entire operative part on fossil fuel be modified

Target trillions, demanded an Indian negotiator; claimed support of most countries in opposing the text  

COP27: Here is what to expect on the extended day of talks at Sharm El-Sheikh

Loss and damage remains the elephant in the negotiating room

Cyclone Sitrang: Bengal gears up to combat Sundarbans impact

Extremely heavy rainfall will likely accompany the cyclonic storm

Cutting back coal: Global effort hits Chinese wall

India has one of the largest reductions within planned coal capacity

Rooftop laggard again; India to miss solar power target: Report

Government dissmisses claim, says targets rejigged internally

Transboundary Bengal hotspot for lightning strikes: Report

West Bengal, along with Bangladesh, received two million on-ground lightning bolts

75% of Kolkata’s groundwater is now brackish due to over-extraction: Study

Impact more in south Kolkata as innumerable new multi-storied buildings there run on groundwater

Unprecedented early heatwaves in India, Pakistan 30 times more likely in 2022 due to climate change: Scientists 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to feed the world had to be reversed as wheat cultivation got hit by record temperature rise&…

ICIMOD report rings warning bells for rivers of East, Northeast India

Rivers in the Eastern Himalayas get less water from glacial melt; Still, the perennial nature of several rivers could be lost, say experts

Mocha: ‘Super cyclone’ completes landfall near Sittwe; will weaken in next 3 hours

Locals stay put, nowhere to escape; international agencies and government on their toes  

COP27: India happy with loss and damage outcome; wary on agriculture, hints Centre

India not to give any fund to loss and damage facility but will claim, confirms environment minister

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 

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

Cyclone Amphan and high tide: A 1 hour gap saved Sundarbans from an even bigger disaster

Experts say Aila was worse; that, however, is little consolation to the thousands who have lost home and hearth

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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