Indian insurers listed among worst performers in climate sector globally
Cyclone Amphan fetched record insurance damages despite not paying three-fourths of claimed amount
Weak dyke floods Mousuni despite Cyclone Jawad fizzling out, 5000 affected
Mousuni is on the frontlines of global climate change impact and has suffered major loss and damage four times in last two years
COVID-19 vaccine deaths: New report by Centre causes more confusion
A new government report acknowledges that three of eight casually assessed cases may have had ‘consistent’ links to vaccination while …
COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand
The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people
Project Tiger merges with Project Elephant — but questions on fund split unanswered
Amalgamation will squeeze already dwindling fund flow, say experts; similar plan was rolled back in 2011 after experts raised concerns
Bengal government plans to turn part of Ganga in Kolkata into drain in name of rejuvenation
Activists cry contradiction as hundreds of crores recently approved to clean river
कॉप-26: तापमान में 4 डिग्री सेल्सियस की वृद्धि से भारत में 25 गुना तक बढ़ जाएगा लू का कहर
यदि वैश्विक तापमान में हो रही वृद्धि 4 डिग्री सेल्सियस तक पहुंच जाती है, तो भारत में 2036 से 2065 के बीच लू का ...
Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village
The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials
Water-stressed in India: Perception trumps reality in Bengal’s Hooghly
Locals claim they have enough water; Down to Earth found farmers extracted millions of litres of ground water every day through&…
COVID-19: Is West Bengal's real tally higher than what’s put out
Mamata Banerjee govt not testing enough, according to Opposition, experts
COVID-19: Will Bengal come out of Pujo season unscathed
The Calcutta High Court was forced to step in to bar people from pandals; but is it enough?
कॉप28 में डाउन टू अर्थ: अनुकूलन कोष में पर्याप्त धनराशि नहीं मिलने से निराश हैं ओलिकानेन
जलवायु अनुकूलन कोष के प्रमुख मिक्को ओलिकानेन से डाउन टू अर्थ की खास बातचीत
We started planning before first COVID-19 case was reported: Pinarayi Vijayan
Climate crisis intensifies: Coastal areas may become unliveable by 2100, flags report
Scientists say under RCP 8.5 scenario, a temperature increase of about 4.3 degrees Celsius by 2100 relative to pre-industrial temperature may happen
Rising air pollution in West Bengal no longer a Kolkata syndrome
Lack of adequate monitoring of polluting industries beyond Kolkata among causes behind the trend, claim activists
Cyclone Yaas: Bengal to double number of disaster shelters to avoid COVID-19 spread
Cyclone Yaas is predicted to strike Bengal, which is recording 20,000 COVID-19 cases daily, on May 26
Buying time? West Bengal government sets up panel as explosions in illegal firecracker factories kill 16
Three back-to-back explosions; Green activists say priority should be to close illegal units
COVID-19: ‘Bengal hospitals turning into epicentres of novel coronavirus’
At least 80 healthcare workers, including 38 doctors, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the state
Dateline Kolkata: May-end cyclone scare back in Bengal as IMD official confirms Cyclone Remal may be ‘very severe’
Cyclone could make landfall between Digha and Khulna on Bengal & Bangladesh coasts respectively between May 26 & May 27; Kolkata on …
West Bengal platform demands green focus in poll agendas, releases charter of environmental issues
Politicians acknowledge environmental shortcomings but deflect responsibility to public; BJP MP advises against expecting significant action from …
Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades
Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh
Option in Global Stocktake draft opens possibility of including India, China in list of historical emitters of greenhouse gases
Finance and coal phase out are other red lines in text for several developing countries, say experts
कॉप 27: 2022 के दौरान भारत के उत्सर्जन में हो सकती है 6 फीसदी की वृद्धि, चीन में आएगी गिरावट
रिपोर्ट से पता चला है कि अगर मौजूदा उत्सर्जन जारी रहता है तो दुनिया 9 वर्षों में 1.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस की वृद्धि को पार ...
Modi’s COVID-19 bungle tilted Bengal more towards Mamata
COVID-19 nightmare enveloping India and West Bengal in the last 3 phases of the state’s elections helped TMC win, experts say
Cleanest Kolkata Diwali in 2 decades, but microphone noise a concern
PM2.5 pollutants plummeted four times compared to their maximum recorded value on Diwali day 2019