It has been a sizzling April for Kolkata; Combination of climate change, urbanisation pushing city beyond tipping point

UN report warns that city’s maximum temperature may reach almost 50°C around 2080; local actions to blame as well

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 …

Nature-based solutions can help Sundarbans survive

Mangroves hold crucial resources that can help protect the rich and diverse biosphere

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

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades

Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh

Heat wave grips Kolkata; mercury touches decade's highest for April

Three people succumb to heat; norwesters give south Bengal a miss

Simply Put: Not-so-clean air in Kolkata

Simply Put: Head in the sand

Fears of a ‘COVID-19 apocalypse’ grow as Bengal votes in last phase

Experts urge identification, isolation and testing in areas reporting most cases

Kolkata protests blanket ban on cycling

Police extends ban to 174 roads, extracts fines from riders illegally

Odisha woman with COVID-19 symptoms dies under treatment of village quack

The woman had returned recently from Kolkata to Bhitarkanika National Park

Simply Put: Residents come together to clean Tangra lake

Peel filter

Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent  

World Wetlands Day 2022: What is the significance of wetlands in the climate change era

If we protect wetlands, we also protect our planet and ourselves

COVID-19 spreading out from Kolkata to the rest of Bengal: Centre

Five Bengal districts within top ten in India with maximum COVID-19 positivity rate

DTE Exclusive: 70% COVID-19 cases in Kolkata now due to Omicron

Ganga Sagar Mela given go-ahead by Calcutta High Court with conditions

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 15, 2024)

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

Paediatric beds fill up in West Bengal as adenovirus spreads, 3 deaths recorded

Doctors have seen an at least 50 per cent increase in cases this year compared to usual

White Death: Search, rescue operations called off at Sikkim’s Nathula road 

All victims had been accounted for, according to the Gangtok district collector

Municipal expenditure declined from 2012 to 2018: RBI report

Report finds mismatch between functions & finances of ULBs

How India’s sweets industry has adapted to diabetes

The link between sweets and diabetes has introduced a new challenge that sweets shops have decided to tackle head-on  

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

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

West Bengal bans ammonia use as refrigerant

State pollution board’s decision comes after three gas leaks hit Kolkata