Kolkata rolls out CNG buses

West Bengal’s transport minister introduces two new CNG buses; service to be expanded soon

Cyclone Yaas: Where are the 50 million mangroves gone, asks Mamata? 

Banerjee’s earlier government had planted 50 million mangroves after Cyclone Amphan despite experts criticising the plan

Experts slam BJP’s manifesto proposal to transfer water from south to north Bengal

The BJP’s proposal to take water from three south-flowing rivers to the northern part of Bengal lacked justification, experts said

How India’s farmers’ protests could upend the political landscape

The cycle of farmer agitations and the linkage with the main trade union federations suggests the possibility of the future growth of the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 6, 2020)

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

COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission

Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source

Fani weakens into deep depression, now in Bangladesh

It is now moving East Northeastwards and is expected to turn into a depression in five hours

How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks

The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks

Kolkata and Sundarbans: climate change rhetorics

The Indian Sundarbans, covering an area of nearly 10,000 sq km and having a population of 4.5 million, is facing a serious threat

Mosquito matters

The blood-sucking pest is altering itself with changing environment. But studies on it are few and far between

A ray of solar hope

Solar plants have proved to be a great boon for villagers of Sunderbans who relied on kerosene wick-lamps

Changing lives

A development project, which has got patronage from the panchayat, is changing the face of many villages in North Bengal

High court eases loudspeaker ban

Knight Riders cheer; green activists see red

Simulating real-life networks

India is a leader in IT. But how do researchers here apply the science to improve people’s lives? Malay Bhattacharyya, assistant professor …

Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds

DTE ground report finds pending wages and non-commissioning of work for over a year making it hard for workers to survive

Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan

Residents of closed tea estate decide to boycott elections

Bundapani is one of the seven closed plantations in northern West Bengal where starvation deaths have been reported in recent past

Noise level norms relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal

National Green Tribunal orders conduct of fresh noise study; till then less stringent MoEF decibel norm to hold good in state

Humid heatwaves in India: Three climatic factors creating the unbearable conditions in many states

A combination of anticyclones, western disturbances & warming to blame

Deadly Nursery: North India’s children born and bred in toxic air

DTE reports from various parts of North India as children across the region grow up among contaminants

East of the Bay? Mocha may change course towards Myanmar, according to predictions

Experts claim the movement of cyclone may strengthen monsoon conditions

Odisha braces for Cyclone Yaas amid COVID-19 crisis

The eastern state will witness a pre-monsoon cyclone for the third year in a row

International Red Panda Day: How safe are India's Red Pandas?

The cute and cuddly carnivore is threatened by a host of factors 

Cyclone Amphan: Tidal flooding, heavy winds pound coastal Odisha

Gale uproots trees, electric poles; saline embankments cave in 

Arsenic cleanup