Viral campaigns: COVID-19 norms openly flouted at political rallies in West Bengal amid surge
Large crowds packed tents, narrow lanes in West Bengal as India went from one grim COVID-19 milestone to another in April
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?
Little chance of Kolkata getting CNG soon; land acquisition hiccups halt supply
The land acquisition process for the pipeline in West Bengal is slow, says GAIL, the Union government’s nodal agency for supplying CNG
Toxic punch: heavy use of pesticides depleting local fish and bird populations
Study from West Bengal documents 94 brands of pesticides, farmers most influenced by local dealers
Book Excerpt: Listen to the land
India's rich, diverse landscapes are brought nearly to waste by misguided decisions in name of development. The cracks in the land hold valuable …
DTE Ground Report: Why MGNREGA workers in West Bengal are in dire straits
The Centre has blocked the state’s funds for the rural employment scheme for over a year, jeopardising the economic conditions of many villagers
‘Caste and Partition in Bengal’ ignores the work of Dalit scholars; here is how
A person reading Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961 would think that Dalits have never done a caste analysis …
The invisible bhadralok
Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.
Festive buzz in Bengal as COVID-19 cases dip; experts voice caution
Upbeat about drop in COVID-19 daily count, Durga Puja organisers in West Bengal are banking on mass vaccinations
COVID-19 hurts farms: No buyers amid bumper mango season in Malda
Full-house at orchards despite pandemic keeping away workers, but hardly any transport now
Researchers produce power from wet clothes
IIT Kharagpur researchers generated power in natural ambience using the intrinsic surface energy of the fabric
Trawlers push small fisherfolk out of business
Bottom trawling has spelt doom for small-scale fishermen in Bengal's East Midnapore district. Faced with a bleak future due to reduced fish catch,…
Drenched by doubts
Officials dismiss green rain in Bengal village as bee droppings, but experts find flaws in the theory
Eating the banana (tree)
Virtually every part of the banana tree finds use in kitchens across south, east and northeastern India. Here are a few recipes from Bengal
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From the minutest details of India's administrative set-up to statistics on villages, this A - Z compendium is a treasure house for academics, …
Why are tea plantation workers dying of hunger?
Lack of oversight by state governments, along with low wages and tough working conditions, is causing starvation deaths, says a fact finding team
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
Mocha: Cyclone intensification may not be very high since it will be formed in heart of the Bay, say experts
Experts are treading cautiously about path Mocha will take; it depends on storm’s recurve, they say
Coastal erosion: India’s coasts are being damaged; here is how
More than a third of India's coastline that is spread across 6,907 km, witnessed some degree of erosion between 1990 and 2018. West Bengal is the …
How West Bengal plans to counter a shift in dengue strain
Health and family welfare departmentt alerts district magistrates, focuses on slums as new serotype takes centre stage
The Gharials of the Gandak: A conservation success story
Two recent surveys indicate that the Gandak, a trans-boundary river between Nepal and India, houses 210 gharials in the Indian section, the second-…
West Bengal, Manipur witness floods, landslides due to torrential downpour
The release of dam water has aggravated the situation in Bengal where 83 people have died till now
Pantabhat - well slept rice
Rice has been a staple food of West Bengal from antiquity and thus was grown in abundance all across the region. At one time, 60 varieties of …
COVID-19: Bengal tops in death rate; blame it on Kolkata
Bengal mortality rate at 9%; about 68% of total deaths in state recorded in Kolkata, says data