Iranian officials squabble over toll as COVID-19 sweeps West Asia

Meanwhile, Chinese federal government to increase funds to local governments even as world races to develop a vaccine

One-third of Africa's tropical plant species are on the verge of extinction

A large part of western Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo could lose 40 per cent of their trees, shrubs, herbs and …

Blazing India: Summer disrupts life in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone

Farmers, daily wagers and vendors suffer even as many rush to hospital with heat-related illnesses

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-…

Why low-fee private schools are struggling to take root in rural Nigeria

It's unusual for children in Nigeria's rural areas to have any access to private schooling, even if it's of the low-cost variety. They must rely …

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 …

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: 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 

West Bengal polls: What’s in it for Adivasis and forest dwellers?

For political parties, tribal votes matter more than including tribal concerns in their political agenda.  

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

Simply Put: Cyclone Remal

Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back — how it got here

A rapid succession of regimes and the ravages of structural adjustment policies in the 1980s and 1990s challenged the ability of Ghana to clean …

Deforestation increases frequency of thunderstorms locally in West Africa: Study

Study shows storm frequency has doubled in the region in 30 years

DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go

Are mainstream parties in Bengal hijacking Adivasi political narratives for votebank?

Protests over cultural, political and ecological rights are growing louder

Ebola outbreak nears an end, but stigmas remain

The epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa

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Ferry ride on West Bengal's waterways project ends in mud

Engulfing apathy

Jute claims

Delicacies from its leaves relieve arsenic poisoning