A country struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic is hit by a cyclone from the east and locusts from the west. Last year, such a scenario would have been rejected as implausible. But that became a reality for India.
By Joydeep Gupta 06/08/2020Human-elephant conflict has been rising all over the country primarily due to the increasing spread of people into areas occupied by the wildlife. Every year human-elephant conflict (HEC) takes around 400 human lives and (that of) around 100 elephants, ac
By Ananda Bannerjee 14/08/2020Sundari trees, after which the mangrove forest is named, are on the brink of extinction in West Bengal due to excessive logging in the past for its high value wood and now with seawater rise.
By Ananda Bannerjee 15/08/2020