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India has "withdrawn" its candidature to host COP33 in 2028, an offer made by PM Modi on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai

India, April 9 -- India withdrew its offer to host the COP33 climate summit in 2028 a few days ago, sources have told Down To Earth (DTE). The offer had been formally announced by Prime Minister Naren... Read More


Green agendas hardly get space in political manifestos, remind green activists at meeting in poll-bound Bengal

India, March 31 -- Politicians across the spectrum in poll-bound West Bengal stood on the same page with environmentalists, admitting that critical environmental, climate change, and linked health iss... Read More


Globally one in every six people felt climate change-driven heat impacts in last three months, Srinagar most affected in India

India, March 18 -- The unusually warm early summer in several parts of India is not an exception as major parts of the world has been suffering from Celsius surge since last December, a global study h... Read More


Thimphu will provide real time rainfall, river discharge data to West Bengal for facilitating timely flood forecast: Indo-Bhutanese high-level meeting decision

India, March 14 -- A late February high-level meeting between the governments of India and Bhutan on trans-boundary water issues has decided that henceforth, adequate real time rainfall and river disc... Read More


West Bengal signs agreement with German agency GIZ to prepare basin-based masterplans fortransboundary rivers, Ichhamatiand Jalangi

India, Feb. 28 -- The Government of West Bengal recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German federal enterprise GIZ, and the State Mission for Clean Ganga (SMCG), to undertake the d... Read More


Poll-bound Bengal gets a few infra projects, but less investment compared to pre-budget expectations

India, Feb. 3 -- Poll-bound West Bengal got a few infrastructural projects in the latest budget tabled by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. However, man... Read More


Unexplored potential

India, Feb. 3 -- Speaking at a national level meeting held at the Sundarbans on December 21, 2025, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav criticised the West Bengal g... Read More


Threat of global warming looms large on next winter Olympics despite being at a high-altitude Alpine city: Study

India, Jan. 31 -- Climate experts have expressed serious concern about the future of winter games even as less than a week remains for the next Winter Olympics which start on February 6, 2026. The ga... Read More


Source of Nipah infection in West Bengal still unclear as investigators examine possible Bangladesh link

India, Jan. 16 -- The source of the Nipah infection in West Bengal remains unconfirmed, with two possible routes under investigation Officials are examining exposure to bat-contaminated date palm sap... Read More