Most Bengal cities faced worsening air pollution in 2024, Durgapur and Asansol among global toppers
Air pollution combat funding increased, so did air pollution
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India at 79: Urban poverty alleviation during post-independence suffered from myopia; it still is
- by Mahalaya Chatterjee
- September 5, 2025
Government claims that ‘multidimensional poverty index’ has improved in last but many question the method
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Road to COP 30: Belem must focus on Sundarban, say experts
- by The Plurals News Network
- September 4, 2025
Kolkata curtain raiser outlines priorities for Bengal at November Brazil summit; eye on adaptation finance, air pollution
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India at 79: Indian media needs a rebirth from its self-imposed follies, environment coverage included
- by Buroshiva Dasgupta
- September 1, 2025
Shoots of green journalism need nurturing within the market and politics driven reporting trends
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India at 79: Free India followed western model of agriculture, rapid growth became the buzz word and diversity erased
- by Anshuman Das
- August 28, 2025
More than ten thousand farmers commit suicide every year in India, an agrarian country
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India at 79: Northeast is a heaven turning into hell, thanks to unplanned development
- by Biswendu Bhattacharjee
- August 26, 2025
Climate change piggybacks on environmental challenges as construction becomes rampant
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India at 79: India’s policymakers and industrialists have not learnt from Bhopal disaster, period
- by Joydeep Gupta
- August 23, 2025
Eight decades after independence, India is a leader in industrial disasters among developing countries and nobody is concerned
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India at 79: Enough acts to address environmental issues but not enough action on ground
- by Biswajit Mukherjee
- August 23, 2025
Judiciary plays a pivotal role but politicians stand spoilers; social awareness poor
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India at 79: Governments rolled out programs in water supply & sanitation, but holes remain
- by Arunabha Majumder
- August 22, 2025
Water, essential for our life; livelihood; food security and sustainable development
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India at 79: Air pollution does not discriminate, but social inequities do
- by Anumita Roy Chowdhury
- August 20, 2025
Air pollution is a public health crisis. Out of the 8.1 million deaths triggered by air pollution worldwide annually, about 2.1 million deaths – a quarter – are reported in India. This imposes an enormous health and development burden. While policies and programmes are evolving to upscale planning and technology solutions, these fall short of