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Tripura water crisis
LEAD STORY OPINION

Climate change piggybacks on governance failures; drinking water crisis deepens in Tripura

Aggressive methane and other hydrocarbon extraction pollutes natural water systems

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International Big Cat Summit 2026
LEAD STORY ENVIRONMENT

Union environment minister urges corporate funding to save big cats before global summit 

Wildlife experts, while welcoming the initiative, highlight challenges to big cat conservation in India

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West Bengal electoral rolls
POLITICS Bengal Election 2026 LEAD STORY

Pavement dwellers must be included in voter list’:  former legal officer writes to Chief Election Commissioner 

The Plurals report spurs officials to draw attention to the democratic rights of lakhs of pavement dwellers in the state

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Amazon rainforest tipping point
CLIMATE CHANGE LEAD STORY

Deforestation piggybacks climate change to turn Amazon rainforest into a dry Savannah

The turn around may happen even at below 2°C global warming

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West Bengal Election 2026 Results
Bengal Election 2026 LEAD STORY POLITICS

SIR impact on Bengal elections: victory margin less than or equal to voter deletions in 108 seats

In almost two-thirds of the seats that shifted to the BJP from the TMC, number of voters deleted from the rolls, excluding the dead, was higher than winning margin

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POLITICS Bengal Election 2026 LEAD STORY

Ganga on Modi’s lips, experts want it to be a priority for incoming Bengal government

The river stretch, where the Prime Minister rafted in a country boat, has 1600 times more bacterial pollution compared to the national limit

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West Bengal elections
POLITICS Bengal Election 2026 LEAD STORY

I have all papers except death certificate, but no one came for SIR’: Street dweller

An invisible people: Lakhs of street and pavement residents remain unapproached by the Election Commission of India as part of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) held at West Bengal

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West Bengal Election 2026
LEAD STORY Bengal Election 2026 POLITICS

BJP needs 45% votes to win Bengal elections; women and Muslim voters’ consolidation favours TMC

A Chatham mode of discussion involving senior journalists and experts decodes Bengal elections dynamics

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NGT groundwater committee
LEAD STORY ENVIRONMENT

National Green Tribunal focuses on the groundwater crisis in India, forms an expert panel

North and South India show most areas with severe groundwater depletion, says an official report; the situation in Rajasthan stands most critical with 214 over-exploited areas.

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