Wetlands are nature’s own flood defence system. They act like giant sponges, absorbing excess rainwater, slowing down runoff, ...

Kolkata, the bustling capital of West Bengal, is uniquely positioned amidst lush forests, serene wetlands, and protected ...

The environment department is closely monitoring the encroachment, siltation status and overall health of the fisheries in ...

Kolkata: Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters, has been reportedly renamed Vijay Durg, in a major ...

Rasikbil, a lake in Cooch Behar district in north Bengal, has been nominated by the state government for the consideration of ...

In celebration of World Wetlands Day on February 2, India welcomed four new wetlands to its list of Ramsar Convention sites, ...

The discovery of battery toxins in the soils at Elkhorn Slough, a protected network of wetlands, creeks, and wildlife habitat popular with birders and kayakers, turned up attention on the impact ...

Udaipur, known as the Lake City, and Indore have been granted the prestigious status of “Wetland Cities” under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, joining an elite list of 31 Wetland Cities ...

Kolkata: NHAI officers, central forces and cops from Dum Dum and Belgharia police stations thwarted an attempt to fill a state fisheries department wetland, spread over 4.46 acres (nearly seven ...

The virus was first identified in a 61-year-old patient in Jinzhou city in June 2019, who fell ill five days after being bitten by ticks in Inner Mongolia's wetlands ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. A BEML train for Kolkata’s East-West Metro at the manufacturing unit in Karnataka (Image via Twitter) Kolkata Metro achieved a ...