Manas Bhunia, the new state environment minister who took charge on Friday, identified air pollution and degradation of rivers and canals as the greatest challenges faced by the department. Bhunia, g...

“Noise pollution has been rampant in the city/district Kolkata (Calcutta), Howrah, Hooghly… in the entire State of West Bengal,” observed the bench. “No reply has been given b...

At the point of action on the street students were armed with large but light-weight flex placards printed on both sides with the standard “No Horn” symbol used by the Kolkata Police with ...

The eastern zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said no effective action has been taken by police to check noise pollution in Kolkata and the rest of Bengal. The bench of Justice B. ...

Rajarshi Neogi, a psychiatrist, pointed out that insomnia has increased during Covid, particularly in people confined to their homes. “Work from home is completely destroying sleep discipline an...

Different realities Sir — Belgium has announced that it will be offering employees a four-day workweek as part of the changes in its labour laws. Although employees will have to work for 10 hou...

Delicate balance Sir — Turkmenistan aims to extinguish the infamous ‘Gates of Hell’. The country’s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has ordered authorities to find a sol...

Toxic air and deafening sounds of firecrackers greeted 2022 in the city. Public health experts said the rise in the air pollution level, a result of the combination of natural phenomena during winter...

Diwali and Chhath Puja were relatively silent this year than what they used to be a couple of years ago but a new phase of noise menace has started with the current wedding season.  Sounds of fi...

Many Kolkatans woke up to the sound of blaring loudspeakers on Thursday morning and as many complained of incessant bursting of firecrackers in their neighbourhoods on Wednesday night and the next mor...