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6 Vande Bharat Train Routes Worth Booking for Scenic Views and Not Just for the Speed

Howrah to New Jalpaiguri, Tea Gardens and the Teesta ValleyThe Vande Bharat on the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri corridor covers roughly 564 kilometres, and for most of the journey north of Malda, the train moves through a Bengal that most passengers never see from the road. Paddy fields give way to jute…

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What Sabyasachi's Design Philosophy Reveals About the Indian Woman's Relationship With Identity

He Is Selling Permission, Not ClothesSabyasachi Mukherjee built a brand on a single uncomfortable premise: that the Indian woman had been talked out of her own aesthetic. The heavily embroidered blouses, the unbleached cotton, the Bengal-weight silks in colours that look like they were pulled from a zardozi archive, none…

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India's Rock Python: Ecology, Mythology, and a Habitat That Is Rapidly Disappearing

The Animal ItselfPython molurus can reach six metres in length and weigh over 90 kilograms. That makes it the largest snake in India and, by mass, one of the four heaviest snakes on Earth, behind only the reticulated python, the green anaconda, and the Burmese python. Adults are unmistakable: a…

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In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims

Each week for the last 13 years, 28-year-old Rimpa Chowdhury, who describes herself as a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary

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At least 500 Rohingya feared dead after two boats capsize in Bay of Bengal

Two boats carrying Rohingya people capsized in the Bay of Bengal. At least 500 individuals are feared dead after these tragic incidents. The boats departed from Myanmar's Rakhine state and Bangladesh refugee camps. These perilous sea crossings occur during the dangerous monsoon season. The international community is urged to increase…

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Globe-trotting YouTuber shares bizarre five-word travel advice

Albert Colominas, 35, who currently lives in New York, US, has taken his beautiful Bengal cat, Mia, on many adventures around the globe

The Independent UK

Using art and song to help bring the world's largest mangrove swamp back from the brink

Located in the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans straddle the border between India and Bangladesh and cover more than 1 million hectares, making them the world’s largest single contiguous mangrove swamp. A Ramsar site and a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1987, they are home…

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Vet reveals four breeds of cats he would never buy and explains the reasons why

A vet named Ben shared a video on TikTok listing five breeds of cats he would never buy because of the health issues they face. Among these are Bengals, Scottish Folds and Persian cats

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West Bengal: Low pressure may intensify in 24 hours, says Meteorological office

KOLKATA: A low-pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off the Bengal-Odisha coasts on Saturday under the impact of a cyclonic circulation. The circulation extends up to a height of 7.6km from the sea-level, said the Met office.

The Times of India

Met department predicts heavy rain in coastal districts of West Bengal

KOLKATA: A low-pressure set to form over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on August 7 is likely to trigger rain in the coastal districts of Bengal, including Kolkata between August 9 and 11.

The Times of India

In a first, Particulate matter 2.5 count in Kolkata touched ambient air quality standard last year

KOLKATA: In 2021, PM2.5 - the tiniest of pollutants that play havoc with human lives - had for the first time touched the annual national ambient air quality standard of 40 g/m³ (microgram per cubic meter) in Kolkata. Compared to 2018, the dip in PM2.5 was 6.4%, revealed a study…

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Lucky to catch last Ukraine flight only 4 hours before Russia invasion: Bengal students

KOLKATA: While hundreds of families in Kolkata and rest of Bengal are spending sleepless nights worrying about the safety of their relatives caught in war-torn Ukraine, there are a few who breathed a sigh of relief after their loved ones returned home on Thursday and Friday. They had flown out…

The Times of India

World’s best building award won by rainwater-harvesting hospital in rural Bangladesh

RIBA’s international prize 2021 has been won by Kashef Chowdhury’s $2m Friendship hospital in a water-logged part of Bengal, beating competition from David Chipperfield and Wilkinson Eyre

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