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HISTORICAL FACTS: Sundarbans - Caught on Camera

6 Indian National Parks Beyond Ranthambore That Every Tiger and Wildlife Safari Fan Must Visit

Jim Corbett National Park, UttarakhandJim Corbett has been hosting tigers since 1936, which makes it the oldest national park in India and the site where Project Tiger was formally launched in 1973. The Dhikala zone, set inside a broad riverine grassland called the chaur, gives you the kind of unobstructed…

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Inside the Sundarbans: Why India's Tiger Mangrove Delta Is Beautiful and Deeply Unsettling

You arrive expecting wilderness. You find something watching you.The boat leaves Godkhali jetty before sunrise, and within twenty minutes the land you knew is gone. Not behind you, erased. The Sundarbans swallows its own edges. The waterways here do not behave like rivers; they branch and double back and end…

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10 Most Dangerous Man-Eaters in the World- Real Cases

Man-eating animals are not mythical creatures or horror legends. They are real predators whose behavior, under rare but documented conditions, has led to human deaths. Scientists emphasize that these cases are extremely uncommon and usually driven by survival factors such as injury, habitat loss, or prey scarcity. As wildlife researchers…

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‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows

After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out by their superstitious communities. But they are coming together to rebuild their lives

The Guardian - UK

The Sundarbans dilemma: Islands swallowed by water, and nowhere else to go

Women shoulder the worst effects of rising water in the Indian delta, highlighting key lessons on climate resilience.

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BSF plans marine battalion, drone squadron to secure Sundarbans against infiltration, smuggling

BSF plans to secure Sundarbans mangrove region with 1,100 personnel, drones & ATVs along India-Bangladesh border.

The Hindu

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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Mamata Banerjee likely to officially announce 2 new districts on Tuesday

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to officially announce Sundarbans and Basirhat as two new districts of the state during an administrative meeting scheduled on November 29, a senior official said on Monday.

The Times of India

Climate change, salinity and menstrual health problems: Sundarbans women battle triple whammy

Women in the area are also battling skin diseases such as eczema and infected sores due to prolonged exposure to saline water.

The Hindu

‘We live and die by it’: climate crisis threatens Bangladesh’s Sundarbans

Villagers rely more on the forest’s resources, threatening its ecosystem – and leaving them more vulnerable to cyclones

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