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‘With 3500 forged, they call us India’s fake birth certificate capital’ – How Bengal’s passport ‘scam’ left one village shamefaced
September 14, 2025 9:56 am
In June, Gautam Sardar, a resident of Pathankhali Gram Panchayat, was arrested for supplying fake birth certificates used to forge Indian passports. For the gram panchayat residents, the alleged scam and the arrest have brought on shame and ridicule
UPSC Issue at a Glance | Mangroves in focus: Understanding significance, threats and conservation
August 13, 2025 12:34 pm
Mangroves have been the focus of conservationists for years, and it is difficult to overstate their importance in the global climate context. As the world marks the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26, here's what you must know for UPSC Exam.
‘What a dive’: Tiger’s majestic leap into river after release in Sundarbans captivates the Internet. WATCH
July 17, 2025 3:02 pm
The tiger was released back into the wild after being rescued in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal.
In 2025 ‘bird festival’ of Sundarban Tiger Reserve, watchers spot 154 species
April 03, 2025 1:19 pm
A total of 31,926 birds — with 12 endangered species — were recorded by bird-watchers in an area that is restricted to the public most of the year
UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 1 : Questions on marine heatwaves, deep-focus earthquakes and more (Week 89 and 90)
February 27, 2025 10:32 am
Are you preparing for CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 1 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box below.
To combat high rates of child drowning deaths in the Sundarbans, India gets its first pond-based swimming pool
July 25, 2024 11:26 pm
Studies show that three children drown every day all over West Bengal, and the region also has the world’s highest rate of child mortality due to drowning.
In the outskirts of the Sundarbans, shrimp farms are turning to mangroves to go organic
November 24, 2023 8:12 pm
In India, West Bengal is an important state when it comes to shrimp production, carried out in the hundreds of farms located across North and South 24 Parganas and the Purba Medinipur districts, an area that spans some 50,000 hectares.
In West Bengal, four villages are preserving a culture of generations-old indigenous boat races
October 04, 2023 4:30 pm
These popular rural water sports have attracted hundreds and thousands of spectators from villages several hours in southern West Bengal, India.
The mangroves of Kolkata are a sign that the city’s environment is changing
April 09, 2023 6:49 pm
The mangroves in Kolkata are an indication that salinity has increased in the Hooghly river.
‘Mangrove Mission’ helps Sundarbans residents fight storms, cyclones and unemployment
February 12, 2023 7:26 am
In May 2020, when super cyclone Amphan hit the coast of Sundarbans, wreaking havoc in the region, the mangroves played a big role in protecting the life and livelihood of millions of people by acting as a bio-shield and protecting the embankments.
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