Kolkata

A girl selling water uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she waits for customers on a hot summer day, in New Delhi

Heatwave: India Faces Worst Electricity Shortage in More Than Six Years

Sudarshan Varadhan 01/05/2022

The brutal heat is likely to last further into...

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks on a street, amidst the spread of COVID-19, in Mumbai

A Million Set to Throng the Ganga River for Holy Dip Despite COVID-19

Subrata Nagchoudhury 12/01/2022

Every year on January 14, Makar Sankranti, pilgrims visit...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai

R Number Rising in All Four Big Metros of India, Analysis Finds

Banjot Kaur 18/12/2021

The values can't be linked to the omicron variant...

Man applies finishing touches to graffiti representing a vaccine in Kolkata

With a Third Wave on the Horizon, a Closer Look at Kolkata’s Vaccination Coverage

Anirban Mitra 27/07/2021

It’s not unreasonable to hope that the progress of...

Cyclone Yaas landfall

Cyclone Yaas and Spring Tide Inundate Medinipur, Sundarbans Coastal Line

Himadri Ghosh 30/05/2021

Initial estimates suggest one crore people were affected by...

A man removes bamboo rooftop of a damaged hut following Cyclone Yaas in Digha

Cyclone Yaas Leaves More Than 1.5 Lakh Homeless in Eastern India

Jatindra Dash and Subrata NagChoudhury 28/05/2021

In West Bengal's Sundarbans delta, which stretches into Bangladesh,...

COVID-19 vaccination in Kolkata

Is Vaccination Protecting Bengal’s Elderly People From COVID-19?

Anirban Mitra 19/05/2021

By mid-May, 8.9 million people in West Bengal had...