During the 2022 Diwali, Kolkata witnessed 'Good' AQI as compared to 'Moderate' or 'Very Poor' for metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai, the West...
Joydip Kundu and his wife Suchandra, dedicated conservationists and founders of SHER Foundation, along with the Forest Department, are distributing LPG cylinders among fishermen in an...
Mangrove afforestation driven by women of Sundarbans has been possible with the efforts of NGOs like Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) that not only created...
The study, "Staying Alive –COVID 19 and Public services in West Bengal", said that the reporting of food crisis by households belonging to the Scheduled Tribes...
The current surge of coronavirus cases in West Bengal might not be as dangerous as it was during its outbreak in 2020 but more and more...
Sundarbans, the land of tigers and mangroves, is facing the onslaught of climate change which is affecting the lives and livelihoods of the people
SHIS Foundation’s Boat Clinics provide free mobile health care in the remote and inaccessible islands of Sundarbans in West Bengal
The 19 blocks of Sundarbans are divided across North 24 and South 24 Parganas districts. To access healthcare services, one has to cross water bodies via...
With tropical cyclones, people in Sundarbans observe high tides that leads to flooding of banks, ponds and rivers. There is massive destruction not only of fish...
Dragging rectangular nets in the rivers and creeks of the Indian Sundarbans, women spend hours in water collecting fishes, crabs, and prawns for their living. But...
From fuelwood for thermal energy, thatching leaves, cutting trees for timber, to forest resources like fishes, crabs and honey, all come from mangroves and help people...
With cyclones becoming more frequent and intense over the past decade in Bay of Bengal, here is how climate change has impacted food security of people...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
