Last Updated:June 05, 2026, 14:30 IST New Moore Island, also called Purbasha or South Talpatti, triggered a geopolitical dispute between India and Bangladesh before rising sea levels and erosion erased it completely. News18 For years, India and Bangladesh argued over a tiny uninhabited island in the Bay of Bengal. Then the island disappeared entirely. Known…
Kolkata: In a sweeping mandate on World Environment Day, the state govt announced a strict, statewide enforcement of the ban on single-use plastics, permitting only plastic bags with a thickness of 120 microns or more.Municipal and urban development minister Agnimitra Paul on Friday directed officials to stringently implement the national regulation across all urban local…
What scientists found beneath East Antarctica could change how we understand sea level rise? Image credit – Wikimedia The enormous and stationary Totten Glacier, located in East Antarctica, seems uninteresting from the surface. However, according to various studies, the essential point lies far beneath its frozen surface. Studies using sonar measurements and radar images have…
