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TMC Releases List of Meghalaya Office-Bearers, to Have 6 Vice-Presidents, 2 General Secretaries : #RashtraNews #TMC #Releases #List #Meghalaya #OfficeBearers #VicePresidents #General #Secretaries The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Tuesday announced that its Meghalaya unit will have six vice-presidents in the state. Additionally, AITC will have two general secretaries and two joint secretaries.A press communique […]

‘Who'll rebuild our memories?’: Cyclones bring tragedy to this Sundarbans village For the people of Kalidaspur, one of the furthest inhabited villages of the Sundarbans, Amphan is yet another chapter in a story of loss. 21 Dec, 2020 For about a week in May, Swatilata Mondal listened to government officials make announcements in her village of Kalidaspur, warning of an incoming storm. Kalidaspur is on the Choto Mollakhali island in the Sundarbans in West Bengal. Swatilata shrugged off most of the warnings. After all, cyclones and coastal storms are a regular feature of living in the...

Cracks in the shield: How the Sundarbans is dying and making Bengal prone to cyclones The delta’s mangrove forests have historically protected the state from cyclones. But deforestation and climate change have taken a heavy toll. Shambhavi Thakur It was the evening of May 18, 2020. Bengal, like the rest of the world, was in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian government had imposed a strict nationwide lockdown to contain its spread. As a result, most people were in their homes. At 5.43 pm, hell broke loose, literally. Cyclone Amphan struck the state’s shores, tearing ...