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Niladry Sarkar

Climate change driven shrimp farming in the Sundarbans is disrupting ecology, livelihoods

High economic gains has given rise to unchecked and unscientific forms of brackish water aquaculture while locals have lost their land.

Niladry Sarkar
· Jun 22, 2024 · 07:30 pm
In the focus on Delhi, the air pollution crisis in Kolkata is being overlooked

Diesel vehicles and poor waste control are some of the reasons why Kolkata’s air quality often ranks among the world’s worst.

Niladry Sarkar
· Jun 15, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Indian Science Congress postponed amid tussle with Centre’s science and technology department

There have been allegations that the association has politicised the science congress and given a platform to pseudoscience since the BJP came to power in 2014.

Niladry Sarkar
· Feb 17, 2024 · 07:30 pm

Water droplets from remnants of ancient ocean found in Himalayan mineral deposits

Little is known about past oceans where the first life forms originated and evolved. Ocean water trapped in magnesite crystals could provide insights.

Niladry Sarkar
· Dec 17, 2023 · 07:30 pm