-The Telegraph Struggle to reduce cases in 6 districts The Bengal health department is finding it tough to pull down the dengue positivity rate to under 10 per cent in at least six districts, including Calcutta, because of the paucity of civic and rural workers with the skill to track and destroy mosquito breeding pockets. Among Bengal districts, the dengue positivity rate this week is the highest in Calcutta, followed by Jalpaiguri, Hooghly,...

-The Telegraph Customs accused of blocking grain’s movement on premise of export bar Malda/ Cooch Behar: Hundreds of trucks laden with around four lakh tonnes of wheat meant for export to Bangladesh have been stuck at land ports in Bengal for at least three weeks as customs authorities are allegedly refusing their onward journey. The exporters are worried that delay in the transportation of the wheat will cause them losses of crores of...

-The Telegraph One in every two persons tested for Covid-19 has been found positive over the past week One in every two persons tested for Covid-19 in Calcutta has been found positive over the past week with the city’s test positivity rate touching 55 per cent, the highest among 721 districts nationwide. Eleven other Bengal districts — Howrah, West Burdwan, East Burdwan, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Birbhum, Malda, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Bankura and Purulia...

-PTI/ The Hindu At least 38 people were injured in an attack by a skulk of foxes in West Bengal’s Malda district on Thursday, police said. The incident happened in Hardam Nagar village in the Harishchandrapur police station area. A skulk of 15-20 foxes attacked several houses in the village at the break of the dawn, injuring at least 40 people, as most were caught by surprise, the police said. Twenty of them...

-Article-14.com The government has rubbished the 2021 Global Hunger Index report saying it does not reflect reality. But the reality is worse because it reflects India’s own pre-Covid data. Current estimates of foodgrain to various welfare programmes reveal serious under-nutrition and wide gaps in safety nets for poor. Mumbai: Jolted by the overnight choking of all sources of income for her household with the imposition of a nationwide lockdown on 23 March...