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Darjeeling’s deadliest monsoon in years — how fragile slopes and forgotten warnings fueled disaster
Find out how torrential rains have unleashed landslides across Darjeeling, isolating villages and exposing the fragile balance between climate and human settlement.
How cinchona bark became the world’s first antimalarial drug and still influences modern medicine
Learn how cinchona bark led to the discovery of quinine, shaped antimalarial treatment, and continues to impact cardiac therapy and global pharmacology today.
Kanchanjunga Express and goods train collide in Darjeeling, leading to multiple deaths and injuries
In a devastating incident this morning in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, eight people, including three Railway…