In 2016, the U.S. sent more than 8 million metric tonnes of petcoke to India ...

La Niña is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface ocean waters along the tropical west coast of South America ...

National Biodiversity Authority ...

The equatorial electrojet (EEJ) is a narrow ribbon of current flowing eastward in the day time equatorial region of the Earth's ionosphere ...

The park holds the largest rhino population in India after Kaziranga National Park in Assam ...

The park is located in the Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, in the state of West Bengal in India ...

Buxa Tiger Reserve lies in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan ...

In 1959, it got the status of a sanctuary mainly to protect the Indian bison and royal Bengal tiger, which were facing the threat of extinction ...

The national park is home to Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), White Crocodile, Indian python, King cobra, black ibis, darters and many other species of flora and fauna ...

It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest coastal lagoon in the world after The New Caledonian barrier reef in New Caledonia ...