West Bengal is voting in 142 seats in the second phase of polling on Wednesday, April 29.  

 Compensatory afforestation is a mandatory legal requirement under which entities must create new forests or restore degraded land. 

 The Special Intensive Revision had a big impact in the districts going to polls in the second phase. 

 The BJP’s prospects hinges on overperformance in Jangalmahal and North Bengal, alongside strategic inroads into Greater Kolkata, a TMC bastion 

 Rajnath Singh called for forging a unified front to tackle terrorism, separatism, extremism by eliminating safe havens and rejecting any political exceptions.