Last year around 600 -900 migratory birds had landed in Santragachhi, far lower than the numbers before. Many environmentalists have reasoned air pollution, sound pollution and even lack of a proper nesting habitat in the jheel as reasons for this downturn in numbers. So in
With each of my movies, every time is the first time
Bengal once more shows the way. From November 22-26, Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the first ever day and night cricket match in India using the pink ball. Over the years the cricket ball has been pivotal to the game’s evolution. Change in the format of the
The ninth edition of the Bangladesh Book Fair-2019 began at Mohar Kunja in Kolkata on Friday. Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is organising the 10-day fair (November 1 to 10) with the help of Bangladesh Export Promotion and Bangladesh Gayean and Srijonshil Publishesr Committee,
Lovely clay dolls, king and queen, or just an elephant or a domestic cow. Remembering those putuls we played with as kids? Well, these clay dolls are different as they have plant seeds within them that will be spread and grow into trees when the
An all new look iconic Nandan will welcome visitors this Kolkata International Film Festival, with the line between ‘hip-happening’ and ‘surreal royalty’ blurring into the eons of time, as you step inside this state auditorium. Nandan needed this facelift for sure since the time it
The State Government eased Land Usage norms for North Bengal’s tea gardens that will help the industry to open doors to alternative revenue generation, including a flourishing tea tourism in the state. This will indeed give a big revenue boost to the tea industry that
West Bengal government has put a total ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala in the state for a year with effect from November 7. The decision was taken keeping in mind the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine-based
I felt privileged to attend University of New South Wales (UNSW) Centre for Ideas’ book launch and presentation on William Dalrymple: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company on 31 October 2019 at the John Clancy Auditorium. As I entered the auditorium, it was
Researchers Pratik Mukherjee and Jitendra Malik create Artificial Intelligence to accurately detect even the most complex brain haemorrhage cases to save lives within seconds. The AI system has been developed by the duo and their teams from UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The AI