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
Like any other suburban girl, Sarmistha Chakraborty who was brought up in Midnapore, did not get much chance to showcase her talents in a beauty pageant till she got married. But she always had the dream to win a beauty queen. And her dreams came
Bay of Bengal is rising at an alarming rate, 3.6 times faster than Arabian Sea. Low lying areas like Behala and Salt Lake will face prolonged flooding each year! There will be influx of climate refugees! Well, these are not pages out of an Apocalyptic Movie
The first phase of infrastructure development of the historic Bhramri Devi temple of North Bengal is complete and the inauguration took place recently. This famous Shakti Peeth is a revered site for pilgrims in North Bengal, located on the fringes of the Baikunthapur forest, around
Somendra Mohan Ghosh is an environmentalist and green technologist based in Kolkata New research report released yesterday sends an alarming data. Kolkata and its suburbs will be affected by regular annual flooding by 2050 affecting millions of people who will lose their homes and livelihood. Already