In an unprecedented move BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has offered part of Eden Gardens for temporary quarantine facility. The Eden Gardens’ indoor facility and the players’ dormitory has been offered to the West Bengal government for this purpose. Several new quarantine centres and isolation beds
Trina Das Gupta teaches English at the senior school level. She is closely associated with one of the premier national examination boards. She conducts workshops in Communicative English in India and abroad. She is Executive Editor of the magazine Kolkata on Wheels and Director of
Another bold step, another prompt action, another example of farsightedness from our Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The iconic Calcutta Medical College that was once used by the British to fight another pandemic, the Spanish Flu, now will be used to fight another pandemic of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7GIz33R5t8 The deadly COVID-19 knows no borders and boundaries, no caste or creed, no age. Keeping this in mind, Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has ordered all local and block administrations of rural Bengal to start awareness programmes about Corona Virus in villages
Neiil Ray studies MBA Marketing & Brand Management in Inseec Business School, Paris My 4th day of home quarantine. I am healthy and safe with no symptoms. Yet, I am already being shunned. Though I shall go through the 14-day quarantine procedure strictly and adhere to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0IJHc7jB1s He is an icon amid the infinite ocean of music. Although born in a Punjabi family in a village near Kila Raipur in Ludhiana district, he prefers to be identified as a Santiniketan ashramite. He is Mohan Singh Khangura. Born into an educated, liberal family
Amidst the COVID-19 Menace and a Lockdown in Kolkata and several districts of West Bengal, the state government has also taken an unprecedented initiative to increase isolation wards and quarantine centres. This is keeping in mind that the spread of the virus and infected or
Saibal Giri is an engineer by qualification. Münchener by profession, Bong by emotions and Technophile by habit. 20 Kms down south from Munich is the district of Starnberg, a quaint prosperous town where the rich and famous live by the lake that share the same name.
The only way to stop the COVID-19 from spreading is to contain it, that’s what all scientists across the world believes and have realized through research. Once it spreads across the community, may be our situation will be as grim as Italy, where hundreds are
“Life takes you down many paths but my favorite ones lead to the beach…..” Nothing could be closer to the truth for me and for all who have had the opportunity to stop over at Henry’s Island for a short weekend trip, away from the