The highest point of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar also known as Latpanchor is a pic-turesque hamlet in the outskirts of the Sanctuary in North Bengal with an average altitude of 4200 ft. Latpanchar not only offers a majestic view of the Kanchenjunga but also the
Rajarshi Das of Dumdum is the ‘Mask Man’ of Kolkata. He is the good samaritan who has volunteered to sensitize the masses about the necessity of wearing face masks to keep corona virus at bay and extended a helping hand to the makers of the
Forty-eight years have passed since well-known theatre director Arun Mukhopadhyay had staged the iconic Marich Sangbad. Since then the play has been staged more than a thousand times. And who can ever forget the stupendous performance of Biplabketan Chakraborty! Along with him, the play also
The buzz had suddenly made the whole scientific community of India sit up in a semi-trance. Couple of days ago, virologists, scientists and doctors of India were surprised to find ICMR declaring that a COVID-19 vaccine that is undergoing simultaneous animal and human trials in
If we talk of fusion music today, Sourindro Mohun Tagore spoke of hybrid musical instruments long back in the 19th century. Instruments which had both features of Indian and Western traditions, such as the sitar and violin. His incredible knowledge on Hindustani classical music was
Calcutta is a gastronomer’s paradise. And one thing that we cannot get over are those deep-fried egg paratha loaded with minced mutton or chicken meat unique in both look and flavour. Yes, we are talking of Mughlai Parathas. The rectangular paratha made with white flour
This has been tagged as the largest acquisition of the year by an Indian Company. It is also a prestigious acquisition as a US based multinational company has been taken over by Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL), a flagship company of The Chatterjee Group (TCG) in West
Does the name Prafulla Kumar De Sarkar ring a bell of familiarity among readers? No? Well, people hardly recognize him by his official name now. Born in 1892 in Rangpur, erstwhile, East Bengal., Prafulla Kumar completed his graduation from Rajsahi College and then landed in
It was the NatWest Series final 2002 when India was playing against England chasing a massive total of 326. Number 10 batsman Zaheer Khan was on strike while the man in form Mohammed Kaif was at the non-striker end. Andrew Flintoff bowled the third ball
Plasma therapy has been of great help in treating COVID-19 patients in India. Several critical pa-tients in New Delhi have responded to this therapy and have even successfully come out of ventila-tors. Recent was a minister of the Kejriwal government. The blood plasma from blood