They are super busy, their deft hands packing kilos of that golden immunity booster that even Rigveda had mentioned as the antidote to viruses centuries ago. Their sales and orders from across India have suddenly shot up in the past week, their IIT Kharagpur ‘tested’
Over one million serving, 62,000 dead and another 67,000 wounded, total dead at the end of the day: at least 74,187. These are the basic statistics about Indian soldiers during World War I (1914-1918). December 7 is traditionally celebrated as Armed Forces Flag Day in
‘It is freedom when your spirit conjures up a vision from the inert, to illuminate its every line with the flame of your devotion. You have the magic of life’s touch in your eyes and your dream has come out in a creation in which
West Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research. A majority of researchers are claiming control trial of plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients under the age of 66 is showing encouraging results. When the West Bengal government decided to set up a plasma
Rabindra Sarobar World Soil Day is not something most ordinary people would know about. However, it has been internationally observed on December 5 since 2002. The United Nations website explains that this day is “a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and
In 2000 I joined the Agriculture and Training Centre in Phulia that was established in 1952. Everything was in place as per infrastructure, from training to village community service. Unfortunately, nothing worked. I was taken aback to realise that neither any training took place, nor
McLeod's Light Railways began operations on the Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway connecting Ahmadpur (now Birbhum district) and Katwa (now East Burdwan district) on 29 September 1917 in two phases. The railway was built in 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and the total length of the
Bengal-born Piali Ray is Director of Sampad, a leading national agency for the development of South Asian Arts and Heritage, based in Birmingham. Piali was conferred an OBE in 2002, falling in line with stalwarts like JK Rowling and Keira Knightly. She was also given
A century ago Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya! Concept of Light is often presented with contrasting pictures. Experiments often suggest that light consists of tiny particles that look like innumerable corpuscles. This shower of minute objects in today’s parlance are called Bosons, after
Two years ago, Kolkata Police came up with a unique concept they called ‘Tejaswini’. The result: on May 19, 2018, a total of 156 women of every shape and size, and varying degrees of fitness, roughly ranging in age from 15 to 40, gathered at