Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has launched an initiative to firmly establish the state on the international tourism map, to which end Tourism Minister Indranil Sen has undertaken a tour of all tourism properties and destinations across north and south Bengal. In
Sesame seeds have been cultivated for thousands of years in Eastern India and has been part of Bengali cuisine since long. Our grandmothers knew that these oldest oil rich seeds have amazing healing properties. The Charaka Saṃhitā or Compendium of Charaka and Suśruta-saṃhitā mention the
She has been working for child protection rights in the rural areas of Bengal since the age of 10. No wonder Arushi Pant, a 17-year-old girl from Kolkata, has been honoured with this year’s prestigious Diana Award. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales,
Namak Haram Deorhi On July 2, a little over a week after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, at the age of 66, Syed Mir Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur became the first ‘dependent’ Nawab of Bengal. Officially dependent on the British East India Company, that is.
Everyone has the right to learn even in the age of e-learning when schools have shifted within the homes. Kolkata Police brings Duare Shiksha for the underprivileged students who have no means to continue with such online education due to lack of electronic gadgets. For
Benjamin Franklin once said: ‘Out of adversity comes opportunity.’ Likewise, the recent pandemic has opened new avenues as the world quickly adapted to online mode. And now music lessons go online with village Kirtaniyas imparting khol lessons to students abroad. Yes, Bengal’s khol goes to
American artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold medalist Gabby Douglas once said, “Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood, and tears. My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), a leading organization in the treatment of endocrine glands and diabetes worldwide awards endocrinologists for their outstanding contribution to the field of medicine annually. This year, Dr Sujoy Ghosh was selected for the AACE Outstanding International Clinician Award
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 second wave in India from mid-February this year, about 800 doctors have died of the virus. This terrible piece of data was announced by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in the build-up to National Doctors’ Day, which is observed
The West Bengal government, under the guidance of the Hon'ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has officially launched the West Bengal Student Credit Card Scheme, through which students will be provided loans for higher education. The decision to launch the scheme was taken at a state