A big day for Kolkata indeed as Perseverance, the rover that NASA launched successfully last Thursday, to explore Mars and check out any sign of life on the Red Planet. But why? Because a biotechnologist from Bengal is part of the team that will analyse
Ayodhya (or Ajodhya) Hills are a range of hills in Purulia district. More properly speaking, it is a small plateau surrounded by hills. Geographically, it is the easternmost part of the Chhotanagpur Plateau, and an extension of the Eastern Ghats. The highest peak here is
Known as the “Father of Indian Chemistry”, Prafulla Chandra Ray was a well-known Indian scientist and teacher and one of the first “modern” Indian chemical researchers. He discovered the stable compound mercurous nitrite in 1896 and established Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd, (BCPL) India’s
Groups of women across several remote villages in the Sundarbans have added one more task to their long list of daily chores. Besides cooking, taking care of the family and keeping their mud huts tidy, they venture out to catch lobsters and crabs in the
Renowned American businessman and entrepreneur James Cash Penney once said, “Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.”Knowingly or unknowingly, that is the philosophy that seems to motivate most homestay owners. In India, the ‘homestay movement’, as it were, probably had its genesis in Kerala.
Another feather on West Bengal Government’s e-initiatives. E-Samadhan, the online public grievance address system directly linked to The West Bengal CMO’s office has received the prestigious and highest Digital India Platinum Award from Skoch Foundation at the 66th Skoch Summit on Thursday in New Delhi.
It was 31st July 1995. Exactly 25 years ago, the first mobile call of India was made right here from Kolkata, and that too from the seat of power, Writer’s Building. The then Chief Minister Late Jyoti Basu spoke to Union Telecom Minister Sukhram. And
This is a success story of replantation for sure. The 100-year-old iconic Baobab Tree that stood like a giant at the Shibpur Botanical Gardens is successfully back on its roots, thanks to the tireless efforts of scientists. It was partially uprooted during Cyclone Amphan and
Achievers from Bengal have always topped the list and now our city-bred IT professional Ambarish Ganguly has been chosen as a NASA Citizen Scientist. He has already bagged eight Data Science Competition Awards (One of them sponsored by NASA and the rest by Kaggle, a
Mohun Bagan is not just another soccer team of India or the world. Rather it is an emotion, that was directly linked to India’s independence movement to prove before the British that India can do even on the football field. And again, it was a