With an aim to reach out free health check-ups, medicines and other benefits to the poor people of both urban and rural Bengal, Swasthya Sathi Scheme was started. The scheme is so successful that by November around 1 crore beneficiaries will be added to the
Kolkata International Film Festival 2019 (KIFF) is round the corner and the intellectual capital of India is truly gearing up for a major show. But this year the organisers will bring in a new magic, the magic of Celluloid format movies. As many as 12
When I first read about Sujata, the mother of corpse number 1084, I could not hold back my tears. I was a college student then and had always been very curious about the Naxal Movement that had rocked Kolkata years before I was born. Heard
When the number of qualified engineers getting jobs is diminishing throughout India, Bengal has topped in recruiting qualified engineers and IT professionals. As per the latest report published in All India Council for Technical Education, which happens to be a central organisation, Bengal has set
Kolkata Port just turned 150 years! And we cannot keep calm as the famous port might be even older. As per the pages of history, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb granted trading rights to the British and a big hold on the port. As the power to rule
The West Bengal government plans to set up co-living places through joint venture to help IT professionals and entrepreneurs who land up in the city enjoy affordable and shared housing facilities, particularly in the Rajarhat-New-Town area. In an recent event Debashis Sen, Additional Chief Secretary,
The year was 1995. Zafuran Nessa was unwell. It was well past midnight and she was restless. Her family realized she needed immediate medical care, but they lived in Dhalabari, a remote village of Jalpaiguri district and nearest health centre was a little over 40
He was one of the most prominent architects of modern science in India. He was a physicist of international repute and his theory of thermal ionization was a path-breaking dimension in astrophysics. Yes, we are talking of Bengali scientist Meghnad Saha. Even today his equations
Here is some good news for techies who wish to stay back in Kolkata. Global Consultancy giant PwC is setting up a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Kolkata. This facility is expected to employ around 1,200 people, besides building Internet of Things (IoT)
Historian Ramchandra Guha becomes the 3rd Indian to get the prestigious Foreign Member Award from USA! When? Where? A recent tweet shared by well-known historian Ramachandra Guha reveals how he conquered the USA academic circles. Guha got the prestigious ‘Honorary Foreign Member Award’ from the American