Cycles have already made a come-back in major First World cities across the globe as a preferred means of communication, because they are zero-pollutants. According to suggestions given by IIT Kharagpur, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority has taken a positive move to use this
Haldia dock complex is set to get a new liquid terminal with a capacity of 2.5 million tonne annually. It will handle liquid cargo products, like edible oils, LPG and paraxylene. Expected completion and operation to start in 2020. This is indeed a great news as
Vistara, the joint venture of Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, is opening a sales office in Kolkata. The airline will also add a third daily direct flight between Delhi and Kolkata, taking the number of flights from Kolkata to five. The new flight will cater to
This is a tree, that has witnessed many global events since 1926, from the signing of the Berlin Treaty to Rishi Aurobindo’s retirement from revolutionary activities. The 91-year-old X-Mas tree on the city’s R. G. Kar Hospital campus has seen history unfold for almost a
Around one lakh street food vendors in and around Kolkata will now have to register with KMC’s compulsory scheme. The move aims at ensuring hygiene of the food being sold in the open as per FSSAI (Food Safety & Standards Authority of India) norms. KMC officials
Kolkata will see its first hi-tech bar-coded car parking system in place during the Fifa Under-17 World Cup. The Bidhannagar Police have laid an elaborate plan to ease the parking problems. There will be a provision of 3000 vehicles to get bar-coded stickers. The stadium
Remember the short-lived poet Sukanto Bhattacharya, who was one of the best neo-Bengali protest poets? He was inspired by his teacher to take up his pen and write poems in school. While he was studying in Beleghata High School, Sukanto came across his mentor-teacher, Nabadwip
H.G. Wells and his Time Machine, not just highlighted shortcomings of human learning, but was an iconic science fiction that predicted how education in the wrong perspective can lead humans to turn robots. Wells met Nobel Laureate and great thinker, Rabindranath Tagore,in Geneva in June,
The Bengal government is pitching for a $4 billion (around 25,000 crores) Saudi investment in oil refinery and port projects. Saudi officials who met Bengal’s chief minister feel Bengal coast is a potential site for one of the two oil refineries they wish to set
The education department wants to start an English medium section in the Bengali medium government schools from primary section or Class I. Selected schools will start the English section soon and one class will be added every year. It is definitely a welcome move, and will