Not just the rhinos of Kaziranga, the tigers, rhinos and leopards of North Bengal’s famous wild life sanctuaries are facing the brunt of monsoon floods. Jaldapara Sanctuary that is home to more than 200 one-horned rhinos is flooded after the recent deluge. Forest officials even
Antarctica happens to be one of the most hostile environments of the world, where humans cannot survive. But for more than a century, a fruit-cake did, and is still in an edible condition! New Zealand based Antarctic Heritage Trust, recently unearthed an ice-covered fruit cake
A unique book fair comes to Kolkata, where buyers do not visit stalls, but books come to their doorstep, to be read and relished. Not just that, this travelling book fair goes to underprivileged children of NGO run city schools to encourage their love for
By the end of this year a model of rural Bengal is coming up on three acres of Eco Park in New Town. The village will house 40 huts that will be planned on the lines of traditional village homes. The project is the brain
‘Independence cannot be gained without renunciation and service,’that’s what Netaji wrote. There are still a few ancient wooden houses tucked in different corners of Siliguri. Most have been demolished and replaced by concrete structures.Amid all the development, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose’s granddaughter,MahashwetaMahalanobish, has been fervently guarding
CII celebrated beauty of the angels, kids with cerebral palsy, and those who were victims of social exploitation and trafficking. What bound the two groups together was the pure joy they had, drawing their dreams about their beloved country, India. Celebrating India@75 Week between 8-14 August,
# “The delay in payment is reaching six months… in case of further delay, the entire responsibility would be of BRD Medical.” # “We will be unable to continue supply… in case of non-payment of dues… it would not be our responsibility.” The two letters sent by
When most villages in India still lack proper toilets, when movies like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, goes viral, we bring Shubhasish Maitra's story of Hari Ghosh and his huge cow shed. It was not just any shed but one that kept expanding in girth as more
Thirteen hapless Bengalis who migrated to Noida in search of odd jobs have been imprisoned and not getting bail as they are unable to fulfill the preconditions for moving a bail application, such as submitting documents of personal property. These poor people have no such
Pursuing academics from the confines of one's home is no more a distant dream. The National Digital Library (NDL) android app opens up a new vista in this direction. IIT Kharagpur, which developed the app, won this year' sM-Billionth South-Asia award in the 'Learning and