'Uber has helped Kolkata save 279,000 litres of fuel and 5,948,000 km travel, thereby curbing 658,000 kg CO2 emissions,' said Damian Alexander Kassabgi, director of public policy for Uber, Asia Pacific. According to him, since the launch of UberPool in Kolkata, this San Francisco-head quartered
One of the largest garbage dumping grounds of India, Dhapa along Eatern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata, will stink no more. On the contrary, in the years to come you might get to see football fields, lakes, parks and tourist spots coming up in the area.
We thought only Bhutan is thinking of human happiness index. But now West Bengal Government has come up with an innovative concept of Happiness City and signed a MOU with IIT-Kharagpur. At a recent meeting, Debashis Sen, Additional Chief Secretary of Government of West Bengal
For women living in East Midnapore, here comes a slice of good news. The district administration has introduced Purba Kanya App, that can be easily downloaded on your phone and used in times of distress. The alarm button on the app if pushed, sends a
With the monsoon months in full swing, major districts of South Bengal are already reeling under the impact of floods, leading to loss of life and property. To put an end to the recurring floods, the Bengal government has entered into a Rs 2,865-crore project
Calcutta was the erstwhile capital of British India and undoubtedly there took place a huge intermingling through inter-nationality marriages in the then era. The British left their legacy through this thriving Anglo Indian community of Calcutta. Be it the Christian missionary schools, reflecting the British
Again, a talented Bengali is crowned on the world stage. This year,SanatanDinda bagged the first prize in the coveted World Bodypainting Festival, two years in succession. In 2015, Dinda missed the first prize by a narrow margin but there was no looking back. In the
Its rightly said Bengal is the culture capital of India. Else who could have thought of getting to see paintings and murals of great artists Nandalal Bose and Jamini Roy on Metro pillars! Hidco has planned to carry replicas of some of Jamini Roy's famous
Blue Whale dare, a new online game circulating on your child's Whatsapp group, claimed its first Indian victim, when a 14-year-old Mumbai student jumped to death from his terrace to meet the last challenge of the game. This 'horror' game is almost like watching and
Badminton player Jwala Gutta is the latest target of the social media trolling brigade. She has been called 'anti-national' and 'anti-Modi' because her mother happens to be a Chinese citizen. Netizens even dared to ask her if she feels she could play better and got better