Indian development Economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities ap-pointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recom-mendations for the U.N. Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world. Ghosh aged 65 is a
On January 25, 2011, the Government of India under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that henceforth, this day would be observed as National Voters’ Day every year, primarily in order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process of the
Nobody seems to be quite sure why India observes January 25 as National Tourism Day every year. However, the day is certainly a useful reminder of how large an impact tourism has on the country’s economy. Sadly, almost the whole of 2020 was marked by
US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American and Bengali born Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the Biden-Harris campaign, and serves on the transition’s State Department Agency Review Team. Currently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMAC-DnNIL4 Adina Mosque No matter which way you look at it, Malda is special. Not only is the district headquarters one of the state’s largest cities after Kolkata, but the district as a whole represents the confluence of the various cultures and royal dynasties which have historically
The Sunderbans, a miracle of nature which perhaps not many of us in Bengal fully appreciate. They say familiarity breeds contempt, which could be the reason why we do not often think of the world's largest mangrove forests, simply because they are so close to
The year 2020 went down history as an epoch making one, a time that none can forget in a hurry or erase from memory. Like its predecessor 2020 started with a bang. Everything was planned on a grand scale with its usual quota of fanfare
As West Bengal prepares to roll out the Covid-19 vaccination programme today, the recently released report of the National Family Health Survey 2019-20 (NFHS-5) indicates that for planners and citizens alike, the success of the state’s mass immunisation programme may make the logistics of the
Accidents on roads leading to deaths and injuries are a global phenomenon of immense proportions. Of all the systems that people have to deal with on a daily basis, road transport is the most complex and the most dangerous. In recent years, some important and
Yesterday, January 8, marked the beginning of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). Originally scheduled for November 5-12, 2020, the festival was postponed owing to the Covid pandemic. At the inauguration, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was virtually accompanied by actor Shah Rukh Khan and