Chocolate Bombs are in vogue, rather they are a part of the family of banned crackers. Yet Annapurna Das’ fire cracker business still goes on under the brand name of ‘Buri Ma,’ the name by which she was called. Her son and grandsons have taken
On 14th October while crossing the tramline on Rashbehari Avenue, a down Ballygunge tram had hit creator of Banalata Sen, Jibanananda Das. Though the tram driver made several attempts to make the poet aware that the tram was hurtling down and despite putting the brakes
With an initial intake capacity of 50 students, IIT Kharagpur, which already has a name for academic excellence, is coming up with a comprehensive medical course. Initially the course will start with 50 doctors in the academic session 2021-22. A super-speciality hospital with a 400-bed
It was a deadly disease spread by sand fly in a large parts of Eastern India, under British Raj. Not just Bengal, large parts of adjoining Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand were reeling under the Kalazar fever along with malaria when Dr U.N Brahmachari stepped into
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
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
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
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