Sir Edmund Hillary, who was one of the first two individuals to conquer Mt. Everest, once said that – “It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” It is absolutely true, as perhaps the most important thing a person needs to scale a mountain peak or
India’s Chandrayaan II is finally up! In another few weeks it will land on moon and India will be the first nation to have sent the satellite to moon’s southern hemisphere. In all probability it will reach the moon’s southern hemisphere by September. The team
Yusra Alam, a class IX student of Delhi Public School, Belgram had taken part in the online Space Quiz 2019 without even telling her parents. Interested in Mathematics and Physics, she was among the two students from Bengal to have topped the quiz and hence
Despite being one of the leaders in science research across the globe, with India scientists topping the list in innovations, scientific development and education never reaches the underprivileged students. A study conducted by Unified District Information System shows that 75 percent of Class 11 and
Don’t we celebrate Teacher’s Day on the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan? But did you know he had a mentor-teacher in none other than Ashutosh Mukherjee, who was the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University between 1906-1914 and 1921-1923. Other than being a brilliant educationist and academician
Teaching is not just about teaching what is written in text-books. It is also about teaching compassion. And that’s what a music teacher of Shyamnagar is teaching the society and also his students. In an age when we read horrific details of people killing puppies,
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose was a humble scientist. Else why would he share with the world his experiments on radio waves, that finally led to invention of radio. Any other scientist would have gone for a patent first to prove the work was unique and
Every afternoon after classes are over, retired headmaster Rabilal Garai is seen with his young students holding hands and taking him down the road. Yes, he heads home with help of his students, as he cannot see anymore. His vision is almost nil. But that
She spends almost Rs 40,000 a month to feed hundreds of stray dogs. And the meals can fit even a king, meat and rice cooked to perfection. Well, home-maker Nilanjana Biswas of Kalyani is a messiah for strays. To meet the huge expenses of feeding
You no more have to feel guilty of killing animals while eating that mutton or chicken next time! IIT Guwahati scientists have invented meat in their laboratory and have also applied for patent. Professor Biman Mondal, of Bioscience and Bio-engineering department of IIT Guwahati, led