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
From 1881 to 1886, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay lived in Howrah as he used to work there. As per records his address was 212 Panchanantala Road. This was also the house where many well-known personalities including Rabindranath Tagore came. To honour Bankim Chandra’s presence in Howrah,
The famous Tarapith Kali Temple is undergoing massive change and turning environment friendly. The kitchen and office have been recently dismantled and will be now built in a spacious way to be run on Solar Energy. For all these years the Bhog at the temple
It is surprising, but it is true that illegal immigration from different neighbouring area, specially from East Bengal or East Pakistan had afflicted Assam from colonial times. Since a majority of these immigrants were Muslims, the influx even changed the demography of Assam. In 1931,
As lynching deaths across the country go on a rise, Bengal government passed a new law in the State Assembly yesterday making it punishable by death penalty. The West Bengal (Prevention and Lynching) Bill 2019 makes lynching punishable by a life long prison term or
Another feather on West Bengal Government’s cap. Bengal’s Health and Family welfare department has won the Skoch Award in the Governance Gold category for its project on ‘Waiting Huts for Pregnant Women.’ The honour was conferred on August 29 in New Delhi. Previously the state
Kiran has just passed her Higher Secondary Examination from a government school in Purulia. But everyone in and around her village of Hutmura knows her as Bengal’s Pad Girl! Along with her studies, she has taken up the daunting task of spreading awareness on menstrual