AIIMS Kalyani has completed hostel provisions for the first batch of medical students. The accommodation of the first 50 students who will start their classes soon is ready. They will have all necessary facilities. The counselling of the students began this Monday and will continue
She has achieved what every engineer would wish to. 28-year-old Sampriti Bhattacharya from Kolkata turned her PhD research thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a patented invention coveted by oil companies and world-wide defense sector. Her ‘Hydroswarm’ is the first ever underwater drone that
The dream of referring West Bengal as ‘Bangla’ will probably remain a dream. Today, the Central Government declared that the name of West Bengal cannot be changed right now. It has also further stated that the name of the state can only be changed if
This Puja, you can wear a variety of high-fashion and comfortable clothes beautifully crafted by the women of Sundarbans. Around 500 women of Gosaba block of Sundarbans have been making khadi and handloom clothes. None of these women were professional tailors. Most of them had
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QYts9orYs Dr Robin Sengupta, the torchbearer of the world-class Institute of Neurosciences is one of the top 10 neurosurgeons of the world. After his stint with major hospitals of the world, he has returned to his roots, to Bengal to share his expertise and serve the
Sixteen-year-old Rushmita Oraon from Jalpaiguri Estate, the captain of Bengal Junior Rugby team made us proud. She brought home the Champion’s Trophy of the National Rubgy 7’s. Twenty-four girls had travelled to Chandigarh to represent the state in the Societe Generale Junior National Rugby Sevens
This is indeed a great news in the world of medical science. A team of city researchers from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics along with another team from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Centre Texas, have identified a protein
The entire world is paying a huge price for global warming. The polar ice sheets are melting faster than ever. Penguins and polar bears of the Arctic region are perishing. The scarcity of water has intensified in India. Environmentalists are repeatedly sending out signs of
It is indeed a moment of pride for the whole of Bengal, as the All India Medical Association headquarters in New Delhi is being named after a Bengali doctor. Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy who was born on 1 July 1882, is considered a medical magician
Remember the famous Chipko Movement where women of villages held on to their favourite trees to stop them from being cut? It was a repeat scene but this time, the young students of a Birbhum school held on to their favourite Kadam Tree on their