‘Independence cannot be gained without renunciation and service,’that’s what Netaji wrote. There are still a few ancient wooden houses tucked in different corners of Siliguri. Most have been demolished and replaced by concrete structures.Amid all the development, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose’s granddaughter,MahashwetaMahalanobish, has been fervently guarding
CII celebrated beauty of the angels, kids with cerebral palsy, and those who were victims of social exploitation and trafficking. What bound the two groups together was the pure joy they had, drawing their dreams about their beloved country, India. Celebrating India@75 Week between 8-14 August,
# “The delay in payment is reaching six months… in case of further delay, the entire responsibility would be of BRD Medical.” # “We will be unable to continue supply… in case of non-payment of dues… it would not be our responsibility.” The two letters sent by
When most villages in India still lack proper toilets, when movies like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, goes viral, we bring Shubhasish Maitra's story of Hari Ghosh and his huge cow shed. It was not just any shed but one that kept expanding in girth as more
Thirteen hapless Bengalis who migrated to Noida in search of odd jobs have been imprisoned and not getting bail as they are unable to fulfill the preconditions for moving a bail application, such as submitting documents of personal property. These poor people have no such
Pursuing academics from the confines of one's home is no more a distant dream. The National Digital Library (NDL) android app opens up a new vista in this direction. IIT Kharagpur, which developed the app, won this year' sM-Billionth South-Asia award in the 'Learning and
'If I had the final say in the project, I would have included Palghat Mani Iyer's solo mridangamfive-tala rendition in that compilation,' says Robert Brown. Four decades ago, on August 20, 1977, Voyager II spacecraft was launched. It included Golden Records: The Sound of the Earth.
Gold can now be used to treat cancer. Recent research claims tiny particles of gold can boost the effectiveness of drugs used to treat lung cancer.This study, undertaken by scientists at Edinburgh University, Scotland, has been published in AngewandteChemie, a German scientific journal. The researchers
When rampant tales of tree felling are reported every day from different parts of the city in the name of urban development, here comes a tale of hope. The state government has set up an 'Eco Club' which will have NGOs, citizens, green activists and
Apartheid is finally rooted out of Harvard University. For the first time in its 380-year-old history, more than half of the student intake for 2017 will not be whites in this Ivy League college, quoted official sources. More than half of Harvard University's next student