August 12, World Elephant Day Elephant corridor. This is a phrase that has increasingly become part of our general lexicon. Which could be a bad thing - because it indicates that as human and elephant habitats collide, the discussion on elephant corridors becomes more urgent -
Eminent Physicist Bikash Sinha Is fundamental science a criminal luxury in India? A revolutionary question that scientist Bikash Sinha, former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, dared to ask and voiced his concerns on how political leaders are deliberately spending
The state government makes Bengali mandatory as a second language in private English-medium schools Bengal sings with contentment, "Moder gorob, moder asha/Aa mori Bangla bhasha," - the Bengali language is our pride and hope; it is the language we can die for! Bengal has witnessed her
The West Bengal Forest Department received the "Star of Governance SKOCH Award in Forest" for its effective management of the mangrove plantation drive West Bengal has become the Best Performing State in the Forestry Sector in 2022 and has been conferred the ‘Star of Governance SKOCH
The "miracle man", Dr. James Esdaile, was the father of anesthesia Anaesthetists are important in medical science, as they play one crucial role in any surgery. Ensuring that the patient does not feel any pain or discomfort, or the patient does not suddenly wake up mid-surgery
Chandrayaan-3 camera designer Anuj Nandi While the world and India celebrated yesterday's space miracle with Chandrayaan 3 successfully landing on the moon’s south pole, making India the first country in the world to land there, a family in West Bengal’s Islampur was ecstatic. Their son and
Salim Mian, aka Chand Mia of Kuthibari in Murshidabad, protecting parrots from poachers We humans are destroying and consuming nature at a devastating rate and we have had a profound effect on many bird species. Bird conservation is a field in the science of conservation biology
Professor Ashok Kumar Das has been conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit or Doctor of Letters) from the University of London. He started working as a keeper 60 years ago at Kolkata’s Indian Museum. He specializes in Mughal art and culture history and is being
Pinaki Babu along with one of his disciples, Raju, aka Debendra Mondal They were walking by the road, stopping here and there, and quietly aiming little balls that looked like chocolate bombs from afar. Although the bombs made no sound, nor do they burst out. Why
Few years ago, a well-known media house initiated a unique campaign as a global crusade to promote inclusion of women from all strata – from widows to prostitutes in the Bengali ritual of Sindoor khela during Durga Puja. The move was aimed at changing the 400-year-old Bengali Hindu