On July 29, 2019, India released the much-awaited and fairly delayed Tiger Census report 2018, which disclosed that the country had 2,967 Royal Bengal Tigers in the wild, though the census for the following four years is currently underway across various states, and the final
Representative Image Siachen Glacier, located near the Indo-Pak Line of Control, is known to be the highest battlefield in the world. It is the longest glacier in the Karakoram Range, running 78 km long and the second largest in the world. Can you imagine how the
The first ‘Sundarban Dibas’ (Sundarban Day) was conceptualised in 2002 and scheduled for August, but the date was later shifted to December 11 and 12 to coincide with the dates when the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared most of the Indian
West Bengal over a couple of years have been rocked by several cyclones, including four major cyclones - Bulbul in November 2019, Amphan in May 2020, Yaas in May 2021 and then Jawad this December. These cyclones highlight the state’s vulnerability to the growing climate
Professor Neena Gupta, a Mathematician from Kolkata and faculty member of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata has become the fourth Indian to win Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians this year. The Ministry of Science and Technology has also informed that she is the third woman
Elusive for more than 170 years, the Darjeeling Wildlife Division finally rediscovered the Satyr Tragopan Bird at the Senchel Wildlife Sanctuary. The first ever sighting of this very colourful bird was reported by Hickell in 1842 under British India, between the present Kurseong and Sonada
CCyclone Yaas which originated in the Bay of Bengal in the middle of May this year left behind a trail of destruction and devastation in West Bengal. It also flooded East Midnapore’s coastal areas. Several villages were inundated due to breach of embankments and pisci-culturists
Kalna in East Burdwan district is an ancient town on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi river. The town is more popularly known as Ambika Kalna, named after the goddess Kali, Maa Ambika. Now the town is at the centre of attention because of scientist
Nestled in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas, on the banks of the Kajlani River, the sleepy ancient town and district headquarters of Alipurduar sits like a picture-perfect postcard. The getaway to Bhutan and the Northeast, Alipurduar is historically a part of the famed silk
As the clock ticked away, Uttirna Mukherjee, working at the NASA Mission Control Center for the International Space Station in Houston, USA, along with hundreds of fellow scientists and technologists, fighting to save the International Space Station and the seven astronauts inside it. Russia conducted an