A team of Kolkata doctors successfully performed the first complete robotic kidney transplantation in Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata. While robots have been in existence for a long while now, their entrance into the realm of medicine is relatively novel. In the 1980s the field became
A fortnight or so ago, we had written about the Kolkata doctor who not only used in vitro fertilization (IVF) for the first time in India, but also made possible the birth of the country’s first test tube baby, Durga, in 1978. Yet Dr Subhash
Last year on May 20, super cyclone Amphan struck West Bengal’s shores and left a trail of destruction in several areas of south Bengal including Kolkata, which was completely devastated. The destruction, unprecedented in recent public memory, resulted in thousands of houses being damaged, low-lying
In 1949, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recruited its first woman scientist, Mira Mansukhani. And finally, a little over 70 years later, the 105-year-old organisation headquartered in Kolkata has appointed its first woman director. A classic example of 'better late than never', some might
By common consensus, the world entered the nuclear era with the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Every year, August 6 is observed as Hiroshima Day, and everyone who hasn’t lived in a cave for the past seven decades knows that the atom bomb dropped on
The state's illumination hub. That is how most of us know Chandannagar. Particularly during Jagaddhatri Puja, when the town lights up like a dream. Or when the majority of Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata are dressed up in lights from Chandannagar. With the Covid-19 pandemic having
We have all heard of Dasarath Manjhi – The Mountain Man, who carved a path through a hillock to shorten the travel route from his remote village. Even a movie was made on him. But how many of us know of Naren Hansda, the folk
“We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.” ― Serina Hartwell CDodo Biswas had an identical feeling and realized the need to liberate children from the dreary shackles of daily
Amartya Sengupta, a graduate from Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) topped the Institutes of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) this year. This all-India competitive examination allows an MBBS doctor to step into a few select elite medical institutes like AIIMS New Delhi to study
In what is quite possibly a unique partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Kolkata yesterday, July 30, between the National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the preparation of utility/information maps of all districts