Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a major freshwater weed found in lakes, rivers, and other water bodies across the globe. With high rates of regeneration, survival, and growth, it is generally difficult to clear water bodies infested with the weed. Water hyacinth forms dense colonies
For many, Kolkata may be all about football and the Maidan, but the city’s history is inextricably linked to horses too. Properly groomed, world-class horses, no less, that were once used by the world’s first polo club in this very city. Apparently tailor made for
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore’s universally relevant and time-immemorial messages on the continuity of life are reassuring. Though many objects may have disappeared from our lives, what ushers in hope is the undying Ashramic philosophy of daily existence. As he said in one of his
Afew days ago, we received the news of India becoming the most populous country in the world, beating China. India has also ranked to be the 3rd largest e-waste producer in the world, only behind China and the United States. Maharashtra is the largest e-waste-producing
On April 8, 2022, the Department of Post held a special cover release programme at 14, Parsi Bagan Lane, Kolkata, 700009, headquarters of Indian Psychoanalytical Society. Released by the chief guest, Neeraj Kumar, Post-Master General, Kolkata Region, the programme was attended by a number of
It seems somewhat like a coincidence that two contemporary geniuses born in the 20th century shared the same name and both were tremendously influenced by the Bard of Bengal who took them under his wings and nurtured their talents. Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay – one was a
Mountaineers and the authorities at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling and the Radhanath Sikdar Himalayan Museum have been pitching for renaming Mount Everest after Radhanath Sikdar, the mathematical genius who was the first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest, in 1852. Sikdar, a student and a
The beginning of the 20th century was an epoch-making period. Ominous clouds of mistrust, conflict and war loomed large over the world and by 1914, war became imminent between the Allied Powers and Central Powers. World War I began. Britain was part of the Allied
It was the year of 1940. Not just the year of 12th Summer Olympics at Helsinki, but also a year when Europe was preparing to go to war. India was then under British rule. Kolkata’s deputy accountant general Nagendranath Sen received news through his colonial
Jumbo Majumdar was listed among the top 12 Allied pilots by LIFE magazine during WWII