Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital is all set to script history with clinical trials of an oral antidote to snake bites. India is often called the land of snakes. Snakes are worshipped as gods even today with many pouring milk on snake pits. But
Representative Image MSince the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, North 24 Parganas has been one of the worst affected districts of West Bengal. Initially, when the pandemic hit the state last year, one fourth of the total Covid-19 cases were reported from Kolkata but
Today is indeed a proud moment for Bengal as Calcutta University has ranked 1st among Indian universities. It has secured third position among top higher educational institutions in the country after IISc Bangalore leaving behind Delhi University, JNU and Jadavpur University far behind. The Prestigious
Before the Covid-19 pandemic became part of our lives, some of you may have chanced upon a small café near Charuchandra College on Lake Road in south Kolkata called Sip n Bite. If yes, you would have immediately spotted what makes it stand out. Of
In an interview given in 1946, venerable Congress leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad told journalist Shorish Kashmiri, “The other important point that has escaped Mr Jinnah’s (Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Dec 25, 1876-Sep 11, 1948, the founder of Pakistan) attention is Bengal. He does not know
A dingy cell of British India’s notorious prison, where revolutionaries were treated like dogs, a burly British police officer using clippers to just uproot the nails of a man, tied to a chair. The man in question sits steady, without even a flicker of his
Hasimara Air Force Station in Alipurduar, North Bengal is all set to house Rafale fighter jets which are expected to arrive here by mid-April. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will raise its second squadron of the ‘game changing’ Rafale combat aircraft in Hasimara air base.
India observes National Vaccination Day every year on 16th March. But this year surely the Day holds a far deeper impact with the roll out of COVID-19 mass vaccination in India in full swing. The Pandemic that has been raging throughout the world since last
On the evening of August 9, 2009, in front of a packed house at Rabindra Sadan auditorium, Jogesh Dutta finished his act titled ‘The Thief’, came out onto the stage, laid down his wig and costume on the floor, and took his last bow. True
The US President Joe Biden appointed Bankura’s daughter, Sohini Chatterjee at the US Department of State as Senior Policy Advisor to the US Ambassador to the United Nations. This was a proud moment not only for India but also for the residents of Bengal’s Sonamukhi. Sohini’s