Schools across the world have shut down due to COVID-19. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. As a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. But the lockdown situation
Coronavirus was for the first time identified in 1960 as a cause of common cold. By now we all know it is an enveloped RNA virus, single-stranded with a pleomorphic or spherical shape having projections of glycoprotein. It has various subtypes such as alpha, beta,
As India celebrates the genius of Shakuntala Devi and her mathematical brain as a human computer through a new launched movie, many have probably forgotten the name of Subhankar Das, the Bengali mathematician who used to crack difficult mathematical problems orally. He has realized the
In a major breakthrough, a global team of scientists led by Dr Kanak Saha, Associate Professor of Astronomy at Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light. AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has
He was born in faraway Italy, in a small hamlet of Becchi some twenty kilometers from Turin. Who knew his ideology would help to establish in Bengal one of the most successful missionary schools, that is still revered in this land! Don Bosco Liluah’s establishment
“Na jaayate’ mriyate’ vaa kadaachin naayam bhuthva bhavithaa na bhooyah/ Ajo nithyah saasvato’yam puraano na hanyate’ hanyamaane’ sareere” Never is He (the Soul) born, nor does He die at any time, He has never been brought into being, nor shall come hereafter; unborn, eternal, permanent and ancient
Sujoy Ghosh is an unassuming 20-year-old youth from Dum Dum’s Baghjola Ghosh Para. His father is a businessman and he is like any other ordinary middle class neighbouthood boy. But what sets him apart from others is his determination to fulfill a dream he had
Her incredible journey from Jalpaiguri to remote Alipurduar’s Toto village and then on to receiving the National Award for Teachers from President Ramnath Kovind is almost like a fairytale. Misha Ghosal has been a messiah to hundreds of girls belonging to endangered Toto tribe of
We become a nation and join in the victory celebrations of our badminton stars like Saina Nehwal or Srikanth Kidambi or P.V. Sindhu when they return home with trophies after winning prestigious tournaments abroad. Badminton is indeed a popular sport in India today, but though
‘India has always been my canvas.’ But, on every Durga Puja, no matter which part of the world he was in, Pranab Mukherjee’s heart always yearned to go back to his motherland. For him Durga Puja was homecoming to his village in Mirati of Birbhum.