Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
After imposing a ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the state, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has now asked different municipalities to have their own plastic recycling units. Moreover, airports, railways and shopping malls will have to make arrangements for collection of plastic wastes and …
Realising that the recent spread of the dengue virus in the districts and in the city could spell disaster in the post-puja days ~ particularly if two different types of dengue viruses are circulating in the state ~ the state health department has taken an initiative to detect the virus …
Indian and foreign birds being sold at the Galiff Street market. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta On any given Sunday, the quiet Galiff Street, off Bagbazar, comes alive with twitterings and chirps. Rows of cages containing plumed pets of various shades, both desi and foreign, are lined up on either side …
Launched in 1998, the Golden Quadrilateral is part of a $30-billion plus National Highways Development Project-the most ambitious building spree here since Britain created the railway system in the 1800s. Much as the U.S. Interstate Highway System mobilized American society, India hopes the Golden Quadrilateral will push the country's economic …
a protein found in neem leaf boosts immune response and helps kill colon cancer cells, said researchers of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, and Burdwan University, West Bengal. In the presence of a cancer specific antigen (a type of protein found in human colon cells), the protein in neem works …
The finalists of the Tata Steel Rolling Trophy with the panel of judges after the results of the semi-final were declared on Sunday. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Sept. 28: Four chapters of Association of British Scholars (ABS) will fight to the finish for the Tata Steel Rolling Trophy tomorrow. At the …
You may know all about the link between lost kingdoms and horseshoe nails without ever having anticipated this connection. And it isn't something out of Ripley's. No less a person than Kolkata's mayor has blamed the city
A 15 million-gallon water treatment plant coming up in Garden Reach promises to ease water woes of Behala, Thakurpukur and the adjacent localities. The Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (CMWSA) project is expected to be ready in a year and a half. Jamshedpur Utility Service Company will execute the …
JAYANTA BASU The Nagpur-based organisation the state government is banking on to bring the Book Fair back to the Maidan was the one that had documented the environmental damage caused by the event. Chief secretary Amit Kiran Deb said on Tuesday that the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) would …
RITH BASU Only the dog seems to be paying attention to the words written on Chittaranjan Avenue. Constant honking by drivers on the stretch disturbs patients in Medical College and Hospital and students in educational institutions in the area. An orchestra of air horns, loudspeakers blaring at street-corners, the growl …
KOLKATA, Sept. 22: At a time when dengue has caught Kolkata off guard, the city-based virus unit of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been blamed for keeping the state health department in the dark regarding the spread of the disease. The ICMR virus unit has helped the state …
Following increase in malarial cases in the city the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to disconnect water supply lines of buildings and police stations that fail to take appropriate measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes inside their premises. One death due to malaria has been reported form the …
Herb Chitrak instrumental in fighting lung cancer roots of the herb Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica) may help cure lung cancer. A complex yellow pigment, plumbagin, found in the root cells of the herb, has been found to check proliferation of cancer cells and induce their death by disrupting the cellular structure, …
Vegetation changes point to rising sea levels Abhishek Law KOLKATA, Sept. 11: Is Kolkata under threat due to rising sea levels? Has there been an increase in land inundation because of global sea-level rise? It appears so with mangrove plants, that were previously restricted to the Sunderbans only, being found …
A STAFF REPORTER Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality has lodged a police complaint against a mobile service provider for erecting a signal tower off VIP Road without its permission. The municipality said the unauthorised cellphone tower was exposing residents of the locality to harmful
KOLKATA, Sept. 10: A day after 173 people were suspected to have been affected with enteric in Rabindra Pally and Purba Phulbagan areas of Jadavpur, over 50 more people were detected with similar symptoms today. This took the toll of affected people to over 200. While the leakage in the …
Research centre plan in crisis Statesman News Service KOLKATA Sept 5: The initiative taken by the Bengal Tuberculosis Association (BTA), a voluntary organisation, to set up a few more research centres along with advanced pathological laboratories for diagnosis of tuberculosis, has run into rough weather owing to paucity of funds …
