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The semantics of climate change
The semantics of climate change

As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse.

Save or spend, the eternal conundrum
Save or spend, the eternal conundrum

Almost all Indian immigrants who come to the USA become successful in establishing themselves with decent education, professional jobs, comfortable housing, late model cars, etc.

Strategic Shift

The decision by the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates marks a pivotal moment for the global economy, signaling a shift in monetary policy after years of tightening.

Strategic Shift
Elephant Culling

The decision to cull 200 elephants in Zimbabwe in response to a severe drought highlights the intersection of environmentalism, human survival, and wildlife management.

Elephant Culling
Statesman Talk
India
Latest from Bengal
TMC councillor arrested

A ruling party's municipal councilor was arrested by the police for shooting at a rival party member.

TMC councillor arrested
Statesman Special
‘MP great investment destination’
‘MP great investment destination’

There has been a lot of discussion recently on the rapid industrial development and new dimensions of investment in Madhya Pradesh, the heart of India.

Salma: A Voice of Courage and Protest
Salma: A Voice of Courage and Protest

I, Salma is not just a book but a celebration of a woman who has become a feminist icon through her lived experiences and her writings against patriarchy. As the title suggests, it is the reiteration of the self, as pitted against the authoritative forces that stand against the freedom, dignity and identity of an individual, particularly if the identity is that of a marginalised person.

Evolution of Salt Lake

The book deals with the many facets of Salt Lake, its birth (1956), rise into a township (1962) and its present avatar.

Evolution of Salt Lake
World
Fiji, Japan sign standby disaster loan financing agreement
Fiji, Japan sign standby disaster loan financing agreement

Fiji and Japan signed an exchange of notes on Wednesday for a second stand-by disaster loan financing of around 72.0 million Fijian dollars (around 32.4 million US dollars), which will assist in any future needs for disaster recovery and rehabilitation.

Business
Entertainment
Sports
Age fraud holding our young footballers back: Jhingan
Age fraud holding our young footballers back: Jhingan

Jhingan recounted personal experiences to highlight the negative impact that playing against overage footballers has on youth players. He termed it to be damaging to their confidence since it stems self-doubt at a critical stage of their overall footballing development.

Education
Salma: A Voice of Courage and Protest
Salma: A Voice of Courage and Protest

I, Salma is not just a book but a celebration of a woman who has become a feminist icon through her lived experiences and her writings against patriarchy. As the title suggests, it is the reiteration of the self, as pitted against the authoritative forces that stand against the freedom, dignity and identity of an individual, particularly if the identity is that of a marginalised person.

Evolution of Salt Lake
Evolution of Salt Lake

The book deals with the many facets of Salt Lake, its birth (1956), rise into a township (1962) and its present avatar.

Arambagh sub-division school goes digital

A state-run school at Khanakul in Arambagh sub-division, Ram Nagar Atul Vidyalaya, in order to provide quality education, at par with the English medium schools, has upgraded itself to provide the best of education to the students of Bengali medium through advanced teaching aid technology.

Arambagh sub-division school goes digital
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The semantics of climate change

As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse.

Save or spend, the eternal conundrum
Save or spend, the eternal conundrum

Almost all Indian immigrants who come to the USA become successful in establishing themselves with decent education, professional jobs, comfortable housing, late model cars, etc.

Strategic Shift
Strategic Shift

The decision by the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates marks a pivotal moment for the global economy, signaling a shift in monetary policy after years of tightening.

Elephant Culling
Elephant Culling

The decision to cull 200 elephants in Zimbabwe in response to a severe drought highlights the intersection of environmentalism, human survival, and wildlife management.

Japan’s Time Bomb~I
Japan’s Time Bomb~I

In a bizarre move to address the country’s declining population, the Japanese government launched a new initiative to support single women moving out of Tokyo to rural areas to get married and thus fill the gap of a shrinking female population in the countryside.