Team Omez Antacid of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, in association with The Brand Brewery Private Limited, creates a record in the India Book of Records and the Asia Book of Records for the installation of the largest solar-powered torch, ‘Shakti ka Pratik—The Symbol of Strength’, as part of the campaign ‘Freedom for Her’, symbolising the health and well-being of women.
Institutions like Mongrace Montessori House, a Montessori school at Short Street, Camac Street, Kolkata, came up with an innovative idea to organise a programme aimed at teaching children the values of environmental responsibility.
Dev Deepawali has been celebrated on the full moon night of Kartik month. This is considered to be a major festival where the ghats of Varanasi are lit up with thousands of diyas or oil lamps. The festival happens fifteen days after Diwali, honouring the victory of Lord Shiva over the demon Tripurasura.
The apex court judgment in the UP bulldozer case lays down the law to be followed by all governments, says Sanjeev Sirohi
In 2015, the United Nations outlined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at eradicating poverty, protecting our planet, and ensuring equality for all. These goals address a wide range of global challenges, including climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and pressing health issues like antibiotic resistance and cancer. Biological scientists play a crucial role in tackling these challenges and can also benefit from the diverse career opportunities available to them.
Basu’s story, after all, is about predators and their prey and how tenuous the lines are between the two and how blurry. As the camera zooms in, the view of the river becomes clearer – it is that of a sooty city canal, the banks of which are crammed with congested slums. “We have grown up drinking the dirty waters of this filthy river,” says the voiceover in Bengali.
One of these impacts is the physical erosion of the topsoil due to high wind and water flow, as well as the reduction of vegetative cover. This was visible during dust storms in some areas.
With news that there was going to be another modern Sherlock Holmes on television (CBS) later this year, directed by Craig Sweeny, the buzz was who was going to play the lead role.
Stage 2 Screen, a Kolkata-based creative agency and production house, hosted a remarkable evening of innovative storytelling on 20 January, at Gyan Manch.
The British Raj had once introduced occidental music, namely western classical music, to this city when they reigned supreme in an era long gone into the past.
