The Kali Puja in Kaliganj, adjacent to Murshidabad district, was established as a fair and festival during the reign of Nawab Alivardi Khan of Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha.
Indian tourists are rapidly emerging as a significant growth engine for global tourism, with a 12 per cent growth in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2019 before the pandemic, according to a report on Wednesday.
The pandemic claimed countless victims across India for several months now. It was expected, once the lethal effects of the Wuhan virus were known. Till such a time as a vaccine was discovered, all were helpless.
NITI Aayog on Wednesday released a new report that provides a blueprint of a rapid response system in the event of a public health emergency or pandemic.
As India aims to achieve $2 trillion exports by 2030, the country's trade with regions and regional groupings improved significantly in the post-pandemic times amid robust measures and policy reforms towards ease of doing business, a new report said on Wednesday.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, like never before, the critical importance of genomic surveillance and data sharing. ... Genomic surveillance is also crucial to monitor and contain the next pandemic.”
Confined into one house with restricted private space and time, fuelled differences between many couples making them re-think the concept of Monogamy.
As viruses start to jump between host species at unprecedented rates, the authors say that the impacts on conservation and human health could be stunning.
Estimates suggest that more than 820 million informal workers and over 70 million children in low-income households have been denied access to adequate income and education since the outbreak. Even more worryingly, this will leave long-term scars on economic productivity and learning, harming the future earning potential of those already marginalised.
The government, however, has recommended that people should continue wearing of masks, practise hand hygiene and sanitation of premises for the time being.
