School struggles as all full-time teachers deployed for poll duty

Kolkata, Oct. 30 -- The headmaster of a state primary school in Murshidabad is facing a tough challenge to continue academic activities with all the full-time teachers in the school being engaged as B... Read More

Microplastics found in air above pristine Sunderbans island, says IISER study

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- A recent study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, discovered airborne microplastics drifting above the protected mangrove forests ... Read More

ZSI decodes the 'invisible life' in India's tap water

Kolkata, Oct. 28 -- Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have jointly unveiled India's first metagenomic profile of muni... Read More

Indian Museum upgrades security with AI-enabled CCTV cameras amid Global Museum Heist Concerns

Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- In a major move to upgrade its security systems, the Indian Museum has begun installing AI-enabled CCTV cameras across its premises. "We have cameras that have the power of motion ... Read More

KMDA to conduct tree census at Subhas Sarobar to map biodiversity

Kolkata, Oct. 23 -- The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will soon conduct a tree census at Subhas Sarobar, which spans around 98 acres, including a 40-acre waterbody and the surround... Read More

Bengal researcher pioneers new method to cut arsenic in soil

Kolkata, Oct. 23 -- A Bengal-based researcher has developed 24 experimental sites across the Gangetic belt, including several in Bengal, where farmers have been successfully sensitised to adopt the Al... Read More

After Diwali scare, Kolkata's air quality improves to 'moderate'

Kolkata, Oct. 22 -- Amid allegations of rampant violations of norms with reports of firecrackers being burst post midnight on October 20, Kolkata's air quality, which had plunged on Kali Puja night wi... Read More

City's air quality deteriorates, noise levels spike on Kali Puja night

Kolkata, Oct. 21 -- The city's air quality deteriorated sharply and noise levels soared on Kali Puja, Diwali night, indicating that firecrackers were burst far beyond the permissible hours of 8 pm to ... Read More

Study probes Bengal Slow Loris decline & dispersal

Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- A new study on the Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) has assessed its habitat and connectivity under different future climate scenarios and proposed a hypothesis on its di... Read More

KMDA develops Miyawaki forest at Subhas Sarobar

Kolkata, Oct. 18 -- In a significant step towards afforestation, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is developing Miyawaki forest at Subhas Sarobar. KMDA has joined hands with a private... Read More

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