ayandas
Journalist, The Bengal Story
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Art college degree course in Kolkata allegedly invalid, angry students protest
The future of the students hangs in the balance.
“We have seen growing corruption (in college admission) around us in the past five years. Who can say what the change in admission process in JU can lead to?” Professor Emeritus Sukanta Chaudhuri
Impasse over admission tests in Jadavpur University continues.
FROM LAB TO LAND: how a biotechnology-based research is improving soil quality and reducing chemical fertiliser threat on crops
Farmers have been trained to produce the final product
Tree mapping, imagination and creativity to draw up urban construction plans by govt can save precious greenery in cities
The government has to find an alternative way
Researchers find two bacteria that can help reduce arsenic concentration in the Sunderbans soil
Two microbes that can reduce arsenic.
A struggle for survival for folk performance, Kushan
Baanshinath Dakua, a man now in his 60s, started performing Kushan when he was a…
Oldest Indian woman to climb Mt Everest has more adventurous plans in life
Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl started training in mid-40s and climbed Mt Everest at 53
Six rural crafts from Bengal, including chau masks, madurkathi and patachitra, get GI tag
Six rural crafts from West Bengal got the GI tag
Losing her mother to cancer made this young Nagaland women start an initiative of donating hair for cancer patients
The hair would be used for wigs and donated to underprivileged cancer patients
A bold initiative in reviving a crumbling old north Kolkata house into a heritage lodging may help save many more
This will spur many more such attempts
Eco-friendly reusable cloth diapers are here
A Mumbai-based entrepreneur makes eco-friendly diapers.