Kolkata: In a major step toward improving nutrition and reducing hidden hunger, Millers for Nutrition, powered by TechnoServe, launched five new fortified rice and wheat flour brands in West Bengal during an event held at Peerless Hotel, Kolkata. The launch brings together millers, government representatives and nutrition experts to expand access to fortified staple foods […]
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Kolkata: The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) has been honored with the prestigious CIMUSET Award for its cutting-edge climate change gallery, “On The Edge?”, housed at Science City, Kolkata. The award, announced on November 15, 2025, during the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai, recognizes the gallery’s exceptional approach to promoting climate literacy and […]
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Kolkata : Skipper Limited (BSE: 538562 | NSE: SKIPPER), in association with Joygopalpur Gram Vikas Kendra (JGVK) has made a courageous move towards empowering Sundarbans with the help of a planned plantation and community-based green project ‘Hariyali’ in the Basanti Block 24 Parganas South. The Sundarbans—spread across winding creeks, dense mangrove forests, and scattered island […]
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Kolkata : The Dronacharya Awards Ceremony, a grand event celebrating the exceptional contributions of educators, was held on 5 November 2025, at 11:00 AM in the Seminar Hall of Techno India University (EM-4, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata). The ceremony honoured 400 distinguished Heads of Institutions, Subject Teachers and Chief Coordinators from across West Bengal […]
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Kolkata : The marine fishing communities of West Bengal, led by the Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum (DMF), have launched a strong protest against the non-implementation of the ‘Samudra Sathi’ livelihood assistance scheme and widespread corruption in fishworker registration (FRC). Every year, during the mandatory fishing ban period imposed by the Government of India for the regeneration […]
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Kolkata: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has announced significant progress in its mission to protect customers in West Bengal from rising online frauds. As part of the nationwide rollout of its AI-powered fraud detection system, Airtel has successfully safeguarded more than 6.4 Million users across the state — within just 41 days of launching its advanced fraud […]
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Kolkata: Bank of Baroda, one of India’s leading public sector banks, inaugurated its first Phygital Branch in Kolkata at the NSB Airport Branch within the premises of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The phygital branch will redefine customer experience by seamlessly integrating self-service and assisted service models to meet the diverse requirements of customers. […]
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Kolkata : With a view to prevent child marriage further in the state, West Bengal government will lay emphasis on building awareness among girls with boys about the harmful effects of this social practice. “It’s not the girls alone, boys also have to be educated about the ill effects of early marriage and they should […]
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Kolkata: A nine-month-old baby girl from Hili in Dakshin Dinajpur has made a miraculous recovery after undergoing a rare, life-saving cardiac procedure without surgery at Medica Superspecialty Hospital (A unit of Manipal Hospitals Network) by Dr. Anil Kumar Singhi, Head – Paediatric Cardiology & Senior Interventional Cardiology, Medica Superspecialty Hospital (A unit of Manipal Hospitals […]
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Kolkata : Education company, PhysicsWallah’s (PW) tech-enabled offline centres, PW Vidyapeeth, celebrated the achievement of their student Smayan Dasnayak, who scored an impressive 99.20% in the Class 10th CBSE Board Examination 2025. A resident of Kolkata, West Bengal, Smayan’s journey is compelling. Speaking on his success, Smayan said, “To be honest, I was quite casual […]
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