Kolkata, Feb. 13 -- To ensure zero deaths by switching to complete mechanisation of sewer cleaning, the state government is compiling a list of 2744 sewer and septic tank workers (SSWs) spanned across... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 12 -- The state government is planning to switch to solar power for cooking mid-day meals in schools across the state. The state has already provided rooftop solar in 4,000 educational i... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- A collaborative study led by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the University of Calcutta and other institutions has developed a novel technique for fruit fly c... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The state Environment department will soon come up with a Nature Interpretation Centre at East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) - a Ramsar site which is regarded as the lungs and kidney of Ko... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 8 -- State Agricultural Marketing minister Becharam Manna informed the farmers associated with betel leaf cultivation to stick to selling a single 'guchi' (collection) of the leaf compri... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 5 -- On the first day of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) where investment proposals to the tune of Rs 91,000 crore were received, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that t... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 5 -- The state government has joined hands with the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to accelerate its energy transition and achieve India's net-zero pathways by 2070. An MoU in thi... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 3 -- The Horticulture department has decided to augment production of ginger in South Bengal in a bid to reduce dependency on stock coming from North Bengal. The department has been suc... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 3 -- The state Excise department has sought the nod of the Finance department for creating a specialised suspense account for keeping the money received through auction of a vehicle that... Read More
Kolkata, Feb. 2 -- A study by the School of Environmental Studies of Jadavpur University (JU) has delineated the dynamics of cadmium (Cd) in soil-crop systems, specifically its uptake, transport and t... Read More