Kolkata, June 6 -- The Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Resources (NRES) department is promoting Agricultural Photovoltaics (AgriPV) in North Bengal's tea gardens, which rely on costly, polluting... Read More
Kolkata, June 5 -- The state government has achieved over 21 per cent increase in its Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) collection in the 2024-25 fiscal year (FY) compared to the 2023-24 FY. Th... Read More
Kolkata, June 2 -- The Bengal Directorate of Commercial Taxes is launching its first 'GST Facilitation Week' to assist taxpayers with GST-related issues. A Finance department official announced that t... Read More
Kolkata, June 1 -- The state Food Processing Industries and Horticulture (FPI&H) department is coming up with a scheme to augment the production of ginger and garlic in the state particularly in South... Read More
Kolkata, June 1 -- At a time when the number of blood sugar patients are increasing by leaps and bounds, the state government is trying to push for the cultivation of low glycemic index (GI) rice. The... Read More
Kolkata, May 31 -- In the backdrop of reports of indiscriminate sale of betel leaves violating the state's directive of sticking to 70 leaves in a single guchi (collection), the state government on Sa... Read More
Kolkata, May 29 -- The keel-laying ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of 13 eco-friendly hybrid ferry vessels was held at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) on Thursday. The s... Read More
Kolkata, May 28 -- Two laboratory staff of the Microbiology department and a research scholar from Zoology department of Calcutta University (CU) on Wednesday rescued an Asian palm civet found in a bl... Read More
Kolkata, May 28 -- Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre (MARC), Digha have for the first time documented a predatory free-living marine nematode sp... Read More
Kolkata, May 27 -- The owners of three rooftop bars and restaurants who had petitioned Calcutta High Court against the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMCs) decision halting their operations, attende... Read More