Kolkata

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) released …

Climate risks for Kolkata and other coastal cities, as per IPCC’s latest report

Wealth Report 2022, international residential and commercial property consultancy …

Kolkata among India’s top cities in the population of the ultra-wealthy

On Monday, the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation …

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into alleged illegal appointment of teachers

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Bengal

Bengal has bagged three Central government awards for the successful promotion ….

Bengal bags 3 awards on water usage for irrigation

The ruling Trinamool Congress has recorded a landslide victory in the Bengal …

Landslide victory for Trinamool in Bengal municipal elections

Elections to 108 municipalities in Bengal, spread across 20 districts, were held today …

Elections to 108 municipalities in Bengal held

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India

After being classified as an ‘electoral autocracy’ in V-Dem Institute’s 2021 report …

India remains an ‘electoral autocracy’, now also figuring among the top 10 autocratising countries: V-Dem report

Two cases of the new XE variant of the novel coronavirus have so far been found …

COVID-19: XE variant of novel coronavirus has arrived in India; WHO also tracking 2 new Omicron sub-variants

India was ranked 136 out of 146 nations and territories as per the Happiness …

India a poor 136th as per the latest Happiness Index

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Int'l

Sweden’s attempt at COVID herd immunity shows no success, says study by Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Sweden’s attempt at COVID herd immunity shows no success, says study by Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

US Elections: Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

US Elections: Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

Mahatma Gandhi’s gold-plated glasses to be e-auctioned in UK

Mahatma Gandhi’s gold-plated glasses to be e-auctioned in UK

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Science/Tech

A Dutch study, published in the Environment International journal recently, has …

Research shows microplastics in human blood for the first time

A scientific paper published last January …

Earth’s sixth mass extinction happening now, says study, but denial needs to stop for effective action to happen

The latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

Latest IPCC report provides enough warning signs to force us to act more strongly to combat effects of climate change

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Sports

The team groupings for the 2022 FIFA World …

FIFA World Cup 2022: Groups and Schedule

A set of nine major changes to the rules of cricket, called Code of the Laws of …

Cricket to see nine major changes from October

Two of the world’s greatest cricketers, and …

Australian cricket legends Rod Marsh and Shane Warne pass away

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Ent/Culture

On World Heritage Day today (April 18), let’s look at the 14 ….

Indian elements on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Virat Kohli, Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar were the top three celebrity brands …

Celebrity Brand Valuation Study 2021: Bollywood and cricket again dominate, but more sportspersons in top 20

The World Monuments Watch (WMW) has listed Tiretta Bazar of central Kolkata …

World Monuments Watch includes India’s first Chinatown, Tiretta Bazaar as a heritage site

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Food/Lifestyle

The National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), which carries data for the financial …

Are non-vegetarian foods more nutritious in terms of protein?

In the last 30 years, the number of adults, aged 30 to 79 years, living with hypertension …

Twice as many cases of hypertension as 30 years ago, finds study. Read to find out if you are at risk

Though the threat of the COVID-19 viral infection is still there, vaccines are proving …

Non-essential travellers from India can now enter these countries

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Features

Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, is a reminder to protect the environment …

Celebrate Earth Day 2022 with these documentaries

Kaushik Basu, former chief economic adviser to the government and former …

Kaushik Basu: India is facing ‘gated stagflation’

The support of the Muslim community, which accounts for more than 19% of …

How Muslim vote lost its relevance in UP

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Business/Finance

PedalStart, a sector agnostic platform-driven startup accelerator and founders’ community platform…

PedalStart Launches an Internal Company Fund of 2.5 Cr. for Early Stage Startups

Peeyoosh Pandey has been appointed as the Global CEO of Hoonartek,…

Hoonartek Appoints Mr. Peeyoosh Pandey as Global CEO

CanAm Enterprises (CanAm) is pleased to announce that Peter Calabrese will…

CanAm Executive Speaking at EB-5 Expo in India on Prospective Investor Considerations and Project Due Diligence

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