Call to solve Siliguri pollution problems
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Safety X-ray badges a must
The West Bengal government will make it compulsory for staff members at private X-ray clinics to wear a safety badges for monitoring radiation. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has found that
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Panel order on fish drying in Jambudwip
The empowered committee on forest and environment appointed by the Supreme Court has asked the West Bengal government to stop the drying of fish in Jambudwip. Mr MK Jiwrajka, inspector general of
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SSKM to have malaria clinic
The first even 24- hour malaria clinic in the subcontinent will be inaugurated at Ronald Ross laboratory, in Kolkata, where Sire Ronald had worked and discovered the malaria parasite for which he had
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Tannery workers clog city
Thousands of workers from 323 tanneries took to the streets, blocking four intersections at the Eastern metropolitan Bypass and Park Circus (Kolkata) connector protesting against the disconnection of
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Centre plans resource unit to curb arsenic
To combat arsenic menace in West Bengal's ground water, the Centre wants to set up a national resource centre in Kolkata. 'I assure the chief minister that we will support their efforts to tackle
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Stamping out cancer
Dr Utpal Sanyal, head of the department of anti-Cancer Drug Development at the Chttaranjan National Cancer Institute gets more out of his profession than most. He has blended it with his hobby. An
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CM inaugurates fish development project
The West Bengal chief minister stressed on the importance of exporting fishes from the state. Though West Bengal was in the top position in fish production, it was lagging behind other states in
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100 down with mystery fever in Champdani
As many as 100 persons have come down with the 'mystery fever' that has raided wards 16 and 17 in the Trinamul controlled Champdani municipality in Hoogly over the past two weeks.
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Tiger head in a villager's cupboard
In an incident highlighting the forest department's failure in saving the big cat from poachers, the sawn-off head of a tiger was found in a remote village in the Kalimpong Range of the West Bengal
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Russian experts speak on ecology monitoring
An exhibition-seminar on Russia's Achievements in Instrumentation and methods for Environmental Monitoring was inaugurated at the Gorky Sadan (Kolkata). The programme gave Indian ecology specialists