Kolkata: In the sixth seizure of exotic species at Kolkata airport this year, the Customs officials have seized two rare primates, golden lion tamarins, late on Monday night. Also known as golden lion marmoset, they are endemic to coastal forests of Brazil and considered endangered on IUCN Red list. A pied sun conure, four lorikeets and two hanging parrots have also been seized. The consignment was...
Kolkata: The Kolkata Gynaecological Oncology Trials and Translational Research Group received ICMR funding for the clinical trial of a PARP inhibitor, a costly anti-cancer drug for targeted therapy involving mutations in the BRCA gene. The clinical trial will involve 350 patients suffering from ovarian cancer, the second leading cancer among women.Launched on Friday at the 8th annual meet organised by...
Kolkata: A journalist who was missing for nearly a decade, Subhajit Chandra, finally returned to his family in Kolkata on Dec 13, after spending years at a concentration camp in Thailand since 2019. The reunion was possible due to the joint efforts of Thakurpukur police and the ministry of external affairs. In 2015, Chandra, who was then employed in New Delhi, went to Malaysia for treatment. His travels...
KOLKATA: From hills to plains to beaches, demand has shot up for Bengal's favourite weekend holiday destinations during the long weekend between Eid-e-Milad on Thursday and Gandhi Jayanti on Monday. With a leave taken on Friday, it is possible to have a five-day break from September 28 to October 2."I had planned this long weekend trip some days in advance and had taken leave from office accordingly. My...
KOLKATA: The IPCC report anticipates Kolkata may experience temperatures of 35°C or higher for 150 days every year by the end of the current century. Extreme heatwaves, too, are expected to become more frequent and severe.Kolkata and its neighbouring areas may get marginally higher rainfall but there may be a substantial increase in short-duration extreme-rainfall events, the report predicts. What this...
KOLKATA: The city has recorded 1,100 dengue cases in the past one week, taking the total numbers to 3,800 till the third week of September. Dengue surge in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area, too, continues with another 373 fresh cases being reported last week, taking the total figures of dengue affected this year to 1,764 till the third week of September. The BMC areas recorded 300+ cases for...
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