Do you play Pokémon GO? If you do, stop whatever you're doing and mark your calendars for the upcoming Sunday, November 10. The most-awaited November 2024 Commu ...

Pringle was an ornithologist and historian, but was best known as a plant taxonomist. Taxonomy is the science concerned with classification, including the development of a class and the allocation of ...

How do you decide what the biggest tree in the world is? Tallest? Heaviest? The Great Banyan in the Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Botanical Gardens in Kolkata, India, has the world's largest canopy by ...

From artist retrospectives and sculptural exhibits to new-age miniatures and the country’s first Salvador Dalí showcase, we give you the lowdown on all things artistic to look forward to this month ...

This Diwali, Guwahati Municipal Corporation has taken a unique approach to waste management by collecting over 100 tonnes of ...

Two pre-teen girls and a teenager were burnt alive in a fire sparked during bursting of crackers to celebrate Diwali in ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Department of Botany at Andhra University (AU) has initiated a conservation project to preserve 30 rare ...

The Calcutta High Court stayed the notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act against Vindya Agencies for the assessment year 2017-18.

Master shipbuilder James Kyd passed away on this day in the city. He was 50. He was born to Major Alexander Kyd, army officer ...

Leaving Southampton on board the HMS Sidon, Hooker’s next goal was India and its botanical treasures. On the way, Hooker visited and botanised in Madeira, Gibraltar, Alexandria, Cairo, Aden, Sri Lanka ...

Airports shut down The Kolkata international airport will suspend ... Odisha has closed the the Nandankanan Zoo and State Botanical Garden for visitors on October 24 and 25 in view of the ...

After losing trees to Amphan, the Indian Botanic Garden has gone on a plantation drive that saw ... Dipto Roy Chowdhury of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of ...