SC to hear on July 8 plea on free sanitary pads for class 6-12 girl students

PTI, 6 July 2024 : The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 8 a plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to provide free sanitary pads to…

The importance of digital detox for students

Meghashree Poddar, EOI, 11 June 2024 : Social media has revolutionized communication, fostering connections across vast distances. Item powers individuals to express themselves, engage ing lobal conversations, and access information…

May heat wave in India 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than previous extremes

PTI, New Delhi, Jun 7, 2024 :  Heatwaves like those experienced in India this May are nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the country’s previously recorded hottest heatwaves, according to…

Prolonged use of AC may raise risk of dry skin, asthma attacks: Doctors

 While air conditioning (AC) provides much-needed respite in the scorching summers when mercury is soaring high, its prolonged use may also raise several health risks including skin and respiratory problems,…

Low memory, attention can indicate vitamin B12 deficiency, hyperthyroidism

PTI, NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2024 : People feeling problems with memory, attention, focus, and concentration may be having vitamin B12 deficiency as well as hyperthyroidism, said health experts on…

Sober 50-year-old kept appearing drunk. Then doctors found her UTIs were to blame

div style=”text-align: justify;”> MiamiHerald, 3 June 2024 : For years, a Canadian mom would have an occasional glass of wine or drink around the holidays, but she maintained a mostly…

Heatwave singes 90 per cent of country; 19,000 heat stroke cases, 46 deaths recorded

Scientists have attributed the long heatwave to a persisting anti-cyclone — a large mass of wind with a flow reverse to that in a cyclone — over central India and…

Safe drinking water supply resumes in Siliguri

Sanchita Aich Bag, MP, 2 June 2024, Siliguri: Finally after five days, citizens of Siliguri were supplied with safe drinking water by the Siliguri Municipal Corporation from Sunday evening with…

People stand in long queues in Siliguri for packaged water

Sanchita Aich Bag, MP, 30 May 2024, Siliguri: Thursday saw panic in Siliguri over drinking water with prohibitory orders not to use the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC)-supplied water for drinking…

‘Mercury set to soar in South Bengal; thunderstorms to continue in North’

MP, 30 May 2024, Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore said that mercury is set to soar in South Bengal districts while the North Bengal districts will continue to…

Drinking water blue in Siliguriover report of contamination

EOI, SILIGURI, MAY 29, 2024 : Mayor of Siliguri Gautam Deb has announced a temporary prohibition on the supply of drinking water supply in the municipal areas from May 29…

GTA launches hiking trail to mark Tenzing’s birth anniversary

EOI, DARJEELING, MAY 29, 2024 : To mark the birth anniversary of legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on Wednesday introduced a day long hiking trail for…

Heatwave strikes Delhi, maximum temperature highest in 79 years

PTI & Agencies, 29 May 2024 : Amid the intense heatwave in northern India, several cities on Wednesday witnessed temperatures well above 45 degrees Celcius.  Delhi’s Mungeshpur on Wednesday logged…

Staff at Sikkim High Court to get menstrual leave

Prajwal Khatiwada, the registrar general of the high court, issued a notification to the effect on Monday with the approval of Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, 29.05.24…

North, central India sizzle under severe heatwave, nearly 50 degrees Celsius in parts of Delhi

The IMD said respite from the heatwave conditions could be in sight after May 30 PTI, New Delhi, 29.05.24  : Large parts of northern and central India were in the grip…

Tourists to Darjeeling, too, will have to abide by garbage dumping rules

EOI, DARJEELING, MAY 27, 2024 : The civic body in Darjeeling on Monday formed a committee to keep vigil on people dumping their garbage in areas outside those which had…

Bihar alcohol ban prevented 21 lakh cases of intimate partner violence: Lancet study

 “Before the ban, males in Bihar increased their frequent alcohol intake from 9.7 per cent to 15 per cent, while in neighbouring states, it increased from 7.2 per cent to…

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