Calcutta

 India’s health ministry on Tuesday announced plans for a three-tier network of Covid-19 patient management centres that will for the first time separate patients with mild and moderate symptom...

Economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, heading the global advisory board to counsel chief minister Mamata Banerjee regarding Bengal’s Covid-19 response, over a videoconference on Tuesday conveyed a few...

The city’s air and noise pollution levels, which had been below the limits since the lockdown started, took a sudden leap after 9pm on Sunday when people burst firecrackers to show solidarity in the...

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St Xavier’s College has identified several villages around its Raghabpur campus in South 24-Parganas for distributing food, essential commodities and medical help.Relief work is being carried out i...

A healthcare company and service provider will launch a helpline for the elderly on Monday to provide them with medical support and counselling.Many elderly live alone in Calcutta and the lockdown has...

Tonnes of garments, worth crores of rupees and meant for export to Bangladesh on the eve of Id, are lying in warehouses in and around the city as both countries are on lockdown forced by the coronavir...

The higher education department has sought a report from vice-chancellors on the number of students attending online classes and those who are being left out because of lack of access to computers, an...

They walked out of classrooms years ago but the bond forged on campus is as strong as ever. Former students of South Point School have taken it upon themselves to ensure that their retired teachers do...

Police across the city have been flooded with calls from residents seeking to know how to pay their help or get electricians or plumbers during the lockdown.Families granted their help leave with pay ...