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Democracy’s own goal

In 2015, an ECI outreach worker came to Fatima Khatun's village in Murshidabad and told her she could vote.

Is Alcohol the Latest Catalyst of Cancer?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has concluded after extensive research that alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen, which is the highest classification for cancer-causing elements.

Reimagining Education in a Time of Crisis: Embracing Well-being, Resilience, and Sustainable Futures

A One Day International Seminar at Sarsuna College Highlights the Urgent Need for Holistic Educational Reform At a time when education systems across the globe are confronted with unprecedented challenges arising from rapid technological transformation, intensifying competition, and an escalating mental health crisis, Sarsuna College, Kolkata, organised a One Day International Seminar on “Transforming Education for the 21st Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Stress, Well-being, and Sustainable Human Development.”

The rickety relic of hand-pulled rickshaws

Talking to The Statesman, Mukhtar Ali, general secretary of All Bengal Rickshaw Union, says, “There are about 3,500 hand-pulled rickshaws today,” which is a significant decline from the 6,000 that plied the streets in 1919.