Baranagar club holds free medical camp for the underprivileged
Nov 28, 2018, at 06:28 pm
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): Melamesha, a club of 57 years standing, recently organised a free medical health checkup in Baranagar, a town to the north of Kolkata.
With worst AQI, Kolkata becomes India's most polluted metro
Nov 19, 2018, at 08:51 pm
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IBNS): Surpassing Delhi, Kolkata has become the most polluted metropolitan in India, in last 72 hours, with a 'very poor' and 'hazardous' Air Quality Index (AQI), reports said.
Nov 18, 2018, at 11:36 am
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IBNS): Amid rising concern in the healthcare sector, renowned physician Prof. F.E. Udwadia on Saturday said that medicine now a days has unfortunately been compartmentalised where doctors look at parts of a patient not whole.
Kolkata: Organ transplants from a donor at Apollo Gleneagles lights up six lives
Oct 26, 2018, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IBNS): The State Government’s drive for deceased donor organ transplants in Bengal has seen positive results with a rise in the collective awareness and a spurt in organ donation and transplant surgeries in Kolkata.
Sep 14, 2018, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): A Kolkata doctor has urged mothers to breast feed their newborns exclusively for six months, while sounding alert against unscrupulous and misleading advertisement.
Political party hoardings scarring Kolkata should be removed: Roopa Ganguly
Sep 06, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IBNS): Hoardings of political parties are part of the collective garbage that ails Kolkata, said actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly while speaking at the second Behtar India Go Green City summit, presented by DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, at Birla High School.
Kolkata: CMRI adds advanced Liver Clinic to its services
Jul 28, 2018, at 06:09 pm
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, CK Birla Hospitals – CMRI inaugurated their latest Liver Clinic and addressed the rising problem of fatty liver disease affecting the urban population through an interactive session coordinated by Dr. Avik Bhattacharya, Dr. Somnath Mukherjee, Dr. Asis Chakraborty and Dr. Saswata Chatterjee.
Hyperloop gains traction worldwide
Jul 27, 2018, at 05:53 pm
Transportation pioneers in the United States and India have converged on a sustainable, futuristic solution -- the hyperloop, a high-speed pod in a vacuum tube travelling at airplane speed. Yanqi Xu and Brooke Vaughan from USA and Souryaprokas Bhaduri and Maiyankini Bose from India report
Kolkata: One soldier dies of suspected Nipah virus infection
Jun 01, 2018, at 12:39 pm
Kolkata, May 30 (IBNS): One soldier has died of suspected Nipah virus infection, which claimed 13 lives in Kerala so far, in Kolkata, media reports said.
Kolkata: Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City hosts seminar on World Thalassaemia Day
May 11, 2018, at 08:31 pm
Kolkata, May 11 (IBNS): Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City organized a seminar at the Lincoln Room, American Centre in association with The Thalassaemia Society of India and American Centre entitled Red Alert Thalassaemia on the occasion of the World Thalassaemia Day recently.
May 03, 2018, at 09:52 pm
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS): Over 550 people recently came together at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata’s iconic monument, to raise awareness about, and prevent, avoidable blindness.
Apr 10, 2018, at 11:49 pm
Kolkata, Apr 10 (IBNS): Union Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Harsh Vardhan have assured all types of cooperation to save wildlife and Mangrove forest of Sunderban.
Feb 23, 2018, at 10:08 pm
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS): To provide cheaper and quality medicines at an affordable price to the people, a Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): Affordability of health insurance is the need of the hour; this was stated by K. Sanath Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Insurance Company Ltd at an ASSOCHAM organized day-long conference on “National Insurance ASSOCAHM Summit-Connecting Wellness to Insurance” here on Tuesday.
NASA scientist talks on 'Life beyond Earth'
Dec 19, 2017, at 10:45 pm
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IBNS): Senior Research Scientist from NASA, Goutam Chattopadhyay, recently delivered a popular lecture on 'Life beyond Earth' in Kolkata.
Medica aims to enrol 1-lakh students via School Connect Programme in Kolkata by FY2018-19
Oct 31, 2017, at 05:09 am
Kolkata, Oct 30 (IBNS): Medica School Connect Programme, an initiative of city-headquartered Medica Superspecialty Hospital, plans to enrol around 1-lakh students via School Connect programme in Kolkata by the end of the next fiscal year 2018-19.
AYUSH Minister inaugurates world’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab in Kolkata
Sep 12, 2017, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Sept 12 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the virology laboratory at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata on Tuesday.
March for preserving greenery and ecology in an around Rabindra Sarovar
Sep 10, 2017, at 12:33 am
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): In an unique effort, several hundreds of nature lovers, eco-enthusiasts and students from various rowing , swimming and other clubs in an around Rabindra Sarovar lake took part in an awareness march to highlight the necessity of preserving the greenery and maintaining the ecology of the precious water body in south Kolkata on Saturday.
West Bengal: Woman, child from Nadia dist die due to swine flu in Kolkata in last 2 days
May 01, 2017, at 05:44 am
Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): Two days after a four-year-old child died due to swine flu in a Kolkata hospital, officials on Sunday confirmed one more death of a young housewife due to swine flu at a privately-run hospital in the city.
There is an acute shortage of general physicians, say doctors at medical conference
Dec 30, 2016, at 10:24 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): The Medicon International 2016, the third international conference on Advanced Clinical Medicine, was recently held in Kolkata.
Kolkata Police creates green corridor on X-mas night for organ transplant
Dec 26, 2016, at 05:19 am
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IBNS): The Kolkata Traffic Police successfully arranged a green corridor on Sunday night, when the city was busy in celebrating Christmas, to facilitate organ transplant, reports said.
Breathlessness is not a prominent symptom of hypoxaemia: UK expert
Dec 19, 2016, at 11:03 pm
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IBNS): During an international conference on advanced clinical medicine in Kolkata, Respiratory Physician Dr. Simon Hart on Saturday said that breathlessness was not a prominent symptom of hypoxaemia, which is the abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.
Breathlessness is not a prominent symptom of hypoxaemia: UK expert
Dec 17, 2016, at 09:18 pm
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IBNS): During an international conference on advanced clinical medicine in Kolkata, Respiratory Physician Dr. Simon Hart on Saturday said that breathlessness was not a prominent symptom of hypoxaemia, which is the abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.
Narayana Superspeciality Hospital launches Brain Tumor Clinic
Dec 08, 2016, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IBNS): Narayana Superspeciality Hospital launches a comprehensive Brain Tumor Clinic, where clinical tests and examinations to treatment and post operative care would be all available at one place. The clinic will be headed by team of experienced neurosurgeons, neurologists and radiation oncologists such as Dr Nilay Biswas, Dr Dilip Dutta, Dr Suman Mallik, Dr Jyotirup and others.
Kolkata: The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries organizes Deceased Donor programme
Dec 02, 2016, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Bengal Chamber of Commerce recently took up deceased Donor programme here.
7th World Ayurveda Congress to be held in Kolkata next month
Nov 30, 2016, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) will be held from Dec 2 – 4 at Science City, Kolkata.
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries hosts Cadavar Daan
Nov 27, 2016, at 01:53 am
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IBNS): The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Saturday organized a Deceased Donor programme- Cadavar Daan at the Chamber Premises.
Kolkata witness biggest 'supermoon' in last 68 years
Nov 15, 2016, at 03:11 am
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IBNS): The people, living in Kolkata, witnessed a glimpse of the 'supermoon' on Monday evening.
Kolkata: Maiden green corridor facilitates organ transplant
Nov 04, 2016, at 02:35 pm
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IBNS): For the first time, Kolkata Police created a green corridor to make a successful organ transplant on Thursday evening, reports said.
Heavy downpour lashes Kolkata, impede Navami celebrations
Oct 11, 2016, at 02:47 am
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS): A heavy rainfall lashed Kolkata and its outskirts on Monday, impeding pandal hopping on the penultimate day of this year's Durga Puja.