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After Mamata Meeting, West Bengal Doctors Agree to Call off Strike

Banerjee asked the police officers present in meeting to...

Cyclone-Fani

From False Point to Fani: India’s Cyclones Tracking System Has Come A Long Way

Neera Burra 06/05/2019

In 1885, Ruchi Ram Sahni was instrumental in identifying...

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How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Kiran Kumbhar 28/03/2019

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British...

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This ‘Untouchable’ Caste is Indispensable to Kolkata Hospitals

Sohini C. 18/12/2018

The members of one clan of Doms, the caste...

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Is Not Home Chore: A Wake-Up Call That Mindsets Need to Change

Priti Mahara 15/12/2018

To say that the social attitude towards breastfeeding needs...

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Fire at Kolkata’s State-Run Medical College Hospital, Patients Evacuated

No one has been injured in the blaze that...

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Medical Waste, Not Bodies of Newborn Babies, Clarifies Kolkata Police

Police officials and local media reports had earlier said...