The Gaelic-speaking son of the Western Isles later became Aberdeen University rector in what was a different world from today.

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti, also known as 'Parakram Diwas' or Courage Day, is celebrated annually on 23 January to ...

The Chhot has almost disappeared, says Swarup Bhattacharyya, 53, an anthropologist who researches boats in Bengal. The boat ...

With Yuanyu Quopen in new window of the University of International Business and Economics and Tao Shenopen in new window of Tsinghua University, Lee found that China’s steep barriers to market ...

In a new working paper posted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Melanie Wallskog, an assistant professor of finance at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, found that since the ...

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state of West Bengal to provide compensation to the family of a pregnant lady who had died due to being given allegedly contaminated saline at a government ...

The Calcutta Tram Users Association (CTUA), comprising tram enthusiasts and supporters of conserving tramways in the city, has welcomed the Calcutta High Court order of January 14 to restore ...

Walmart steel cage match (although we would totally watch). Instead, Walmart gave its logo a makeover fit for modern times—at least that was the idea. But people, well, they have feelings.

Hitting out at the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court expressed concern over reports of tram tracks being dismantled or buried by bitumen on new roads and ordered the state authorities to ...

Kolkata: Observing that trams are a part of the cultural ethos of Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in the city be restored.