Suchanda Banerjee, Author at Media India Group

UNESCO award for Indian NGO

September 8, 2016

UNESCO will be bestowing the prestigious Confucius Prize for Literacy on an NGO from the southern Indian state of Kerala for its skill development activities through literacy and its promotion. Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS), a Kerala-based NGO will be honoured by UNESCO tomorrow at ...

Indian diet could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s

September 6, 2016

Some Western food habits, rich in meat and high-fat dairy products, can put a person at a higher risk of Alzheimer. On the other hand, Indian food is becoming beneficial to cut the risk off, researchers claim. A new research report has cautioned that western food habits, rich in ...

Remembring Toru Dutt

September 2, 2016

Toru Dutt can undoubtedly be regarded as the first Indian poet, who composed in English and French. W R Goodman writes in his Quintessence of literary Essays “Although a convert into Christianity, Toru Dutt had imbibed the ancient spirit and love of India” Born in 1856, in a ...

Kerala targeting major global fairs to promote tourism

September 1, 2016

Kerala tourism is set to introduce an aggressive marketing policy to promote and increase the publicity of the destination and its tourism products abroad at the three-day PATA Travel Mart at Indonesian capital Jakarta, from 7th September. Kerala, popularly known as “God’s Ow...

Lip-smacking food items at Kolkata

August 29, 2016

If a person possesses love or passion for food, Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, will surely grant his wish to give a perfect burp after every appetite. Apart from Fish curry and Rice there are lot many foods in Kolkata that one must try. When it comes to food, Kolkata has ne...

India inks strategic cooperation agreement with South Africa

August 29, 2016

Union Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish cooperation between India and South Africa in various grass root level innovation. The MoU was signed at Pretoria, capital of South Africa, in pursuance to the Inter-Government agreement between ...

First ever SAARC Tourism Summit in India

August 22, 2016

External affairs ministry of India is going to host the country’s first SAARC Tourism Summit in Aurangabad, in the second week of October to promote India’s tourism potential to the world.

Why the online art market is booming in India?

August 20, 2016

21st century witnessed a drastic change in case of selling or buying of products online and India is no exception. In the past five years, selling art online such as canvas, paintings or crafts has become a new trend to look up to in India. Many young artists now believe that it ...

Rampatri – Indian spice to help fight cancer?

August 11, 2016

An organic revolution could be underway at the laboratories located inside BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Center)'s Anushakti Nagar complex near Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Kolkata hosts Pan Asian connectivity conference

July 31, 2016

‘Building Pan-Asian Connectivity’ conference held by U.S Consulate General-Kolkata, CAGS and the ORF in the Lincoln Room, American Center, Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, focused on the challenges to and opportunities of building bridges between India and South East Asia...

Indo-French Film Festival concludes on a high note

July 23, 2016

The Indo-French film festival held in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal marked the marked the gradually increasing popularity of short films in India. The selection of films included two Indian entries to the Cannes Court Métrage or short film corner of Festival de Cannes. Org...