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  ice skating royalty Vishwaraj Jadeja says India not far from hosting its first-ever Asian Winter Games ice skating royalty Vishwaraj Jadeja says India not far from hosting its first-ever Asian Winter Games Reported by Sanchita chatterjee: Jadeja has been ice skating for almost two decades now. At Khelo India Winter Games 2026, for the first time he participated in the country in a competitive event    Jadeja says India has improved its winter sports infrastructure dramatically in the last few fears  Leh (Ladakh), January 26: Renowned Indian Ice skater Vishwaraj Rajen Jadeja overheard a conversation his coach Wim Nieuwenhuizen was having with someone in the Netherlands. That gentleman asked Wim, in Dutch, if Jadeja was talented. Wim replied: “No, he is not but is a Rajput. They don’t give up no matter what.” And that’s exactly what Jadeja has done over the last 18 years he has spent in ice skating. Vishwaraj Jadeja has not given up! He has royal roots and comes...

Young man sits on a branch of a Kadam tree forty feet high, holding a stick and a bag; he is brought down by tempting him with food Young man sits on a branch of a Kadam tree forty feet high, holding a stick and a bag; he is brought down by tempting him with foodNadia, Sanchita chatterjee : A strange incident baffled the residents of the area in front of Udaipur Primary School under Shantipur Police Station in Nadia district on Monday morning. A young man was seen sitting on a branch of a Kadam tree, approximately forty feet high, with a bag on his shoulder and a stick in his hand. However, no one knows when the young man climbed the tree. Local residents said that when they woke up on Monday morning, they saw a shirt lying under the tree. Later, they were astonished to see the young man sitting on the tree when they looked up. Although the locals repeatedly requested the young man to come down, he refused. The matter was then reported to the Shantipur Police Station, and police and ...

 11 out of 113 Padma Shri awardees are from West Bengal .    1 out of 19 women Padma Shri recipients is from West Bengal. Sanchita Chatterjee Kolkata, January 25, 2026:  The President has approved a total of 131 Padma Awards for the year 2026. The list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. A total of 19 women have been conferred with these honours. The list also includes six awardees from the Foreigner/NRI/PIO/OCI category and 16 posthumous awardees. Of the 113 Padma Shri recipients, 11 are from West Bengal. One of the 19 women Padma Shri recipients from various states is from West Bengal. Notable Padma Shri recipients from West Bengal include  Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee , a prominent actor and renowned producer of Bengali cinema; Shri Kumar Bose, a renowned  tabla player  and composer of  Indian classical music ; and  Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya , a distinguished  santoor player  who invented the...

 How mother’s advice helped Sohan Tarkar beat depression and return to competitive ice skating Reported by Sanchita chatterjee : making India proud, the Maharashtra short-track ice skater had a bout of depression in 2020 and he ended up gaining 20kg in weight But Tarkar returned to the sport in 2024 and even participated in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. He also participated in Khelo India Winter Games 2026 Leh (Ladakh), January 25: Often getting up after biting the dust is the most difficult thing in life, and Sohan Tarkar should be proud of himself having pulled it off. The Maharashtra short-track ice skater had significant successes to speak of before depression pulled him down almost six years ago. Tarkar started doing ice skating in 2010, and reached the 1500m semis of the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan in 2017. He has also qualified multiple times for the Junior World Championships. Twice he has qualified for the Senior World Cups (Germany and Italy b...

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Agarwals Eye Hospital is globally recognized for its pioneering Reported by Sanchita chatterjee Kolkata | 22 January 2026: Doctors across India are raising concern over the widespread and often unsupervised use of steroids, warning that it is emerging as a major trigger for secondary glaucoma, a sight-threatening condition that can lead to irreversible blindness. Steroids commonly used for allergies, skin conditions, respiratory illnesses, and even as over-the-counter eye drops can significantly raise eye pressure when used for prolonged periods, often without patients realizing the long-term damage being caused to the optic nerve. India is already home to an estimated 12–13 million people living with glaucoma, accounting for nearly one-sixth of the global burden. Globally, glaucoma affects around 75–80 million individuals, a number expected to rise beyond 110 million by 2040. Despite being the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, glaucoma remains vastly underdiagnosed in...

   Reported by Sanchita chatterjee Kolkata 22 Jan 2026 : The dignitaries present at the inaugural ceremony of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair included Smt. Mamata Banerjee, Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal; Mariano Causino, Ambassador of Argentina to India; Gustavo Canzobre, renowned Argentinian author; Swapnamoy Chakraborty, prominent Bengali author; Biman Banerjee, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly; Mr. Firhad Hakim, Mayor of Kolkata; Sujit Bose, Minister of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of West Bengal and MLA of Bidhannagar; Indranil Sen, Minister of Tourism, Government of West Bengal; Tridib Kumar Chatterjee, General Secretary, Publishers & Booksellers Guild; Mukesh, IPS, Police Commissioner, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate; Supratim Sarkar, ADG, South Bengal; Javed Shamim, Manoj Verma, CP, Kolkata; Rajiv Kumar, DGP; Sudhanshu Shekhar Dey, President, Publishers & Booksellers Guild; Dola Sen, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Krishna Ch...