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Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in India. It is located in Kolkata near Jatin Das Park metro station at Hazra crossing. It was formally inaugurated by Irène Joliot-Curie on 2 January 1950, as ''Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital'', named after Chittaranjan Das, who donated land and property for the cause. This campus (first campus) also serves as a cancer research centre. History The origins of CNCI trace back to the establishment of the Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital (CCH), which was formally inaugurated on January 2, 1950, by Nobel laureate Irène Joliot-Curie. The hospital was founded with the support of Dr. B.C. Roy, an eminent physician and then Chief Minister of West Bengal, and named in honor of Chittaranjan Das, who donated land and property for the cause. Initially focused on cancer treatment, the hospital expanded its scope to include basic and clinical research with fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is an Government of India, Indian government Ministry (government department), ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds Cabinet (government), cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of India, Council of Ministers. The current minister is Jagat Prakash Nadda, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to J. P. Nadda) are Anupriya Patel and Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav. Since 1955 the Ministry regularly publishes the Indian Pharmacopoeia through the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous body for setting standards for drugs, pharmaceuticals and healthcare devices and technologies in India. Organisation The ministry is composed of various departments and organisation. Directorate General of Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India TV
India TV is a Hindi television news channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The channel was launched on 20 May 2004 by Rajat Sharma and his wife Ritu Dhawan. The channel is a subsidiary of Independent News Service, which was co-founded by Sharma and Dhawan in 1997. A rebranding of the channel took place in February 2022. History In 1997, Rajat Sharma and Ritu Dhawan set up the Independent News Service (INS), the parent company which owns India TV. He co-founded India TV with his wife in April 2004 from a studio in Film City, Noida, India TV. Its Broadcast Centre is in Sector 85, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Prior to launching India TV, Sharma was previously the anchor of '' Aap Ki Adalat'' on Zee News and ''Janata Ki Adalat'' on Star News (now ABP News). The channel has been accused of publishing pro-government content in favour of the Modi administration in a Bloomberg Bloomberg may refer to: People * Daniel J. Bloomberg (1905–1984), audio engineer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University on 24 December in 1955. As of 2024 NIRF rankings, Jadavpur University has been ranked 9th among universities, 12th among engineering institutes, and 17th overall in India. Also Nature Index ranked Jadavpur University in 1st among universities in India and 22th overall in India in terms of research output (2023-2024). The university has been recognized by UGC as an institute with "Potential for Excellence" and accredited an "A+" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). History On 25 July 1906, Bengal Technical Institute was founded by Society for the Promotion of Technical Education by at 92, Upper Circular Road. On 7 July 1910, the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education in Bengal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)
The Department of Health & Family Welfare of West Bengal is a Government of West Bengal ministry.Official Departmental Website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (2011-05-25) It is a ministry mainly responsible for maintaining and developing the health care system in the State. Ministerial Team The ministerial team is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of India
The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union territories of India, 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the president of India (currently ) who largely exercises the executive powers, and selects the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice. Government has been formed by the The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers, its executive decision-making committee being the Cabinet (government), cabinet. The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in bicameral Parliament of India, Union Council of Ministers (headed by prime minister), and the Supreme Court of India respectively, with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament House, New Delhi, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court. New Delhi is a Municipal governance in India, municipality within the NCT, administered by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger List of districts in India, administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part within the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region is an even larger entity, compris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mint (newspaper)
''Mint'' is an Indian business and financial, financial daily newspaper published by HT Media, a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the K. K. Birla, K. K. Birla family. The K. K. Birla family also publishes ''Hindustan Times''. Mint has been running since 2007 and specializes in business and politics. It publishes a single national edition distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Mint is not published on Sunday. Every Saturday, it prints its sister magazine, Mint Lounge. It was India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner (format), Berliner format. The former editor of the ''The Wall Street Journal Asia, Wall Street Journal India'', Raju Narisetti ran ''Mint'' from its founding in 2007 to 2008. Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as an editor until 2017. In 2014, ''Mint'' and the Wall Street ''Journal'' ended their seven-year editorial partnership. The companies now h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of West Bengal
The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution of India, National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The Governor of West Bengal, Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Chief Minister who is the chief executive authority and head of government. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, houses the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The temporary secretariat is located in the Nabanna (building), Nabanna building in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandabazar Patrika
''Anandabazar Patrika'' is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. Its main competitors are ''Bartaman'', '' Ei Samay'', '' Sangbad Pratidin'', " Aajkal", " Jago Bangla", " ganashakti" and " dainik Statesman". History A Bengali newspaper was published in 1876 in a small village of Magura at Jessore District in British India (now Bangladesh) by Sisir Kumar Ghosh, the father of Tushar Kanti Ghosh. He named it ''Ananda Bazar'' after Tusharkanti's grandmother's sister Anandomayee. However, soon the newspaper died. In 1886, Ghosh published another newspaper, named after his grandmother Amritamoyee: '' Amrita Bazar Patrika''. Later in 1922, the ''Anandabazar Patrika'' was relaunched by proprietor Suresh Chandra Majumdar and editor Prafulla Kumar Sarkar. It was first printed on 13 March 1922 under their ownership and was against British rule. In 1922 it first published as a four-page evening daily. After the death of Prafulla Kumar sarkar, his son Asho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency), Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing politics, right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat), where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. Modi became a full-time worker for the RSS in Gujarat in 1971. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he rose through the party hierarchy, becoming general secretary in 1998. In 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of Guja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian News International
Asian News International (ANI) is an Indian news agency that offers syndicated multimedia news feeds to news bureaus in India. The company was established by Prem Prakash in 1971 and, under the name TVNF, it soon became the first agency in India to syndicate video news. Drawing upon connections within the Indian government, ANI expanded greatly during the early 2000s. After a period of downturn, the company regained its monopolistic position; it is India's largest television news agency, and the largest newswire service. Long-form investigations by ''The Caravan'' and '' The Ken'' have described ANI as being closely associated with the government of India for decades, including under Congress Party rule, but especially after the 2014 election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2019, ''The Caravan'' reported that ANI "has a disturbing history of producing blatant propaganda for the state". An EU DisinfoLab investigation in an extensive report found ANI to be amplifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
