Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, was the first port of call of the British East India Company. The most important city of British India before the company shifted base to Delhi, its contribution to the Independence movement still makes the elderly nod in nostalgia. ...
The article offers information on the proposed project of constructing a deep-sea port in West Bengal, India by the Indian government. The port will be built off the West Bengal coast adjoining Bangladesh and its construction will cost $1.5 billion.EBSCO_bspPacific Shipper...
As India lies in the south of the Asian sub-continent it is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal from east, the Arabian sea from the west and the vast and almost endless Himalayan mountain range from the other side. This vast country and diverse climatic conditions have helped India to grow ...
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, known as West Timor, constitutes part of the prov...
The pillar has an inscription commemorating an early monarch named Chandra who conquered Bengal in the fifth century, and it must have been brought to this spot for re-erection. But its refusal to rust, and the purity of its constituents, are its special merits. To me the mysteries of ...
Ritwik Mukherjee
There is a long pending need for a deep-drafted port in West Bengal which will serve complete East and North East region of India. The port operation in Hooghly estuary starts in Kolkata in the eighteenth century. This is the only riverine port in India which started its operation with an...
Sea Level Rise and Impact on Moushuni Island of Sundarban Delta (West bengal)—A Geospatial-Based Approachdoi:10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_5Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the major threats to coastal areas across the world. According to IPCC, Sundarban delta is vulnerable due to climate ...
VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS IN WEST BENGAL, SEVERAL KILOMETRES AWAY FROM THE SEADr. Indrani BhattacharyyaDr. Mandira ChakrabortyDr. Sangeeta Das GhoshDr. T. Ramamurthy
Paleobeach ridges in and around the Digha coast, West Bengal, India give significant information about the sea regression in eastern Indian coast during Holocene. Beach ridges paralleling the Bay of Bengal coast in West Bengal and a few remnants beach ridges further landward in Kanthi (West ...