TECH MARVEL: India’s first ‘lightweight’ Metro rake was flagged off at a plant in Uttarpara, about 16km northwest of Kolkata, on Saturday, March 26. Titagarh Wagons, a railway wagon manufacturer based in Titagarh, built the Metro rake for Maharashtra’s Pune Metro project
From Nagpur Metro Rail's Twitter account,@MetroRailNagpurHONOUR: Veteran actor Victor Banerjee receives the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday, March 28. The actor, who has won the National Award three times, was among 17 people who received the accolade. Banerjee was also recently awarded the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
From President of India's Facebook account, @PresidentOfIndiaVIGILANT: Border Security Force personnel conduct a route march ahead of the Ballygunge Assembly by-election in the Gariahat area on Tuesday, March 29. The by-election will be held on April 12
My KolkataCAUTION: (Left) Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal inspects a tableau that was flagged off at Park Street on Friday, April 1. The tableau displayed the dangers of not using proper headgear while riding a motorcycle
Suvendu Das/My KolkataREGAL REST: A white tiger seeks relief from the searing heat of the day at Alipore zoo on Friday, April 1. The temperature in Kolkata has gone down due to a rise in the moisture level in the air. The same moisture has led to sweaty conditions and a rise in the discomfort index
PTINEW MEMBER: A newborn giraffe calf at Alipore zoo on Friday, April 1. The male baby, born in the zoo on March 20, has taken the tower count to 12
Ashim Paul/My KolkataBY THE SHORE: Dona Ganguly uploaded this photograph from Budva, Montenegro on Friday, April 1
From Dona Ganguly's Instagram account, @dona_ganguly_39ALL THE BEST!: Higher secondary examinees look at the seating arrangement chart before entering the exam venue at Bethune Collegiate School on Saturday, April 2. The HS exam began on Saturday and will continue till April 26. The dates of the HS exams were tweaked twice — first because the schedule clashed with that of the JEE Main and again because of the bypolls in the Asansol parliamentary and Ballygunge Assembly constituencies
Amit Datta/My KolkataON WELL-BEING: (From left) Ketan Sengupta, CEO, Bengal Peerless Housing Development Company Ltd, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly take part in a panel discussion on the importance of leading a healthy life during the pandemic times at a city hotel on Saturday, April 2
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