In pics: Chhath puja, Bangladesh Film Festival and more latest news from Kolkata

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Thousands of devotees gathered at Babughat early on Monday to carry out Chhath puja rituals. For the last few years, the West Bengal government has been announcing a state holiday on Chhath puja

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A panel discussion and exhibition on ‘Nobel worthy: What it takes to be’ in progress at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, a unit of National Council of Science Museums. The aim of the event was to identify what makes a nobel laureate. The exhibition analysed the trends in Nobel wins, advice from laureates and past achievements. The panelists included Dr Soumitro Banerjee, professor, department of physical sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2003 awardee; Dr Partha Chakrabarti, Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata and the Henry I Russek Student Achievement 2009 awardee; Dr Saikat Sinha Roy, professor and head, department of economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and recipient of the Shiksha Ratna Award 2022

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People queue up to see the movie ‘Hawa’ at Nandan on Monday. The movie is being screened as part of the fourth Bangladesh Film Festival

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), a Mini Ratna Category 1 Defence PSU and a leading warship-building company of India, organised a dedicated cleanliness drive as part of Special Campaign 2.0 of Government of India from Oct 2 to Oct 31. The cleanliness drive was conducted across prominent locations in Kolkata & Ranchi including Maa Sarada House ‘Mayer Bari’ near Bagbazar Canal, Kolkata, Govt Women ITI Kolkata, Bichalighat, Metiabruz, 61 Garden Reach Road, P 2/2 Taratala Road, Govt ITI, Gariahat, Fitting Out Unit, ITI Tollygunge, Kolkata. All strategic activities were conducted in Kolkata & Ranchi, including disposal of Scrap equivalent to 89,720 Kgs with Rs. 40.24 Lakh earned and freed up space of around 3,255 Sq. ft. Under the drive, the shipyard aims to dispose of 200 MT of scrap. Addressing the media during one of the cleanliness drives organised at 61 Park Unit, Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd), CMD, GRSE said, “Swachhata is a state of mind, a culture that has been ingrained in our DNA. As part of Special Campaign 2.0, all units of GRSE participated with great enthusiasm and involved employees and local people to spread the message of cleanliness in Kolkata and Ranchi. The Shipyard aims scrap disposal from its office premises as per the Government of India directives and strive to become a socially responsible defence PSU”.