In pics: Heatwave, Derozio birth anniversary & more news from Kolkata
A quick look at the day that was for Kolkata
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 18.04.23, 06:45 PM
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As the heatwave prevailed in the city, people quench their thirst with coconut water on Tuesday
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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A tiger at Alipore Zoological Garden relaxes in a water body on a hot Tuesday afternoon
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
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Besides Kolkata, districts of south Bengal are also experiencing heatwave-like conditions. A farm worker quenches her thirst in Nadia on a sizzling Tuesday afternoon
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Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee pays respect to Henry Louis Vivian Derozio on his birth anniversary at the Assembly on Tuesday. The son of Francis Derozio, a Christian Indo-Portuguese office worker, and Sophia Johnson Derozio, an Englishwoman, Derozio was highly influenced by the English Romantic poets. In 1826, Derozio was appointed as instructor at Hindu College and his teaching influenced students hugely. Long after his early death in 1831, his legacy lived on among his former students and they were known as Young Bengal
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
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Dr Shashi Panja, Cabinet minister for Industries, Commerce & Enterprises and Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare of the Government of West Bengal, promoted “Didir Surakha Kawach” at north Kolkata on Tuesday. Councilors of Ward no 17 Mohan Kumar Gupta and Ward no 10 Subrata Banerjee were also present
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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Cricket lovers queue up at Mohammedan Sporting Club on Tuesday morning to purchase tickets for the high-octane KKR-CSK match to be played on Sunday at Eden Gardens
