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Neha Banka
Neha Banka is a journalist based in Kolkata, India. Neha produces longform news reports focusing on a wide range of subjects. She specialises in reporting on the Asia-Pacific with a focus on the Korean Peninsula, and producing original international news reports. She also reports on India's West Bengal state, cross-border issues, migration, climate and environment, public health and indigenous rights, among other subjects. Neha has reported from several countries, with bylines in international publications, as well as The Indian Express.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Where the top 10 affected countries stand nowSubscriber Only
March 24, 2020 16:06 IST
Here is a status check of the countries with the highest rates of COVID-19 infections and how those governments have been handling the outbreak.
Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus scare: In Kolkata’s ground zero, silence and caution now part of daily lifeSubscriber Only
March 19, 2020 15:34 IST
The locality where the 18-year-old, Bengal's first coronavirus patient, stays with his family has been almost empty since the news came out late on Tuesday. The student from the UK allegedly evaded screening at Kolkata airport and violated quarantine rules by visiting several public places around the city.
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
From across India, how coronavirus has hit small business owners, tradersSubscriber Only
March 18, 2020 19:06 IST
Last month, the Traders’ body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) had written to India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal, asking him to assess the impact of coronavirus, particularly on small traders and businesses in the country.
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Explained: Amid coronavirus outbreak, a look at epidemics that have hit India since 1900Subscriber Only
March 16, 2020 20:27 IST
The World Health Organization defines epidemics as “the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behaviour, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy.
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
Explained: COVID-19 travel restrictions around the worldSubscriber Only
March 13, 2020 18:38 IST
Despite the enforcement of travel bans and screenings, there have been instances of undetected COVID-19 cases passing through borders, indicating that although these measures may temporarily delay the spread of the virus, it will not be effective in preventing its spread.
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Eden Gardens Road — where history, football and cricket meetSubscriber Only
March 13, 2020 12:11 IST
Sometime in the 1960s, the Eden Garden Road was renamed Gostha Pal Sarani, after the legendary Indian footballer Gostha Pal. The earlier name recalls the nobleman who was once Governor-General of India, and his sisters who travelled and delighted in the land.
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
As COVID-19 cases go up, here’s how cities across India are copingSubscriber Only
March 11, 2020 19:46 IST
While 60 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in India, towns and cities across the country, even where no cases have been reported positive, have seen a surge in purchases of items, especially hand sanitisers and masks.
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Labanya Prabha Ghosh: Jailed during freedom struggle, Emergency, Bhasha Andolan, now forgotten by govt, people
March 09, 2020 10:33 IST
No commemorative statues or plaques mark the extraordinary life of Labanya Prabha Ghosh, a prominent woman revolutionary from Bengal.
Mon, Mar 09, 2020
Matangini Hazra: Flag in hand, the 73-year-old walked into a barrage of bullets
March 08, 2020 10:18 IST
Women’s Day series: The woman from Tamluk was a staunch follower of Gandhi and went to jail many times.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
Suhasini Ganguly: Arrested many times under British rule, she went to jail even after Independence
March 07, 2020 14:10 IST
While she was in her mid-thirties, between 1942 to 1945, Ganguly once again found herself imprisoned for providing shelter to Hemant Tarafdar, a revolutionary who was active in the Quit India Movement of 1942.
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Sarala Devi: From Tagore’s family, a leading light of the swadeshi movement
March 06, 2020 19:34 IST
To identify her merely as Tagore’s niece would be dismissing her own accomplishments and diminishing the innumerable ways in which she fought not only for the independence from British rule, but for women’s rights as well.
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Why this Tagore scion got a road named after him in KolkataSubscriber Only
March 06, 2020 16:24 IST
On a narrow lane in Pathuriaghata, named 'Prasanna Kumar Tagore Street', one can find remnants of the large “castle” that once belonged to the Tagores. The street is also locally known as “Tagore Castle Road”.
Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Pritilata Waddedar, the 21-year-old who chose to die than be caught by the British
March 05, 2020 14:10 IST
Women’s Day Special: Inspired by Surya Sen, the 21-year-old led the raid on the Pahartali European Club in Chittagong.
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Bina Das: 21-yr-old who shot Bengal Governor got Padma Shri, but died in penury
March 04, 2020 17:30 IST
Women's Day special: In her own memoir, translated from Bengali by Dhira Dhar, Das mentions how deeply “Subhas babu” was inspired by her father and was a regular visitor to her parents’ home.
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Women’s Day special: The forgotten revolutionaries of Bengal
March 04, 2020 14:10 IST
The history of women’s movements in India, especially during the freedom struggle is unique in many ways because it served two purposes. One was to contribute to the cause of freedom from British rule while the other was to impress upon their countrymen and upon the foreign government the urgent need for social, economic, legal and political reform to improve the lives of women in the subcontinent.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
How Kolkata’s iconic cabin restaurants played a part in the freedom struggleSubscriber Only
March 01, 2020 12:00 IST
These restaurants were once a refuge of revolutionaries and lovers and invented dishes such as the famous kabiraji cutlet.
Sun, Mar 01, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Simla Road has its origins in a flowerSubscriber Only
February 28, 2020 12:23 IST
The neighbourhood of Simla Road lies close to Tangra, Topsia and Ultadanga, and was once a part of Dihi Panchannagram, a group of 55 villages that lay outside the Maratha Ditch, an approximately 5 kilometer ditch that had been excavated in 1742 to form a perimeter around the city of Calcutta to protect the British from an invasion by the Marathas that did not occur.
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
Explained: The state of the war in Syria, and the bloody battle for IdlibSubscriber Only
February 23, 2020 14:50 IST
Turkey has closed the border and is trying to seal itself from waves of displaced refugees as Assad presses forth with a brutal campaign to take back Idlib.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Watgunge, where Colonel Henry Watson built a dock and a fortuneSubscriber Only
February 21, 2020 13:27 IST
While Khidderpore is distinct for having somehow withstood rapid modern construction seen elsewhere in the city, primarily due to the vast swathes of land under the control of the Kolkata Port Trust, Watgunge has not been similarly fortunate.
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Khidderpore’s history is linked to the port and zamindari it absorbedSubscriber Only
February 14, 2020 13:12 IST
In 1884, after Khidderpore was selected as the site for the wet docks of the Port of Calcutta, the neighbourhood developed significantly, most of it falling under the control of the Calcutta Port Trust. There are two theories on how the neighbourhood got its name.
Fri, Feb 14, 2020
Parasite’s win at Oscars 2020 brings pride and bit of disbelief in Korea
February 10, 2020 20:48 IST
Parasite is the first South Korean movie to ever win an Oscar. The dark satirical comedy highlights class and socio-economic disparities prevalent everywhere in the world within the framework of a distinctly Korean setting.
Tue, Feb 11, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Suhrawardy Avenue… no, not named after the ‘Butcher Of Bengal’Subscriber Only
February 07, 2020 13:32 IST
The road had not been named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy at all, but rather his uncle Hassan Shaheed Suhrawardy, who was among his many abilities, a Bengali diplomat, scholar and art-critic, but certainly not the ‘Butcher of Bengal’.
Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Streetwise Kolkata: Upmarket Victoria Terrace was born out of a slumSubscriber Only
January 31, 2020 14:39 IST
The central business district of Kolkata is a collection of several smaller neighbourhoods with unique characteristics and histories of their own. One of them is the relatively less-known, tree-lined Victoria Terrace.
Fri, Jan 31, 2020
Chinese New Year: All you need to know about the Spring FestivalSubscriber Only
January 28, 2020 14:49 IST
This year, Chinese New Year started on January 25. The festival typically ends after 15 days of celebrations. It marks the start of the Lunar New Year and follows the lunar calendar, and hence, falls on a different date every year.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020
Explained: Importance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of AuschwitzSubscriber Only
January 27, 2020 14:05 IST
In many ways, Auschwitz has become the center of Holocaust history and research and serves as a reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. On January 27 this year, survivors of the Holocaust and international heads of state will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020Journalism of Courage
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