SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Mushroom became essential in tasty dish list (mushroom soup (top) , (below  right) pizza and (below left) noodles) Kolkata,WB,30/06/2020:--                       Mushrooms are an indispensable ingredient in any cuisine, be it Chinese, Continental, or even Indian for that matter. Mushroom Matar Paneer or a Mushroom Kadai are as ubiquitous in a restaurant as Mushroom Soup or a Chilli Mushroom . And not just restaurants, the fungus is now a staple in every Calcuttan’s kitchen, not just for its taste but also because of its rich food value.           While the white button mushroom peeks out of every dish, it is absent from most of the markets of Calcutta. Most people do not have access to this vegetable except in some big markets in Calcutta. To bring about a change in this supply-demand deficiency, a research on mushroom cultivation has been started by one Ashok Pal, a mushroom farmer who lives in ...

Kolkata,WB,21/06/2020:--          An   annular  solar eclipse   is now in progress on June 21, 2020. A   solar eclipse   occurs when the   Moon   passes between   Earth   and the   Sun , thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.         An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's   apparent diameter   is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an   annulus   (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. This solar eclipse will occur one lunar year after the  July 2, 2019  eclipse. Lunar eclipse Jump to navigation Jump to sea           A  lunar eclipse  occurs when the  Moon  moves into the  Earth's shadow . This can occur only when the  Sun , Earth,...