We report the western most distribution of Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus (Thomas, 1921) in India. An individual was photo captured semi-evergreen forests Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, northern West Bengal on night 28 January 2019. It is a rare rodent species that distributed northeastern states India but not reported from Bengal.

This brief note presents the first photographic record of butterfly ray, Gymnura cf. poecilura, from Bhagirathi-Hooghly River in West Bengal, eastern India. The photographs were discovered during a pilot survey riverine elasmobranchs Bengal. is an important contribution to knowledge elasmobranch biodiversity Indian rivers. author suggests that further research needed better understand ecology, ...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Subhra Mandal, M.B.B.S. , M.D. (Anatomy), Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Mobile. No: +919477458100 E-Mail: [email protected] *1 Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2 Post Graduate Resident in DNB ( PMR), S.N.P. Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 3 Additi...

PITCHAIMANI GOVINDHARAJ*, JOYDEEPA DARLONG**, ANNAMMA S JOHN*** & SURESH MANI**** *Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India **Deputy Superintendent, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, P.O Box-09, P.S & D.t-Purulia, West Bengal, Pin: 723 101, India ***Head – Research & Training, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, India ****Research Scholar, Univer...

An overview and a key to the species of Aphelocheirus of India are given. Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) thirumalaii sp. nov. from Gorumara National Park of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, is described. With this new species, eight other species of benthic water bugs (Aphelocheiridae) are reported from India. A distribution map of all known Indian species is also provided.

Volume 4 • Issue 3 • 1000274 Int J Neurorehabilitation, an open access journal ISSN: 2376-0281 *Corresponding author: Dr. Chitrangada Das Mukhopadhayay, Assistant Professor, Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India, Tel: 9836544110; Fax: 03326682916; E-mail: [email protected]; br.rs2015@chest....

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of fatal anthrax in both animals and humans. It is prevalently pathogenic. Here, we present a Bacillus anthracis PFAB2 strain from a relatively unexplored Panifala hot water spring in West Bengal, India. It is nonpathogenic, exopolysaccharide producing, and thermotolerant in nature.

*Correspondence: Sriparna Datta. Department of Chemical Technology. Division of Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemical Technology. University College of Science and Technology. University of Calcutta. 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata, 700 009 West Bengal, India. E.mail: [email protected], [email protected] A comparative study of two separate analytical techniques for the simultane...

Arsenicosis is a global problem but the recent data reveals that Asian countries, India and Bangladesh in particular, are the worst sufferers. In India, the state of West Bengal bears the major brunt of the problem, with almost 12 districts presently in the grip of this deadly disease. Recent reports suggest that other states in the Ganga/Brahmaputra plains are also showing alarming levels of a...