Author
Prasanta Paul
Prasanta Paul served Deccan Herald as the Chief of Bureau, Calcutta for nearly two decades before switching to work with various TV channels such as Al-Jazeera, CNN, German TV and CBS. He also headed the Eastern Bureau of Parliamentarian magazine. Mr. Paul who accompanied former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his overseas tour of Singapore and other Asian countries, travelled extensively to Bhutan, Sikkim and Darjeeling besides other Northeastern states. He briefly headed the Mizoram Bureau of the United News of India (UNI).
Future oil discoveries in the Bay of Bengal could be substantially larger than those currently being produced at Ashoknagar, Samik Bhattacharya.
Could the Bay of Bengal Hold a New Oil Bonanza for Bengal?
National|3 min read
“We’ve to reverse-engineer the earlier flight of capital from Bengal,” said Samik Bhattacharya “from diamonds to chips, capital has to return”.
Diamond May Soon Start Shining in Bengal, Samik Bhattacharya
National|3 min read
Pakistan’s energy predicament versus the larger question of India’s strategic room for manoeuvre: autonomy or confrontation with Washington is the question.
Between Hormuz and Washington: India’s Energy Tightrope
International|3 min read
In the quiet transformation of outer space into a new strategic frontier, India’s capability-versus-restraint dilemma lies at the centre.
Space War: India’s Capability-Versus- Restraint dilemma
Science and Space|3 min read
Central Drugs Control issues a public-health alert against two unauthorised Pakistan-made cosmetic products—Goree Beauty & Chandni Whitening Cream.
Fair Is Foul, Foul Is Fair
National|2 min read
The proposed luxury train could link major tourism and pilgrimage destinations across West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Assam among others.
Palace-on-Wheels: Bengal Explores Luxury Heritage Rail Circuit
National|3 min read
Shakespeare wrote poetry to make love survive time. Bhupatiranjan has made a smile survive time.
The Smile He Refused to Let Time Take Away
Creative Corner|3 min read
For Sanders, the agreement among Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk - architects of AI revolution - is an important beginning—yes, only a beginning.
Global AI Race Meets a Rare Moment of Restraint
Technology|3 min read
US-Iran War: the shift from visible kinetic warfare to the invisible battle for electromagnetic superiority is likely to provide India with a unique capability.
Junput’s New Defence Frontier: India Turns to the Invisible Battlefield
National|3 min read
Food choice, cultural plurality and who gets to prescribe faith; to eat or not to eat — that is the question. Goddess Uma has a reassuring message!
The Great Bengali Food Debate: Veg or Non-Veg?
National|3 min read
The extraordinary decision of a remote Sunderbans family to turn personal bereavement into a chance of life for others; illiteracy or superstition no bar.
In the Mangroves, the Sunderbans Took Ajit
National|3 min read
Just dozens of kms from Indian frontier, Beijing is developing the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river that turns Siang in Arunachal
India’s ‘Hydraulic Shield’ in Arunachal Pradesh VS China’s Himalayan Gamble
International|4 min read
