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WEST BENGAL Kolkata Corporation officials collect packaged water samples for quality tests A sudden diarrhea outbreak in Southern suburbs of Kolkata has scared citizens. Out of fear of water contamination, many citizens are buying packaged drinking waters but a recent sample test found bacteria in the packaged water. Kolkata Corporation officials on Friday … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan: Cradle project manages to save 100 abandoned babies Cradles set up in various government hospitals for abandoned children have proved to be a success and managed to save several children who may otherwise have been left on the streets or bushes. The idea was mooted to encourage safe abandoning of children. Over … Read more
RAJASTHAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch nutrition mission To reduce the level of stunting, undernutrition, anemia and low birth weight in babies, the Centre has included 24 districts of Rajasthan in the first phase of National Nutrition Mission (NMM), which is expected to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jhunjhunu on January 22. In the first phase, 315 … Read more
WEST BENGAL West Bengal to revive WWII airstrips The state government wants to revive airstrips of World War II vintage in the districts that have been lying idle for decades to increase intra-state air connectivity. There are a dozen such airstrips in the state that were used by either the Royal Air Force or US Air Force between 1942 and … Read more
INTERNATIONAL · Raksha Mantri Inaugurates 1st BEL Representative Office in Vietnam Raksha Mantri, Nirmala Sitharamaninaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Smt Sitharaman handed over the symbolic key of the Representative Office of BEL at Vietnam (VIRO) to Chairman & Managing Director, BEL Mr Gowtama … Read more
WEST BENGAL Review of Kolkata Metro route extensions only after 2020 Much progress is unlikely on Metro projects in Kolkata or the suburbs that are not already under way till 2020, sources in the ministry of railways said. The ministry will evaluate the progress of the ongoing projects after 2020 and then decide on … Read more
WEST BENGAL West Bengal to lease land for football centre to AIFF for Rs 1 The West Bengal cabinet decided to provide a 15 acre land to the All India Football Federation on lease for Rs 1 to help set up the National Centre of Excellence. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had promised AIFF president Praful Patel to provide the land … Read more
RAJASTHAN Two from Rajasthan get Padma Shri Narayan Das Maharajand Maharao Raghuveer Singh from Rajasthan have been awarded Padma Shri on January 26. Maharaj from Jaipur and Singh from Sirohi have been nominated for the award for excellence in social work and history, respectively. Seventy-five-year old Maharao Raghuveer Singh from Sirohi was awarded Padma Shri for … Read more
WEST BENGAL Government forms panel to fight rising air pollution in Kolkata The state government has set up an inter-departmental committee, under the chairmanship of environment minister Sovon Chatterjee, for a concerted effort to combat air pollution. The committee will come up with a detailed road map — short-term and long-term — to maintain ambient … Read more
WEST BENGAL Bengali literature readership declining in both Bengal and Bangladesh: Shankha Ghosh The readership of Bengali literature has been steadily declining in both West Bengal and Bangladesh, with students turning their back on writings in the language, Jnanpith awardee poet Sankha Ghosh said. About the present situation of Bengali literature, renowned author Sanjib Chattopadhyay said writers should stop … Read more