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07 Jul

Afghan troops struggle to replace Americans at key base

editor0 CommentsInternationalAfghanisthan, USA

After American troops withdrew without notifying them, Afghan soldiers guarding the Bagram Air Base have been left with thousands of Taliban prisoners and a certainty that the enemy will attack.Following the September 11 attacks and the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Americans took control of the base and used it as the launching pad for air strikes against the Taliban and to protect Afghan forces. But the last of the American soldiers quietly left the base last week, effectively completing their withdrawal from Afghanistan and leaving a massive security vacuum that the Afghan military will struggle to fill. The new…

07 Jul

Siliguri: Fire in a small factory

editor0 CommentsAccidentSiliguri

On Tuesday morning, a fire broke out in Siliguri at a plant backed by the West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation. The factory has suffered some damage. Steel and iron products, including iron cupboards, were created in the plant, according to reports. A fire broke out there on Tuesday morning as the workmen were working. The workers alerted their boss and attempted to put out the fire using the factory's fire extinguisher. The fire department was notified by the factory owner. After a lengthy struggle, the fire was brought under control. A major portion of the factory had been reduced…

07 Jul

Mamata Banerjee vs. Suvendu Adhikari: The Calcutta High Court fined the Bengal government Rs 5 lakh for portraying the judiciary in a bad light

editor0 CommentsPolitical

Mamata Banerjee had already addressed a petition to Rajesh Bindal, the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, pleading with him to reassign her Election Petition to a different judge (not Justice Kausik Chanda) in order to avoid prejudice against herself. The Calcutta High Court fined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh on Wednesday for "casting a bad light on the judiciary." The order was issued by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court led by Justice Kausik Chanda, who recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging BJP leader…

07 Jul

Home sales and new launches decline in Kolkata

editor0 CommentsBusinesskolkata, PropTiger.com, Q2 2021

Home sales and new launches both declined in Kolkata during the April-June period of 2021 due to the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, shows Real Insight (Residential) – April-June (Q2) 2021, a quarterly analysis of India’s eight prime residential markets by leading online real estate company PropTiger.com. With the launch of 1,017 new units, new supply in Kolkata declined 49% quarter on quarter in the three-month period. This was, however, an increase over the supply numbers in the same quarter in 2020. Only 183 units were launched in Kolkata in Q2CY2020, data show. With 70% share…

07 Jul

Big Discount Mela at Kalyan Jewellers

editor0 CommentsBusiness‘Big Discount Mela’, Kalyan Jewellers

Kalyan Jewellers is going to reopen its showrooms across India, in a phased manner. The company will continue to focus on providing a safe shopping environment for returning customers. As an added incentive, discounts and offers have been announced as part of the ‘Big Discount Mela’. Additionally, Kalyan Jewellers has rolled out extensive measures to ensure a safe retail environment for their returning employees and customers. The Big Discount Mela will continue till the end of August, across all showrooms in India. Kalyan Jewellers has also launched the LIVE video shopping facility (https://www.kalyanjewellers.net/livevideoshopping/) through which consumers can browse through the…

07 Jul

Sputnik V trials among 12-17 years starts in Moscow

editor0 CommentsCovid19Covid 19, COVID VACCINE

Early trials of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia among children aged 12 to 17 have started in Moscow. 100 volunteers have been recruited who haven't been infected with coronavirus and don't have health issues that would prevent them from getting the disease. Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova said the youths will receive a small dose of Sputnik V than what is usually given to adults. The new trial comes as Russia faces a good flow in coronavirus infections and struggles to ramp up its low vaccine uptake. Last week, only 23 million people, of the country's 146-million population, have received at…

06 Jul

Protests against fuel price rises in Siliguri

editor0 CommentsIndia, West BengalFuel Price Hike, Siliguri

On Monday CPIM and Trinamool Congress held separate protest demonstration in Siliguri against the oil price rises. In the Darjeeling hills, petrol is now priced at Rs 101 and while in Siliguri Rs 99.61. Trinamool Congress protested by cutting a cake where it was written that petrol had crossed 100. Even they also burnt a image of PM Narendra Modi as a token of protest against the fuel price . The Darjeeling district Left front has been continuing protest against the price increse for the past few days. On Monday the DYFI staged protest demonstration in front of the Gandhi…

06 Jul

CBSE Class 10, 12 board exams 2022: Special assessment scheme ANNOUNCED for next year – MUST KNOW these details

editor0 CommentsEducationcbse

In a significant overhaul of its examination scheme, the CBSE will conduct the Class 10 and 12 board exams in two parts from the current 2021-22 academic session, with the first term questions being objective while the second term exams will be subjective. There will be no overlapping of syllabus and the final marks will be given on the basis of performance in both these exams, which will carry equal weightage. The board issued the detailed guidelines for the pandemic-hit academic session on Monday. However, this scheme, according to a senior CBSE official, will continue as the board’s new assessment…

06 Jul

Plane with at least 28 people on board goes missing in Russia’s Far East region

editor0 CommentsInternationalrussia

Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying 28 people in Russia's Far East, news agencies cited emergency services as saying on Tuesday.The An-26 was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula when it did not make a scheduled call-in, the Interfax, RIA Novosti and TASS agencies quoted local officials as saying. The report said the 28 on board included six crew members and that there were one or two children among the passengers. The plane lost contact with air traffic control while attempting to land, TASS separately cited a source as saying. Russia, once known for…

06 Jul

‘Centre Brought Great Distress to People’: Mamata Writes to PM Modi Over Fuel Price

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalmamata banerjee, Petrol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Expressing concern over the rising fuel prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to lower the taxes charged by the Centre on petrol and diesel "to check the overall inflation" in the country. Noting that petrol and diesel prices were hiked eight times since May, of which six times were in June alone, she said the fuel price hike have adversely affected common people and directly impacted the inflation in the country. "I would like to draw your attention to the government of India policy which has brought great distress…