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04 Jan

PM Modi Inaugurated Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation ( SPM- NIWAS) at Joka in Kolkata via videotape conferencing. SPM- NIWAS has been set up with a budget of Rs 100 crore, on 8.72 acres of land at Joka, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, West Bengal. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation ( DDWS) aims to bridge the knowledge and capacity- structure gap in the field of public health engineering, sanitation & hygiene, through short, medium, and long- term courses which are n't just related to engineering but also cover aspects of operation,…

04 Jan

Election Commission Launches ‘Mission-929’

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The Election Commission( EC) is fastening on 929 polling cells across Tripura, setting a target of 92 per cent namer turnout in the assembly choices due beforehand this time. These cells recorded a namer turnout of lower than 89 per cent, which was the normal across,328 cells in the 2018 assembly pates. The EC is also working on ‘ Mission Zero Poll Violence ’ to make the assembly choices peaceful. According to the ECI, these cells recorded a namer turnout of lower than 89 percent in the 2018 assembly pates. Except for these cells nearly all the cells in the…

04 Jan

World Braille Day 2023 celebrates on 4th January

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World Braille Day, marked on January 4, emphasises the significance of Braille as a form of communication for the partly observed and sightless. The purpose of the day is to raise mindfulness of the braille language, which attempts to bridge the gap among normal and fresh- abled individualities. Coupvray, France, gave birth to the creator of an vastly espoused touch device enabling visionless persons to read and write. Braille created a system of writing that employed, paradoxically, an awl- suchlike instrument to punch symbols on a distance that can be tasted and read by visionless people after himself being irreparably…

03 Jan

Road accidents in Assam on New Year eve

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On Sunday, Udharband’s Pacnh Mile area in Cachar district a speeding truck came from opposite and thrashed a car where 45 years old man was killed on the spot. According to the sources, “the car was dragged for few metres. The driver of the truck however managed to flee.” After the incident, the local people took the deceased to the hospital, but on reaching the hospital, his condition was said to be critical. Another incident took place on the Assam-Manipur National Highway; A 12-year-old died after being hit by a speeding motorcycle. On December 31, three people were killed in…

03 Jan

200 poor students provided sweaters after a post went viral on social media

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Anupama Das a teacher took the initiative to help students from economically backward families who were not able to buy sweaters during the winter season but were forced to come to school in cotton uniforms provided by the government. Samar Natya Gosthee, a theater group came forward to help them and these poor students. Over 200 poor students in Assam's Barpeta districts were provided sweaters on the first day of the new year after a theater group posted a helping hand. Sitanath Lahkar, general secretary of the theater group, said, “We have very limited financial resources. Hence, we made an…

03 Jan

Calendar on birds released in Guwahati

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Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Monday released a calendar for the year 2023 titled ‘You and I’, comprising images of birds found in several components of the state. The conception, images and style of the calendar is by artist and former official Sanjib Gohain Boruah. The calendar could be a assortment of images of twelve pairs of birds found in several components of the state, mentioned an announcement released by the dominion Bhavan. Some rare birds found within the dominion Bhavan premises were conjointly enclosed within the calendar, the released added .Boruah, a outstanding artist of the state, was the…

03 Jan

India’s first underwater metro to become operation by December 2023

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India’s initial underwater railway system service, The Kolkata railway system Rail Corporation (KMRC) said that the East-West railway system passageway project, is anticipated to be completed by December 2023. With this, another feather is being supplemental to the crown of Kolkata railway system, the primary railway system railway within the country. Kolkata railway system, that started its journey in 1984, is being expanded to hide the entire town and its outskirts. The underwater railway system, which is able to be running through the Hoogly stream will connect the dual cities of Howrah and Kolkata.Kolkata railway system Railway Corporation has obsessed…

03 Jan

Dhaka Literary Festival 10th edition to be on 5-8 January 2023

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The 10th edition of national capital Lit Fest (DLF), the biggest international literary competition in Bangladesh, that was delayed 3 years during a row attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic, is regular for Jan 5-8, 2023. The Bangla Academy in Dhaka’s historic grounds can function the venue for the event.In a handout on weekday, Sadaf Saaz, Ahsan Akbar, and Kazi Anis Ahmed—the festival’s 3 directors—confirmed the data. The national capital Lit Fest has long been a popular annual occasion on Bangladesh’s winter calendar. The eighth national capital Lit Fest, that was last control in 2019, attracted virtually 30,000 attendees. Over the…

03 Jan

SBI Card And Punjab & Sind Bank Join Hands To Launch Co-Branded Credit Cards

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Public sector bank Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) has partnered with SBI Card to launch co-brand credit cards for the bank’s customers. PSB has additionally entered the mastercard market as a brand new product section in its portfolio as a results of this collaboration. 3 card variants—the PSB SBI Card ELITE, PSB SBI Card PRIME, and PSB SimplySAVE SBI Card—have been launched by each partners. This collaboration additionally marks the entry of PSB into ‘credit cards’ as a brand new product section beneath the bank’s portfolio.The connection value for the PSB SBI Card ELITE is Rs 4,999 and taxes, the…

03 Jan

‘Didir Suraksha Kawach’

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Ahead of Panchayet polls in West Bengal Trinamool Congress chairman and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a recent public stretch programme to succeed in dead set individuals of the State. below the initiative ‘ Didir Suraksha Kawach’ (Didi Protection Shield)‘ regarding 3.5 Lakh volunteers of the Trinamool Congress can reach dead set all two 2Crore households of the State during a span of 60 days.Launching the campaign Ms. Banerjee said that whereas ‘ Duare Sarkar (Government at Doorstep)‘ was a trial at government level to succeed in dead set the individuals, the new initiative is an initiative at…