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14 May

UAE Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passes away

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United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, kingdom news agency WAM mentioned on Friday. He used to be also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate. Under the constitution, vice-president and premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, will act as president till the federal council which agencies the rulers of the seven emirates meets within 30 days to opt for a new president. Khalifa, who was born in 1948, got here to strength in 2004 in the richest emirate Abu Dhabi and became the head of state. He is expected to be succeeded as…

14 May

SSC Recruitment Scam: Massive irregularities in Bengal school recruitment

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

A committee headed by a retired Calcutta High Court judge on Friday submitted a file in the High Court highlighting irregularities in the recruitment of Group C batch of school staff using the West Bengal School Service Commission.The document was submitted to the Calcutta High Court's division bench of Justice Subrata Talukder and Justice Anand Kumar Mukherjee. Justice (Retd.) R.K. Bag was asked to appear in court on charges of irregularities in the recruitment of C group workers by the commission. Arunava Bandyopadhyay, an attorney acting for the Justice Bagh Committee, said the investigation had found major irregularities where 381…

14 May

West Bengal teen dies in tiffin bomb explosion

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalexplosion

A 17-year-old boy died in a steel tiffin box explosion near Kolkata on Saturday. Sheikh Sahil was seriously injured in an explosion when he was trying to open a tiffin field that his grandfather, a rag-picker, had collected from Rahara police station area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. He was taken to a government medical facility in Barrackpore, about 30 km from Kolkata. However, he died on impact. Abdul Hamid, Sahil's grandfather, said he picked up the metal tiffin pot and added it inside their house. He also proved that he informed his grandson Sahil to open…

14 May

Lt. Governor Mathur reviews arrangements for Ladakh visit of Dalai Lama

editor0 CommentsIndiaDalai Lama, Lt. Governor Mathur

The helipad near Leh’s abode of the Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader Dalai Lama is being repaired and CCTV cameras being installed in the area as he is scheduled to visit Ladakh later this year. Lt. Governor of Ladakh UT, RK Mathur personally visited Photang Geyphel-ling which is Dalai Lama’s abode to take stock of the arrangements. He also visited the teaching ground. LG Mathur visited Photang Geyphel-ling, which is the summer residence of The Dalai Lama in Leh, and reviewed the arrangements. He later visited the spot at Jivetsal used for delivering sermons. He reviewed condition of the helipad…

14 May

Women’s World Boxing C’ship: Pooja Rani in quarters; Lovlina crashes out

editor0 CommentsSportsLovlina Borgohain, Pooja Rani, Women’s World Boxing Championship

Two-time Asian Champion Pooja Rani (81kg) advanced to the quarter-finals but India suffered a huge setback when Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) crashed out of the 12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship. Pooja defeated Timea Nagy of Hungary by unanimous decision so provide some solace to the Indian hopes on a mixed day for them here. Pooja, who was playing her first international bout since Tokyo Olympics, was aggressive right from the beginning and was landing accurate punches while moving swiftly in the ring. She looked in complete control throughout the bout and registered a commanding 5-0 victory…

14 May

Central government bans wheat export

editor0 CommentsIndiaCentral government, wheat export

The Central government has placed a ban on wheat export with immediate effect in the wake of the grave situation of less than estimated domestic wheat production and an excessive global price hike after a spike in demand following the Russia-Ukraine war. Earlier, the Centre had said it was happy that the farmers were getting good returns for their produce as India had exported almost 11 lakh metric tonnes of wheat till April. The government also claimed that it was committed to provide food security to its own population, its neighbours and also some vulnerable countries and hence brought in…

13 May

Land Acquisition Process Begins In UP For 519 Km Long Gorakhpur – Siliguri Expressway

editor0 CommentsIndiaSILIGURI, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh which is domestic to several throughway tasks will get but every other parkway as the work on Gorakhpur - Siliguri Expressway has begun in the state. The land acquisition system for the 519 km long greenfield parkway connecting Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with Siliguri in West Bengal has began in the Gorakhpur and Deoria districts of UP. Around 84 km of this four-lane limited-access highway would pass by thru UP in Gorakhpur, Deoria and Kushinagar districts earlier than entering Bihar. It will pass by thru Gopalganj, Siwan, Chhapra, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Saharsa, Purnia, and Kishanganj earlier…

13 May

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee bats for creation of more districts in state

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated there is a want to create more districts in the state for expediting development work, but it has been constrained by using lack of manpower and infrastructure. Speaking at a assembly with West Bengal Civil Service officers at the renovated Town Hall here, she said the area of the present 23 districts in the state is vast, so there is a need to divide them and amplify the number. The nation wants more manpower and infrastructure for this purpose. "We need to divide the districts as these are very large. The…

13 May

India reports 2841 fresh Covid infections in last 24 hours

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, IndiaCOVID 19

India reported 2841 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. India’s active caseload now stands at 18,604 with active cases now constituting 0.04% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74% with 3295 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,25,73,460. While the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.69 percent, the daily positivity rate stands at 0.58 percent, as per the data. Besides, the health ministry stated…

13 May

Italy, Spain consider joint gas pipeline project

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Italian energy infrastructure company Snam has signed an agreement with Spain’s energy provider Enagas to explore the construction of an offshore gas pipeline between the two countries. Snam, Europe’s major energy pipeline operator, announced the move as European countries are searching for alternative gas suppliers as Russia-Ukraine tensions rise. Russia has been a major supplier of gas to European states. Connecting Italy to Spain is significant, given that Spain has the largest capacity for re-gasifying liquefied natural gas in the European Union. But the country’s pipeline connection with most of the rest of the EU is limited because of the…