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Kolkata Book Fair 2025 sees rising use of trendy jute bags

KOLKATA, Jan. 30 -- Kamalika Panda, a third-year commerce student, had just picked up an Orhan Pamuk from the English book pavilion when something else caught her eye, a jute tote with the quirky insc... Read More


Beyond Partition, beyond labels: Remembering Ritwik Ghatak

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Back when noted critic and scholar of film, literature and theatre Samik Bandyopadhyay was associated with the literary magazine 'Parichay', he had a wish. He wanted Ritwik Ghata... Read More


Nigerian pension reformer bought US and Dubai properties before money laundering conviction

Bangladesh, Jan. 30 -- When Abdulrasheed Maina was appointed to lead Nigerias Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, he was entrusted with one of the most sensitive mandates in public service: sa... Read More


BMC floats tender for new BMC school in Lalbaug

India, Jan. 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a tender for the construction of a ten-storey municipal school building at Sai Baba Path in Abhyudaya Nagar, Lalbaug, after re... Read More


TMC alleges selective targeting of minority voters in Malda SIR

Malda, Jan. 30 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Malda has triggered a fresh political storm, with the ruling Trinamool Congress alleging that minority-dominated Assembly c... Read More


Residents allege hardships as Hili border fencing continues

BALURGHAT, Jan. 30 -- The Land and Land Reforms department has stepped up efforts to acquire land for installing barbed-wire fencing in unfenced stretches along the India-Bangladesh border in Hili, So... Read More


Five arrested for theft from forest bungalow

Alipurduar, Jan. 30 -- Police have arrested five persons, including a temporary forest department worker, for allegedly stealing furniture and valuables from an abandoned forest bungalow inside the Bu... Read More


Zulum Approves Direct Payment of Statutory Allocations to Borno's 27 LGAs

Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the immediate commencement of direct payment of monthly statutory allocations to the state's 27 local government area... Read More


SC stays UGC promotion of equity rules; social justice concerns raised

India, Jan. 30 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on January 29 stayed the implementation of the University Grants Commission's (UGC's) promotion of equity in higher education institutions regulations 2026, fo... Read More


"AI is recommendation system but data is decision-maker system": Chairman of National Statistical Commision

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Rajeeva Lakman Karandikar, Chairman of the National Statistical Commision on Friday shared his views on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and data, saying AI is a recommendation syst... Read More