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Bengal govt to set up plasma bank at CMCH

The Bengal government will set up a plasma bank at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital to help conduct trials for plasma therapy for Covid-19. Doctors and health department officials welcomed the move but wondered how many people would agree to donate plasma after recovering from the disease. Only a few donors have come forward since clinical trials o...

Navlakha: SC sets aside order

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a May 27 order of Delhi High Court, directing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to produce all records on the Bhima Koregaon v...

Flights: One-way trips stalled

Fifty domestic flights between Calcutta and six cities — including Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai — were cancelled on Monday, the first day of the two-week suspens...
The government has so far sold SGBs worth around Rs 3,108 crore from the three tranches in April, May and June.

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Garbage dumped on Jessore Road near Lake Town on Monday.

Salt Lake turns Dhapa, a garbage dump

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Film: Bengal eases industry rules

Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a series of relaxations for the television and film industries after meeting stakeholders at Nabanna. The chief m...

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Jharkhand BJP threatens stir

Covid: Rajiv Bajaj faces heat

Rajiv Bajaj, the outspoken managing director of Bajaj Auto who believed in herd immunity and that  everybody below 60 years should return to w...

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Dead dolphin turns trophy in Howrah

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Covid: China rules med gear market

Alarmed at China’s stranglehold over supplies of masks, gowns, test kits and other front-line weapons for battling the coronavirus, countries ar...

The 30-share Sensex gave up some of the gains to settle at 36487.28, a rise of 465.86 points, or 1.29%.

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Lockdown: India’s tea output falls 54%

India’s tea production declined 54 per cent to 39.02 million kg in April because of the nationwide lockdown to control Covid-19, according to da...

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LGBTQIA+: Madame Gandhi's message

When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do,” RuPaul once said. The Pride Month came...

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Culture enthusiast Sundeep Bhutoria’s recital with daughter Aavya christened Once Upon a Time in 2020 has been much appreciated on social media ...

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Life in limbo

The cancellation of board exams at the state, national and international level due to the ongoing pandemic has left many students in limbo. The decision to mark students based on intern...
The decision to mark students based on internal examinations —though just — hasn’t really brought a sense of relief
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The Centre is reported to be considering incremental steps to privatize the Indian railways.
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The UN State of World Population report for 2020 shows that India accounts for 45.8 million of the world’s 142.6 million “missing females”.
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HDFC Bank loan uptick fires stocks

Benchmark indices jumped to near four-month highs on Monday buoyed by HDFC Bank reporting strong gro...
The 30-share Sensex gave up some of the gains to settle at 36487.28, a rise of 465.86 points, or 1.29%.
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The government has so far sold SGBs worth around Rs 3,108 crore from the three tranches in April, May and June.
According to provisional data, tea production in Assam fell to 13.21 million kg in April from 44.98 million kg a year ago.
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Celebrations for the Dalai Lama's 85th birthday

Lobsang Sangay cuts a cake, George W. Bush and Nancy Pelosi deliver video messages, special songs to celebrate the spiritual leader's birth anniversary in Dharamshala
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Protesters get pepper pellets, posters purged

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Brushstrokes for a break

 
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