Kolkata: The Bengal govt will introduce a legislation to protect “lawful businesses from syndicate charges” and other forms of “informal extortion”, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announced while presenting the state budget on Monday.He described the move as a key step towards improving the investment climate and reducing the cost of doing business in Bengal.CM Suvendu…
School education minister Dada Bhuse (third from right) and vice-president for Geo and Education at Google Chris Phillips (on Bhuse’s right) along with other officials Pune: The state school education department and Google for Education have formed a partnership to train over four lakh teachers of govt and aided schools across Maharashtra in artificial intelligence…
Anti-Incumbency, MLAs’ Performance Denting Party BJP Panaji: With assembly elections hardly six months away, the state unit of BJP has kicked off its pre-poll exercise by conducting an internal winnability survey of all the 40 constituencies. The preliminary survey has indicated that 50% of the 20 seats in North Goa are vulnerable.The saffron party, which…
Surat: A case of domestic abuse and cyber harassment has emerged where Amroli police have booked a 25-year-old man for allegedly assaulting his wife and minor daughter before posting morphed, obscene images of his wife on social media to defame her.Police said the accused assaulted his 25-year-old wife and their seven-year-old daughter, forcing them out…
How crude price crash could turn the tide for India’s state-owned oil giants Profitability at state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) is expected to improve as declining crude oil prices boost fuel marketing margins, although rising debt levels and uncertainty over future fuel taxes could weigh on the sector’s longer-term earnings outlook, according to a JP…
Few nations enter major tournaments with a stronger blend of proven pedigree and emerging talent than France. Didier Deschamps has spent more than a decade constructing a squad capable of competing on multiple fronts, and the depth available to him is one of the principal reasons Les Bleus continue to be viewed as one of…
Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, passed away, his family confirmed. He was 94.His death, in his Manhattan apartment, was confirmed by his publicist Aliza Rabinoff, who…
The protester was waving an upside-down American flag when she was hit, video shows. A protest outside a US immigration detention centre turned chaotic on Sunday after a demonstrator was struck by a car while waving an upside-down American flag, reports the New York Post.The incident happened outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey where…
Shopping is often an inseparable part of travelling. While most of the time shopping is connected to colourful bazaars or just flea markets. However, worldwide, there are marketplaces that are attractions in their own right! Some of these markets have stood through centuries, and offering an insight into culture, history and tradition of the place…
You’ll have to earn your peace today, Cancer. The Moon, your ruler, is pushing you into a busy, restless stretch, and the mind may keep hopping from task to task like a bird on a hot roof. Hard work is certain. Calm is not.There may be errands, calls, follow-ups, neighbourhood matters, and small pressures that…
