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Daily wagers find alternate income ops to survive lockdown

Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: According to the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) the current data of unemployment in India is at a record high of 27.1%, four times than that of US. Unemployment rate went up to...
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Lockdown Hunger

Providing 25 kg free foodgrain to 8 lakh households, will cost only Rs 44 crore per month, says RTF to Jharkhand govt

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Kolkata: A team from Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand Chapter met Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Food Minister Rameshwar Uraon to alert them of the imminent danger of hunger and starvation in the state due...
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Lockdown Hunger

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren orders inquiry into the migrants getting threat for asking water in quarantine centre

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: When the news report highlighting the plight of migrant workers put up at a quarantine centre in Maithan was published, Jharkhand’s Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered an inquiry and asked deputy commissioner of Dhanbad...
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Lockdown Hunger

Migrants ask for water, gets shoot threat in Jharkhand quarantine center

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 1
Kolkata: When 300 migrant workers from West Bengal and Jharkhand complained of not getting water and food, then they were threatened by the driver of an official of the Dhanbad quarantine centre. He threatened to...
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Lockdown Hunger

Bengal jute mill workers face acute food scarcity amid lockdown, activists write to Mamata

Shabina Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: The lockdown has got another extension of 19 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today announced that the lockdown would continue till May 3 in an attempt to control transmission of COVID-19. Some lauded the...
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Let There Be Light

The Second Innings: Giving Love a Second Chance

Jayeeta Ganguly - 0
Kolkata: The Second Innings – an online adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon’s Chapter Two recently presented by Theatrecian, acknowledged as one of Kolkata’s most productive and creative English-language theatre groups, enthralled the audience.  The half-an-hour long...
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Let There Be Light

The unacknowledged Good Samaritan and ‘Sufi Scientist’ of rural India

Nasreen Khan - 1
Kolkata: If you were to cross him on your way to Birbhum, famous for its terracotta work, you probably wouldn't give him a second...
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Let There Be Light

Giridih does it again, gives second Diana Award winner from India

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 0
Giridih/Ranchi: For the second year in a row Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation has won the coveted The Diana Award. And both the...
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CinemaScope

Parikshit, Adil does a Balraj Sahni in a bumpy sojourn

Jaydeep Saha - 0
I still remember the rickshaw rides to my school Don Bosco two decades ago. Funtoosh was the name of the puller and he always...
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CinemaScope

Vidya kasam, watch it only if you love Balan

Jaydeep Saha - 0
Solve this first: (Her daughter’s story) + {cribbing²} ÷ facts x colourful Bollywood drama - plot = ? You don’t remember BODMAS? Check again now. Want...
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CinemaScope

This bilingual web thriller is gripping and will keep you glued to your seat

Jaydeep Saha - 0
Review: Mafia Rating: 4/5 Let me start with a confession that I never liked the work of Birsa Dasgupta. I don’t know why but I always...
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Play On

Even Virat is human…

Diganta Guha - 0
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli’s match-winning unbeaten 94 (off 50 balls) against the West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday is yet another personification of...
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Play On

Sanju Samson gets his due, accidentally though

Diganta Guha - 0
Kolkata: With injury ruling left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan out of the T20 series against West Indies, Kerala wicketkeeper Sanju Samson has been drafted...
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Birthday boy Suresh Raina still hasn’t entered his twilight zone

Diganta Guha - 0
Kolkata: Some people are innately gifted and coupled with dedication, they scale big heights in their respective fields. There are others who may not have...
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Go Green

Farming no more a way of life in Mechukha, Arunachal Pradesh

Nabamita Mitra - 0
Shi-Yomi: Mechukha Valley in the newly formed Shi-Yomi district,  west Arunachal Pradesh is over 200 km from Pasighat. The constituency comprising 20 villages with...
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Kolkata Cares: City dwellers take initiatives for a Green Future

Kirti Baheti - 0
Kolkata: There might be alleged violation of National Green Tribunal's rules during the Chhath Puja celebration, at Rabindra Sarovar's green zone but average Kolkatan...
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Puja at Rabindra Sarovar: Religious sentiments vs environmental concern

Simrana Fatima and Ananya Sarkar - 0
Kolkata: Rising pollution and environmental issues might have become a focal point of discussion in many Indian cities, including national capital Delhi, but it...
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