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“Rate of transmission of SARS Coronavirus Type 2 within affected communities may be faster”

Hena Ahmed - 0
Kolkata: It is almost a year since Covid-19 virus was first identified. However, once again the world is on red alert, this time because of new Covid-19 variant which has been detected in the U.K....
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How a wheel-chair bound patient’s indomitable spirit created Shaheen Bagh like anti-CAA protest in Kolkata

Simrana Fatima - 0
Kolkata: If anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest at Shaheen Bagh gave Dadi (Bilkis Bano) to the world, Park Circus Maidan site at Kolkata gave Asmat Baji. Nostalgia, pain and grief were rife at the Park Circus Maidan,...
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Modi govt should answer, does it believe in freedom of expression or not —Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: Senior journalist and author, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is in Kolkata to release the Bangla version of his co-authored book Real Face of Facebook in India. The timing of the launch of the book becomes...
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Kolkata-based digital media organizations express grave concern on ED raids at NewsClick, issue statement

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Kolkata: We the undersigned strongly condemn the harassment and intimidation of independent media houses and journalists associated with them by the Bharatiya Janata Party run central government. The raids by the Enforcement Directorate at the...
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IAMC rubbishes ‘cheap’ attacks by Middle East Forum

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Washington DC: The Indian American Muslim Council has responded to a ludicrous attack from the Middle East Forum (MEF), a widely discredited Islamophobic organization, recently published online by Sunday Guardian Live. The response is in the...
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ED raids on NewsClick, is a clear attempt to suppress journalism critical of the government: DIGIPUB

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Delhi: The raid by a team of the Enforcement Directorate at the office of NewsClick and at the home of Prabir Purkayastha, the founder and editor-in-chief, sent shock waves across the media fraternity. DIGIPUB News India...
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Let There Be Light

Around the country on a bike

Aditya Mukherjee - 0
For some, life begins after retirement. There is even a desire to live life dangerously by throwing oneself out of one’s comfort zone. It...
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Durga to be worshipped as a migrant worker in many pujas in Bengal

Biswajit Roy and Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: In West Bengal, it’s been a tradition for puja pandals in and around Kolkata to always resonate the present social issues through their...
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Supreme Court directs Centre and State Govt to help sex workers, WB Govt allows them to have ration cards

Biswajit Roy and Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Kolkata-based Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) the Supreme Court finally instructed the central and...
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CinemaScope

The legend Soumitra Chatterjee breathes his last at the age of 85

Filmwallah - 1
Kolkata: In the late 80s came a Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay novel 'Nana Ronger Aalo'. Still a school student with a deep desire to make films,...
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CinemaScope

How soccer’s loss became Hollywood’s gain

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For over a month, the 1965 film The Hill was on my watchlist. I kept pushing back, for a variety of reasons. Saturday evening,...
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CinemaScope

I wonder where the crowd that had camped at Jantar Mantar for days in 2012 against the rapists has disappeared today-Anubhav Sinha

Shabina Akhtar - 0
Who would know the road to evolution better than filmmaker Anubhav Sinha? A mechanical engineer from Aligarh Muslim University, Anubhav, bit by the film...
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Play On

36-9: Depressing present, ominous future

Pratik - 0
“Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to...
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स्मॉल टाउन, बिग ड्रीम की जब भी मिसाल होगी, धोनी उस चैप्टर के नायक बने रहेंगे

नरेंद्र नाथ मिश्रा - 0
कभी सोचा था कि महेंद्र सिंह धोनी चुपके से ऐसे अलविदा कह देंगे? खामोशी से। वक्त कितना क्रूर होता है, बेरहम होता है, हम...
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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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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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