The race to acquire Hutch Essar’s 67% stake has entered the penultimate stage with the reported decision by Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd (HTIL for short), the company that holds the share, to convene shareholders’ meet on Feb 15 next. The meet is expected to seek approval from shareholders regarding sell-off of the stake. [Link to […]
Book fair to shift
It’s time for Booksellers’ & Publishers’ Guild (‘Guild’ for short) to say goodbye to Maidan for all time to come. They cannot hold book fair in Maidan any more. The Kolkata HC yesterday handed out a landmark judgment to save Maidan from the damage caused on account of book fair. That the Guild is on […]
Saving Maidan
Today is going to be an important day in Kolkata’s history. In a few hours from now, the HC will decide whether the book fair can be allowed to take place at Maidan. Horns are locked over the issue between nature-lovers and the government. In an earlier post (see Some people’s concern = Others’ misery), […]
CLEaRS – the virtual tutor
Learning Accord is a US-based company that offers interactive e-learning software, CLEaRS, for MCAT students in that country. Now it has launched a similar-named software for high school students in Kolkata. CLEaRS stands for Computerized Learning, Evaluation and Review System. Its utility lies in identifying knowledge gap in students so that they know where they […]
Rush to New Town
Kolkata’s east is the new destination all are scrambling to get into. Not without reason. City’s east has been expanding at a fast pace, and it’s not just New Town at Rajarhat. The entire belt to the east of EM Bypass too is seeing a spree in expansion. However, if you’ve seen how Gurgaon, Navi […]
Some people’s concern = Others’ misery
What is the meeting point between government’s (and indeed some intellectuals’) forcing the book fair in Maidan and animal rights activists’ insisting that no harm must come to stray dogs on the street? The answer is that some people want to ride roughshod over the wishes and convenience of a silent majority. Take book fair […]
1500 new universities
Shortly after taking over as the head of UPA government at the center, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in June 2005 constituted the National Knowledge Commission (NKC for short), headed by Sam Pitroda. PM understood that the quality of education has to improve in our country. Above all, he knew to the core of his heart […]
Is it Boeing?
This is one investment story that refuses to die down. Thankfully so for Bengal, for it’s about a project which just there cannot be many. It’s not a steel plant of which there is no dearth in India, especially in the east. Nor is it a IT project of which too there is no shortage […]
Bengal Chemicals on comeback trail
What is common to Pheneol, Cantharidine Hair Oil, Kalmegh and Aqua Ptychotis? They are all products once made by Bengal Chemicals. Or would you say they’re brands owned by Bengal Chemicals? Brands, did you say? Yeah, they’re brands, but unbranded brands. The what? Well, the point is Bengal Chemicals never branded them the way branding […]
India’s space triumph
Daily dose of hullabaloo all around sometimes sink singular achievements without trace. One such is India’s space scientists’ successfully re-guiding a 550-kg space capsule back to earth from outer space on Jan 22. With this India joins the select group of only 3 countries (US, Russia and China) who have this ability. Of course, US […]
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