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As the pre Assembly poll campaign warms up in Tripura, the state seems to be heading for a sharper ethnic divide in 2023 between the majority Bengalis and native tribal groups. New poll entrants Tipra Motha (TM) fighting for a greater separate Tripura (Tipraland) state, have confirmed the worst fears of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by calling for a greater tribal consolidation.

The West Bengal government’s latest decision to take over 395 acres of prime industrial land lying idle at Uttarpara, near Kolkata, under CK Birla-controlled Hindustan Motors Limited (HM), for gainful use is most welcome. The giant HM factory has been closed since 2014. It may be high time that the state, starved of good industrial land, also takes over lands held by several such closed units, including GKW, Dunlop and Metal Box, which are lying idle for years.

Kolkata: Kenya's Leonard Barsoton and Bahrain's Desi Jisa rewote the record books in the men’s and women’s elite international category inhe seventh edition of the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K here on Sunday.

Gujarat and Himachal have voted for two opposing national parties. While Himachali voters rejected the BJP and upheld the tradition of electing an alternate every five years, voters in Gujarat gave the saffron party its biggest victory ever and seventh straight term. With over 52 per cent share, and 156 of 182 seats, Narendra Modi magic has worked again in Gujarat, although he moved to Delhi eight years ago.

As the Indian economic growth is set to decelerate in the financial year 2023-24 as per the latest estimates of all the national and international organisations, India’s job market is likely to deterioration. Employment opportunities would decline, new job opportunities will be limited, and job losses may accelerate. Price rise and inflation will add to their woes making prospect for workforce in India gloomier in 2023 than it was in 2022.

After taking on the Supreme Court for the impasse on Collegium, which he described as ‘alien’ to the Constitution, Law Minster Kiren Rijiju has played another bite from His Master’s Voice – prime minister Narendra Modi’s favourite simultaneous elections.

Kolkata: Gurugram’s Manu Gandas fired four-under 68 in last four and with a total of 13-under 275 won the inaugural Rs 1 crore SSP Chawrasia Invitational at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) here on Saturday.

The Cuban government has established an extensive network of biotechnology labs that have developed cutting-edge medical advancements to reinvent traditional cancer and diabetes treatments. For the U.S., a country that tops lists for the prevalence of cancer and diabetes among its population, these advancements would be great news for the millions of Americans suffering from these diseases. But, unfortunately, the Cold War-era blockade maintained for 60 years by the U.S. government inhibits Cuba from sharing its medical research and vaccines with much of the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent an unambiguous and loud message to the intellectuals, academics, social activists and leaders of the political parties of the country to fall in line or get ready to face the music. Though his government at the directive of the RSS has long back initiated the process of weeding out the “Urban Naxals”, his recent address to the “Chintan Shivir” of Home Ministers and DGPs of States held in Faridabad makes it obvious that he is determined to eliminate the forces and individuals opposed to him and his policies.

With crippling power cuts continuing, Bangladesh Government is going all out to buy more power from its regional neighbours , and also examining the possibility of producing ‘green energy’ by using hydrogen, following recent measures taken in advanced Western countries.