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NBSTC's first AC Volvo sleeper bus to roll out Feb 20

Cooch Behar, Feb. 17 -- In a significant development for public transport in North Bengal, the first AC Volvo sleeper bus in the history of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is set ... Read More


Reconstruction of iconic Holong Forest bungalow begins after two years

Alipurduar, Feb. 17 -- Nearly two years and seven months after it was gutted in a devastating fire, the Forest Department has formally initiated the reconstruction of the iconic Holong Forest Bungalow... Read More


RBI purchases 47% of govt's total bond issuances so far in FY26

Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- In order to support liquidity in the banking system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has purchased government securities equivalent to 47 per cent of the Centre's total bond issuanc... Read More


Markets surge for second day in row on gains in bank, IT stocks

Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- Stock markets closed higher for the second straight session on Tuesday, driven by gains in bank, IT and capital goods shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 173.81 points, or 0.21... Read More


NPCI announces domain-specific AI language Model FiMI built for India's payments ecosystem

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday unveiled FiMI (Finance Model for India), a domain-specific language model built for India's payments ecosystem, at the In... Read More


SBI Mutual Fund launches SBI Nifty Midcap 150 Momentum 50 ETF

Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- SBI Mutual Fund has launched the SBI Nifty Midcap150 Momentum 50 ETF, an open-ended exchange traded fund that seeks to replicate the Nifty Midcap 150 Momentum 50 Index. The new fun... Read More


Road to Communal Polarisation

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- In his extensively documented study "Bengal Electoral Politics and the Freedom Struggle: 1862-1947", historian Gautam Chattopadhyay (1924-2006) points out that "as soon as electi... Read More


Camaraderie In Crisis

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Winter Olympics have long projected an image of sport at its purest - a stage where excellence, respect, and fair play converge before a global audience. Yet the unfolding co... Read More


A Nation in Transition

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- In the Holi Month of Ramadan, Bangladesh got an elected government after a gap of nearly nineteen months when the previous Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, had to abrogate power an... Read More


Netaji's Kabul Sojourn

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Although the escape of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose from Calcutta to Kabul is well documented, not much is known about his brief stay in Kabul and about how he travelled from ther... Read More