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One fridge. 500 books. How a Kolkata teacher built a street library with a simple thought, ‘Reading should belong to every child.’An English teacher in Kolkata, Kalidas Haldar, and his wife established a unique street library in 2021, utilizing a repurposed refrigerato...- These large- and mid-cap stocks can give more than 27% return in 1 year, according to analystsThere are times when the market debates which set of stocks is doing better: Mid-caps or large-caps? But the fact is that it is more import...
- Holding value even in volatile markets: 5 large-cap stocks from different sectors with upside potential of up to 33%Up one day and down the other – and there is no dearth of explanations for each move of the market. Pretty much the same thing is happening...
- For restaurateurs, it's an open and spurt case: Record number of new eateries, watering holes coming upZorawar Kalra, founder of Massive Restaurants that owns brands such as Farzi Cafe, Masala Library and Bo Tai, said he expects to end the ye...
- Marbled floors & Venetian windows: 120-yr-old house in Kolkata's Kalighat is the new canvas for these artistsThis 120-year-old mansion is about to be torn down.
- BJP promises Rs 500 crore fund to help Kolkata get UNESCO World Heritage tagMajor parts of Kolkata are set to vote only in the last few phases of the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal, but the BJP has already pr...
- Protests erupt across India over CAA, police action against Jamia studentsThe morning after violence broke out in the national capital, thousands of students across India took to the streets demanding a probe into...
- Pressing rewind: How India became Third World againThe searing air pollution levels in North India, the regular deluges of Mumbai, the complete anarchy on the roads that almost every Indian ...
- Explore homestays to have fun in new settings and be ecologically-consciousMany Indian families are now keen to explore traditional culture of a new region and prefer homestay options.
- Veecon Rok partners BSNL to roll out wifi in 25 cities; to invest Rs 36,000 crVeecon Rok Corporation has also partnered with US space body NASA for communications technology, including wifi and mobile handsets.
- How these new age public libraries are making books available to everyoneThese libraries are popping up everywhere — on the lawns of gen-next buildings, in parks, at bus stations, outside offices or just on the r...
- Trump is not that powerful to affect free speech: Paul BeattyEven though, he is not sure about the America under Trump, he says, “There are some people, to whom it doesn’t matter."
- UK foreign secretary takes a 'ghost walk' in BBD BagThe UK foreign minister may have got the idea of going around the city's central business district after meeting Khatchaturian, a former Lo...
- Revealed: Inside story of the 1968-69 Calcutta robberiesA spate of robberies at banks and post offices shook Calcutta. It was suspected that the mastermind was the revolutionary Ananta Singh.
- Revealed: Inside story of the 1968-69 Calcutta robberiesIn 1968-69, a spate of daring robberies at banks and post offices shook Calcutta. For the first time, a close associate of the accused shar...
- BJP officials say party to set up new offices in West BengalWith the BJP's membership drive receiving a huge response in Bengal, the party is scouting for locations to open new offices in the state.
- St Xavier's building Rs 250-crore research centreThe alumni association is initiating 'Project Lakshya' where each contributor donates a minimum Rs 1 lakh to college funds.
- The American Library in Kolkata: A space open to all, says US Consulate GeneralThe newly designed American Center continues the tradition that is associated with the American Library and Lincoln Room in Kolkata, by tra...
- Delhi turns 100: Transition of a chaotic, charismatic, restless & relentless metropolisFor a city Delhi's age, 100 years is a blip. But the century gone by mirrors all that India's capital stands for — a metropolis that is cha...
- Indian contemporary art: Young artists lay new foundationsWhile Indian contemporary art is making a comeback, especially at the top end, the foundations are being laid for another future with new y...
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