India Buys Gold, Buries Past Shame
Region: IndiaBurying past shame of 1991, when India had to pledge 67 tons of Gold to Bank of England and Union Bank of Switzerland to raise some $600 million to supplement a poor Foreign Exchange Reserve of $1.2 billion- barely good fo... more
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IIT Kharagpur to Open Medical School in Partnership with US University
Region: IndiaIndia’s oldest IIT is all set to open an in campus Medical School in collaboration with California University, San Diego and would offer Bachelor, Masters, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral degrees along side its Engineerin... more
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Four Soldiers in Indian President’s Bodyguard Convicted of Rape
Region: IndiaFour soldiers of Army’s Cavalry Regiment on duty as President’s bodyguard were convicted for raping a 17-year-old girl at Budhha Jayanti Park on 6th Oct’03. The victim is a Delhi University student who al... more
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Mamata Banerjee Needs Land for Railways
Region: IndiaTurning table on Mamata Banerjee, the Left Front Government of Bengal decided to acquire and hand over 320acres of firm land to Mamata Banerjee’s railway ministry for laying tracks in different districts of West Beng... more
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India: New Income Tax Code to ‘Boost Savings’ is on the Anvil
Region: IndiaFinance minister Pranab Mukherjee along with his predecessor P.Chidambaram released a new Income Tax Code in New Delhi on 12th Aug’09, which seeks to simplify and replace the 48-years-old Income Tax Act 1961. The mos... more
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No Headway in Tripartite ’Gorkhaland’ Meet but Solace for Gurung
Region: IndiaAs was expected, the tripartite talks on ‘Gorkhaland’ issue in New Delhi on 11th Aug’09 could not produce any tangible results. However Bimal Gurung and Co scored a moral and notional win over their archr... more
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Indian Military (and Socio-Economic) Might no Match for China
Region: IndiaDelivering a lecture organized by National Maritime Foundation on 10th August’09, the country’s senior most serving commander Chief of Naval Staff and also the Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee of defense f... more
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India: Farmers Committing Suicide in Drought Like Situation
Region: IndiaAs per the assessment of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the average rainfall deficit across the country is about 25% as on 5th August’09. In its first rainfall analysis by IMD in the mid point of 31St July o... more
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SBI Announces Cheapest Home Loans to Improve Market Share
Region: IndiaThe State Bank of India- a public sector and the largest of all Indian banks- announced a home loan (Hi-Five Loan) at 8% of Rs. 5 lakhs for a period of 5 years. It also announced home loans up to Rs.50 lakhs with interest ... more
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CBI Files FIR Against Several Police Officers of Uttarakhand
Region: IndiaConsequent upon the alleged killing of a 24-year-old MBA graduate Ranbir Singh, by the Uttarakhand police in a falls encounter in Dehra Dun on 3rd July’09, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR on 5t... more
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Born on 6th Nov,1947 in East Pakistan (Presently Bangladesh), migrated to India along with parents at age one. Brought up in West Bengal province of India. Graduated with Physics Honors from Scottish Church College of Calcutta and later did Master of Technology from Calcutta University securing first class fifth position in electrical engineering. Served automobile giant M/S Hinduthan Motors Limited from 1971 to 1996.
I have interest in science and technology, law, social science, politics, religion and work as a social worker also. I can fluently read, write and speak Hindi, English and Bengali apart from a couple of local dialects. I am holding the post of Managing Secretary of a Govt. Aided Higher Secondary School for past 17 years having student strength of 800 plus and President of a local Citizen's Forum.
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