Former West Bengal governor, Keshari Nath Tripathi passes away: Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi passed away at 88 at his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj during the wee hours on Sunday. On December 8, he had fractured his ...

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee has received the Bangla Academy Award for her “relentless literary pursuit” at a function organised by the government’s information and culture department on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. The award, ...

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on Monday launched the 'Waste to Wealth Creation' programme in which women will make ornaments and showpieces from fish scale in the Sundarbans in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. In this, the women will make ornaments and showpieces ...

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting education for school-going children, West Bengal government is set to launch an open-air classroom programme Paray Shikshalaya (Neighbourhood Schools) for primary and pre-primary students on February 7. Under this program, the students would be ...

The World Bank’s Executive Board of Directors approved a $125 million loan to the Government of West Bengal to support the state’s efforts to help poor and vulnerable groups access social protection services. The loan has been provided under the ‘West Bengal Building State Capability for Inclusive ...

Indian Bank recently launched its flagship Business Mentoring Programme ''MSME Prerana'' in West Bengal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 MSME Prerana is a unique and innovative business mentoring programme in collaboration with Poornatha and Co. to empower MSME entrepreneurs in driving ...

The West Bengal government has decided to release 63 life convicts in an attempt to decongest its prisons. However, civil rights activists have raised questions on why no political prisoners are being released. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 One of the reasons for the crowding of prisons in ...

The West Bengal state government has set up Inquiry Commission to probe reported interception through spyware. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The commission would investigate the matter and submit its report to the State Government within six months. Spyware is loosely defined as ...

Government of West Bengal passed a resolution in the state assembly in favour of creating a legislative council in the state under Article 169 of the Constitution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The resolution was passed with 196 votes in favour and 69 against it. The West Bengal ...

Food Corporation of India (FCI), West Bengal region is fully geared up for implementing the Fourth Phase of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna (PMGKAY). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Six lakh Metric Tonnes of food grains was handed over to the State Government for distribution during ...