Kolkata air quality improves with the dip in number of vehicles
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There is a dip in the number of vehicles plying on the roads due to restriction in Kolkata. A worker seen on May 1, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Kolkata s air quality has significantly improved with the dip in the number of vehicles plying on the roads due to restrictions imposed two days ago to check the spread of coronavirus, an official of West Bengal Pollution Control Board said on Friday.
There is far lesser emission of sulphur, nitrogen, carbon particulates in the air as number of vehicles have dwindled while commercial activities have come down significantly resulting in less air pollution, he said.
India News: KOLKATA: Though the BJP failed to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from power, the saffron party managed to weather the TMC storm emerging triumphant in 25 of.
BJP weathers Trinamool storm in north Bengal, maintains Lok Sabha gains
The tally of winning seats for the saffron party in north Bengal looks reasonable even after the overall setback , political analyst Subhomay Maitra said.
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KOLKATA: Though the BJP failed to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from power, the saffron party managed to weather the TMC storm emerging triumphant in 25 of 42 constituencies in six districts of the region in the high- octane assembly elections.
Nevertheless, the result was below BJPs impressive performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the saffron camp was ahead in 31 assembly segments in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur.
- Martin Scorsese
‘‘Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.’’
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Akira Kurosawa
One is an American master and the maker of timeless Hollywood classics like ‘Taxi Driver’ or ‘Goodfellas,’ the other the Japanese auteur who is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. The sense of respect and admiration for Ray, the man who was responsible for taking Indian cinema to the global audience, was one of the few factors they would have had in common.
It’s a pity that the Covid-19 pandemic, like so many other things in our lives, have deprived his family and Kolkata - his own city - from celebrating his 100th birth anniversary on Sunday (May 2). The fact that it’s also the day for counting of votes after a volatile, protracted assembly elections in West Bengal over March-April, means the opportunities for his retrospectives, appraisals in TV talk shows and what have you - will have
Covid-19 Protocol at the counting centres on May 2:
⚫ No candidate or agent or counting officials will be allowed inside the counting centres without producing negative reports for RT-PCR/Rapid Antigen Test or certificate of two doses of vaccination against Covid-19
⚫ No one, including political party cadres, will be allowed within the 100-metre periphery of the counting centres. The 100-metre no-entry zone will be demarcated
⚫ Public gathering will not be allowed even outside the 100 metres of the counting centres
⚫ No one having fever or Covid-19-like symptoms will be allowed inside the counting centre.
⚫ Not more than two persons will be allowed to accompany the winning candidates to receive the certificate from the returning officer