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Airports to get facial recognition from 2022
The air passengers can use a face scan as their boarding pass from 2022. The first airports to roll out the facility are Kolkata, Pune, Varanasi and Vijayawada. What is the plan? The NEC Corporation Private Limited has been chosen ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
130th Edition of Durand Cup to be held in Kolkata
World’s third oldest and Asia’s oldest football tournament called Durand Cup, is all set to be held in Kolkata from September 5 to October 21, 2021. Highlights Durand Cup will be held after a year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Tournament ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
INS Kolkata reaches Kuwait to bring liquid medical oxygen (LMO)
As a part of Operation Samudra Setu II, INS Kolkata has reached Kuwait to collect Liquid Medical Oxygen from the country. Earlier it embarked 43 oxygen concentrators and two hundred bottles of oxygen from Qatar. INS Kolkata It is a ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Kolkata’s First Young Readers’ Boat Library
The West Bengal Transport Corporation has launched the First Young Readers’ Boat Library. The library has been launched in collaboration with a heritage book store. It has been launched on a boat making it first of its kind initiative. Why ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
World Bank’s 105 million USD loan to improve Waterways in West Bengal
The World bank, Government of India and Government of West Bengal recently signed a 105 million US the agreement. The fund has been allocated to the West Bengal inland water transport, logistics and special development project. What are the key ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Museum on Subhash Chandra Bose to be set up in Kolkata
The Government of India is to open a museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23, 2022. The museum is to be set up in Kolkata. The museum is to be inaugurated on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji. ..