BGBS 2025 Secures Over ₹4.40 Lakh Crore in Investment Proposals: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses at the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in Kolkata on Wednesday, February 05, 2025. (Photo: IANS/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

February 6, 2025 7:48 PM

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BGBS 2025 Secures Over ₹4.40 Lakh Crore in Investment Proposals: CM Mamata Banerjee

The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) attracted an investment proposal of over four lakh forty thousand crore rupees. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated this during her concluding speech at the summit in Kolkata today. More than 1200 Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Intent...

January 2025 the warmest on record: Copernicus

February 6, 2025 7:41 PM

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January 2025 the warmest on record: Copernicus

January 2025 was the warmest January on record. According to the European Copernicus Climate Service, it surpassed the previous high in January last year by nearly 0.1 degree Celsius. Despite expectations for a slightly cooler month due to a shift away from the El Niño weather pattern, global temper...

Oil Prices Rise as Brent Hits $75, WTI Nears $72

February 6, 2025 6:09 PM

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Oil Prices Rise as Brent Hits $75, WTI Nears $72

Oil prices rose today. Brent Crude was trading 0.7 percent up at 75 dollars and 13 cents per barrel, and WTI Crude gained almost 0.8 percent to trade at around 71 dollars and 59 cents per barrel when reports last came in. Meanwhile, US commercial crude oil inventories increased by 8.7 million barrel...

Asian-European Major Indices End in positive territory

February 6, 2025 5:57 PM

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Asian-European Major Indices End in positive territory

Major Asian indices ended in positive territory today. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged over 1.4 percent, China's Shanghai Composite index rose over 1.2 percent, South Korea's Kospi increased over one percent, Japan's Nikkei added 0.6 percent, and Singapore's Straits Times index gained almost 0.4 percen...

Nigeria: Fire Kills 17 Children, Injures 17 Others In Zamfara Islamic School

February 6, 2025 5:49 PM

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Nigeria: Fire Kills 17 Children, Injures 17 Others In Zamfara Islamic School

In Nigeria, at least 17 children were killed in a fire that erupted in an Islamic school in the northwestern part of the country. The country's emergency response agency said about 100 children were at the school when the fire broke out in the Kaura Namoda district of Zamfara state yesterday. Sevent...

Rupee Hits Record Low of 87.57 Against US Dollar

February 6, 2025 5:26 PM

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Rupee Hits Record Low of 87.57 Against US Dollar

In the Forex market, the rupee today depreciated by 11 paise to settle at a record low of 87 rupees and 57 paise against the US dollar as rising odds of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India in its monetary policy meeting tomorrow pressurised the rupee. The dollar index, which indicates the US dol...