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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former West Bengal Chief Minister, passes away at 80

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, aged 80, passed away due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Bhattacharjee led the CPI(M)-led Left Front to electoral victories in 2001 and 2006. He was known for his attempts to industrialise the state despite facing setbacks over land acquisition issues. With a political career spanning over five decades, he held various key positions in the West Bengal cabinet.

New ring road to be delivered on Thursday

Cyprus Mail 

The first phase of the Nicosia highway ring road will be delivered on Thursday at noon. The engineer’s office said the project includes a 7.5km road connecting the Nicosia to Limassol motorway in the Dali area with Tseri Avenue, as well as 10km of connector roads. It also features a bridge linking the old Nicosia-Limassol […]

This rooftop ‘Scandarabian’ restaurant is helping international jobseekers to upskill for the Danish market

The Copenhagen Post online 

Do More Denmark is a new social enterprise and self-styled ‘Scandarabian’ restaurant in Copenhagen that is on a mission to help international people into employment. It focuses especially on helping long-term unemployed citizens who struggle to enter the Danish labor market due to a lack of experience from their home country, language barriers, and other […]

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Paris 'flying taxi' test flights scrapped during Olympics

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

Test flights of so-called flying taxis -- futuristic drones capable of transporting people -- have been scrapped in Paris during the Olympics as the certification for the engine has not come through, its promoters told AFP Thursday. However test flights without passengers will be held in the aerodrome of the suburban town of Saint Cyr l'Ecole, west of Paris, on Thursday and Sunday, they said.

Maersk changes its tune on LNG with big ship order

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The order is for a mix of owned and chartered dual-fuel vessels totalling 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units — a measure of how much cargo is transported, according to an emailed statement from the company.

Angels hope rediscovered winning touch will boost ‘challengers’

Sports.inquirer.net 

Petro Gazz may be the defending champion of the PVL Reinforced Conference. But with the way things are going for the Angels, it certainly is far away from being in-form to defend the title it won two years ago. And coach Koji Tsuzurabara definitely knows that. “Everyone said to me, Petro Gazz was the defending

Hardship: Abiodun orders refund of recruitment fees to applicants

The Punch 

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has directed the chairman of the state civil service commission to refund all administrative fees currently being charged in relation to the ongoing recruitment into the state’s civil service. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta, the

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