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Kolkata’s perfect 5 day weekend
As all of India looks forward to the long 3 day weekend, Kolkata has taken matters further and declared it a five day one. In addition to Republic Day (Monday the 26th), Kolkatans have already been celebrating Netaji’s Birthday (Friday the 23rd) and the SUCI Bandh (Thursday the 22nd). In all, this has been the [...]
SENSEX barred from falling
In an emergency meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) after close of trading today, the Finance ministry issued a new directive requiring the BSE Sensitive Index to not fall during regular trading hours. Reacting to the recent stock market crash ignominiously highlighted in the media with headlines such as Halal Street Massacre and Saare [...]