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Best of BS Opinion: Integral world of finance, Bengal's cycle of violence

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Bengal's cycle of violence

Changing the nature of the political game won't be easy

Kerala, West Bengal opt for Centre's special GST compensation window

That leaves only Punjab, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which are yet to agree to the Centre's proposal

Love jihad law is for conspiracies behind inter-religion marriages: WB BJP

National General Secretary of BJP Kailash Vijayvargiya said that that law was targeted at inter-religion marriages with the intention or conspiracy to convert religion

Opposition concerned over free, fair polls, says West Bengal Guv Dhankhar

Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan called on Jagdeep Dhankhar, following which the Bengal governor said the Congress leader expressed apprehension over holding of free and fair elections in the state

WB likely to lose the chance to conduct phase 2 trials of Covid-19 vaccine

West Bengal will likely lose the chance to conduct Phase II clinical trial of Russian Covid-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V because of the delay in grant of approval by the state government

ADB approves $50 mn loan to improve resource planning in West Bengal

The loan builds on past ADB policy-based programs in 2012 and 2017, supporting the Government of West Bengal on sustainable public financial management reforms

6 killed in blast at plastic factory in Malda; BJP seeks NIA probe

The blast inside a plastic factory at Sujapur area of Malda district took place at around 11:30 am, the police said

BJP devises elaborate booth-level strategy for its 'Mission Bengal'

The BJP has devised a booth-level strategy with stress on minute details to wrest power from the TMC in West Bengal.

West Bengal's glory can be restored if TMC govt is routed: Amit Malviya

Newly-appointed BJP co-incharge for West Bengal Amit Malviya asserted that the glory of the state can be restored only if the Mamata Banerjee government is routed

Union Minister Amit Shah condoles Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's death

Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the demise of renowned actor Soumitra Chatterjee and said he took the Bengali cinema to new heights

West Bengal reports 3,823 fresh Covid-19 cases, 53 additional deaths

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 4,28,498 on Saturday as 3,823 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said

Bengal FM writes to Nirmala Sitharaman to seek GST Council meeting

West Bengal FM Amit Mitra is seeking a meeting of the GST Council for discussions on Centre's borrowings to meet the collection shortfall

West Bengal partially agrees to Centre's GST compensation proposal

In a letter to the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, has suggested that a GST Council meeting may be convened to discuss the borrowing of the remain

Centre approves Rs 4,382 crore as calamity assistance to six states

A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of nearly Rs 4,382crore to six states as central assistance for the natural calamities they faced this year

Bengal to constitute anti-electrocution cells to protect elephants

The West Bengal government has decided to constitute multi-departmental anti-electrocution cells to protect wild elephants in the state, officials said

Tracheostomy successfully performed on Soumitra Chatterjee, says hospital

The doctors are also mulling to put the 85-year-old thespian off ventilation after the successful tracheostomy

Doctors considering tracheotomy on Soumitra Chatterjee to improve health

The doctors are also mulling to carry out plasmapheresis after consulting nephrologists

West Bengal reports 3,928 new Covid-19 cases, records 4,339 recoveries

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally crossed the four lakh-mark on Saturday as 3,928 more people tested positive for the infection, the health bulletin said

Appeasement politics hurting West Bengal's glory, says Amit Shah

Stressing that there was a need to restore Bengal's "lost glory", Amit Shah said "appeasement politics" in the state has hurt its age-old tradition of upholding the nation's spiritual consciousness