World Dynamic City 2019

The City Momentum Index of JLL which identifies World Dynamic Cities has been released by the property consultant JLL. About the Index The City Momentum Index of JLL measures momentum for 131 of the world’s most commercially active cities by ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Kolkata-Patna become India’s 2nd container cargo sector on Inland Waterways

Kolkata-Patna has become the India’s second container cargo sector on Inland Waterways. The Inland Waterways Authority of India’s (IWAI) vessel ‘MV RN Tagore’ will be the first cargo vessel to reach Patna’s Gaighat IWT terminal on river Ganga (National Waterway-1). ..

ESIC Kolkata Recruitment 2018 for Junior Resident and Senior Resident Posts

Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Junior Resident and Senior Resident posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of ..

West Bengal Green University to be renamed as Rani Rashmoni Green University

The West Bengal Assembly has recently passed the West Bengal Green University (Amendment) Bill 2018 to rename the West Bengal Green University as Rani Rashmoni Green University. The decision to rename the university was taken to commemorate the 225th birth ..

The Third Wife wins Best Film award at 24th Kolkata International Film Festival

‘The Third Wife’, directed by Vietnamese director Ash Mayfair, movies has won the Best Film award at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF-2018). Mayfair and her compatriot producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc collected the ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’ trophy and ..

Bengaluru India’s most congested city

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has recently published the report titled ‘Mobility and Congestion in Urban India’. In it, Bengaluru has been ranked India’s most congested city followed by Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune. The ..

ESIC Kolkata Recruitment 2018 for Faculty Posts

ESIC Kolkata has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Faculty posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of vacancies is 11. The applications have to ..

Kolkata tops Ola Mobility Institute (OMI)’s ‘Ease of Moving Index 2018’ in public transport

According to India’s first-ever ‘Ease of Moving Index 2018’ – India Report 2018, Kolkata has topped the index in terms of cleanliness and affordability of public transport, followed by New Delhi and Chennai. The index offers insights on mobility preferences ..