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  SOME DEALS—NO ACTION SAKIN—WEST BENGAL SARASIJ MAJUMDER CASE—1:BASANTI COTTON MILLS Basanti Cotton Mills was a cotton industry established in Panihati, West Bengal, on September 25, 1934. It has since gone through several corporate changes, and the original mill is now permanently closed. The company "Basanti Cotton Mills (1998) Private Limited" was later incorporated and dealt with weaving and manufacturing of man-made fibre and mixture fabrics, but its status is now listed as "Strike Off" (non-operational). History: The original Basanti Cotton Mill was organized by Sri Subodh Chandra Mitra and inaugurated by Rabindranath Tagore in 1934. The mill was named after the wife of Desh Bandhu Chittaranjan Das. A later entity, Basanti Cotton Mills (1998) Private Limited, was incorporated in 1998. This company's name was struck off by the Registrar of Companies in 2006, though it was briefly restored by court order in 2012. Its current status remains ...

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07-01-2026

 



NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07-01-2026

WEDNESDAY|| VOL—V/2026/JANUARY

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

*कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुर्नश्यत्युपैति यमः।*

*तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशां मूढो जनः॥*

TRANSLATION: Time keeps moving and playing its role; life keeps decreasing and death comes nearer, yet the ignorant person does not give up false hopes.

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched mega skilling programme to provide Artificial Intelligence (AI) knowledge to 10 lakh youth across the country within a year.

Names of a total of two crore eighty-nine lakh voters have been excluded in the draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh released by the Election Commission  after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.  Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said.

The Telangana state government on Tuesday handed over about 950 acres of land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the revival of the long-awaited Mamnoor airport. The foundation ceremony is expected at the end of this month, and the first flight could take off by late 2027.

The Mamnoor airport, built by the Nizam government in 1930 as an airstrip for military purposes and currently defunct, has 696.14 acres of land. The government has acquired an additional 253 acres of private land, paying farmers compensation of around Rs 295 crore at a rate of Rs 1.2 crore per acre.

WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz said Maduro was not Venezuela’s legitimate head of state following the disputed 2024 elections and that his capture was necessary to counter the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.

The scene in Venezuela: Maduro’s former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez—who has been liaising with the Trump administration—was officially sworn in yesterday as acting president. Her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, was reappointed president of Venezuela’s legislature. Security forces detained at least fourteen journalists and media workers in Caracas before releasing thirteen, according to a Venezuelan press union.

VIEW:THIS MILITARY OPERATION WAS NEITHER WARRANTED NOR WISE. IN FACT, IT WAS OF QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY. THE UNITED STATES ALSO HAD OTHER OPTIONS. MADURO HARDLY POSED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. MAKE NO MISTAKE: THIS WAS A MILITARY OPERATION OF CHOICE, NOT OF NECESSITY.

IRAN: The government announced a plan yesterday to give most citizens monthly payments of about $7 in response to widespread demonstrations fueled by economic hardship. The protests have become the largest in the country since 2022, when the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody sparked months of civic upheaval.

WARNINGS ON GREENLAND: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, warning that a U.S. invasion of the island would mean the end of NATO. Today, the leaders of seven NATO countries issued a joint statement saying that “it is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

China is banning the export of certain technologies to Japan that could be used by Japan’s military, the Chinese commerce ministry announced today, though it did not specify which products would be included in the ban.

Azerbaijan will not send troops to Gaza as part of an international peacekeeping force after questioning the United States about the nature of the operation, President Ilham Aliyev told local media yesterday.

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has won a third term, according to preliminary results released yesterday from CAR’s December 28 election. In 2023, he oversaw changes to the constitution to end presidential term limits. The country’s main opposition boycotted the December vote, calling it unfair.

A recent satellite image has exposed China's ongoing construction of permanent structures near the buffer zone at Pangong Tso along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. Shared by geostrategic expert Damien Symon on X, the imagery reveals new buildings situated within Chinese-held territory, adjacent to a pier and existing troop accommodations.

The recent decision by the Andhra Pradesh government to approve the development of a Greenfield Port and a National Mega Shipbuilding Cluster at Dugarajapatnam in Tirupati district marks a significant strategic intervention in India’s maritime and shipbuilding ecosystem.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Indian scientists develop the first supercomputer- powered simulation to capture the long-existing paradox of hot water freezing faster than cold water. The Ministry of Science and Technology informed that this phenomenon, technically called the Mpemba effect, had eluded scientists for a long time.

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired a high-level meeting to undertake a detailed review of Action Plans of Rajasthan and Punjab governments for tackling air pollution in Delhi-NCR. This was the fifth meeting in the series of such reviews.

In Japan, several people have been injured after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Shimane Prefecture and neighbouring Tottori Prefecture in western part of the country yesterday.

IMD

The India Meteorological Department, IMD has forecast dense to very dense fog over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan today (07 Jan). According to Indian Railways, more than 18 Delhi-bound trains are running late due to low visibility.

 

GAMES & SPORTS: -

In Squash, top-seeded Indian Anahat Singh advanced to her maiden women’s under-19 final at the British Junior Open in Birmingham yesterday. The 17-year-old defeated Egypt’s Malika El Karaksy in the semifinals.

DAS KAPITAL:

Indian Share Market: -

 BSE SENSEX

85,063.34 −376.27 (0.44%)🔻

 NIFTY

26,175.60 −74.70 (0.28%)🔻

  GOLD : ₹ 13,800/ 01gm (24 krt)

 SILVER : ₹ 240,000/KG

Currency Exchange Rates:

NO CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY.

WHAT IS NEXT:

Today, the Organization of American States meets in Washington, DC to discuss the situation in Venezuela.

Today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders meet in Paris.

Tomorrow, Pope Leo begins hosting a two-day meeting of cardinals at the Vatican.

 

 

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