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British firm helps setting up spice unit for women

The groundbreaking of the unit for the marginal farmer women involved in farming was held today. The local Ausgram-II panchayat samiti has declared a 100 per cent subsidy for the women from the local villages. Asit Kumar Mal MP, Bolpur, Rishu Ravi, director, Grant Thornton Bharat, the mentor British firm with his team joined the groundbreaking venue today.

Kids facing eye cancer threat in south Bengal

Dr Priyansha Chatterjee, chairperson of Dvita hospital here said: "We've observed the irreversible cylindrical eye power of the kids has increased substantially due to the exorbitant exposure." Dr Amit Das, cornea surgeon of the hospital said, “Cases of retinoblastoma - commonly called eye cancer - have also been recorded in the South Bengal hospitals in recent days, which needs further studies.”