Kolkata: With India emerging as Russia's fourth-largest business partner, with bilateral trade between the two countries reaching USD 65.7 billion in FY 2023-24, biz entrepreneurs from Bengal are eyeing new opportunities for trade and investment in various sectors.On Thursday, ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: When the current batch of Class X ICSE examinees take their ISC two years later, they will have to score at least 35 in five subjects each or 175 in total to clear the class XII boards. The ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday summoned the state home secretary to the court next Thursday to explain why the govt was showing reluctance in providing infrastructure support and fill vacant posts sanctioned for running the judicial committee. ...
14 February 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: With India and Pakistan set to clash at the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Feb 23, demand for flight and match tickets has soared. Many from Kolkata are planning to fly to the Gulf city next weekend ...
14 February 2025 Times of India12 Jalpaiguri: An abandoned baby in Jalpaiguri has found a new home in Kansas.The child was left at the hospital by her mother after her birth 16 months ago. The NRI couple had applied for a baby girl from ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has asked the organisation's Bengal unit to double the number of active swayamsevaks in the state as the Sangh celebrates its centenary year. He also asked them to take up more social service programmes. ...
14 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Bidhannagar cops have installed new CCTVs at six locations in and around the scene of the crime in New Town, where the body of the 14-year-old girl was found last week. Following the death, police identified at ...
14 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The police began looking for an SUV allegedly involved in a number of road rage incidents on Maa flyover in the past week. The vehicle marked ‘Police' repeatedly brushed past other vehicles, scratching them on the way, ...
14 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Lovebirds in Kolkata will have to dig deeper into their pockets this Valentine's Day while gifting flowers or sweet treats to their loved ones, as these romantic gestures are set to cost more. The prices of chocolates ...
14 February 2025 Times of India123 Howrah: A road accident on GT Road in the Dewangazi area under Bally police station at 1 am on Thursday left a cab passenger and the driver dead. A concrete mixer truck crashed into the cab head on, ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta Football League trophy is returning to the East Bengal FC tent after seven years.Bino George's red-and-gold brigade is set to be declared champions in the CFL 2024-2025 season after Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) — their nearest ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: It was a good day at the office for Bengal as they clinched three gold medals on the penultimate day of the National Games in Dehradun. Bengal showed their dominance in the women's floor exercise event on Thursday, ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The CBI, probing an alleged recruitment scam in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Bengal, has identified 30 candidates whose documents seemed to be fake. The central agency has sent letters to ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police), ...
14 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 100-ft Bangladeshi barge carrying fly ash from Budge Budge sent distress signals after it struck a sandbank off Ghoramara island on Thursday afternoon.Until reports last came in, the barge with a dozen men and a pilot on ...
14 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Quashing FIRs against two sisters-in-law under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stated that the courts need to be ‘cautious' and consider pragmatic realities when dealing with criminal cases based ...
13 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: With India and Pakistan set to clash at the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Feb 23, demand for flight and match tickets has soared. Many from Kolkata are planning to fly to the Gulf city next weekend ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A total of 1,25,531 electric vehicles, including battery-operated ones, were registered in Bengal till Dec 2024, signalling a growing shift towards greener transportation. Additionally, 3,411 CNG vehicles were registered, reflecting a broader effort to reduce carbon footprint, state ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city is likely to get piped compressed natural gas (CNG) on a larger scale in 18 months from now. New Town residents will be the first to receive it, followed by the residential areas off EM Bypass, ...
13 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: In a safety and operations efficiency boost, Kolkata airport now has an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) that provides real-time accurate weather information to pilots.It enables them to make informed decisions about landing, take-off, and flight planning. ...
13 February 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: The state govt has entrusted the Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) with the task of beautification and maintenance of the median stretch of Maa flyover from near Chingrighata to Park Circus 4 No Bridge via Science City ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Dense fog hit operations of at least 10 departing flights in the early morning hours at Kolkata airport on Wednesday. While visibility was around 800 m at 3 am, it dipped sharply to below 50 m around 3.30 ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday set up for fresh trial 10 criminal cases, including murder cases, lodged during the Left Front tenure, overturning East Midnapore lower court orders allowing a state plea to withdraw them. The cases were ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A push for rural infrastructure and a DA hike for state govt employees, along with adequate outlays for signature social welfare schemes, were the cornerstones of the Mamata Banerjee govt's last full budget before the 2026 state assembly ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: From 2027, students taking the ISC examination — class XII boards — will have to secure pass marks in five subjects including English to get a pass certificate. Currently, they are required to pass in English and three ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A jewellery store owner in Burrabazar fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme, involving fake payment screenshots, marking the latest in a series of similar incidents across the city. OnJan 27, a middle-aged man selected a gold ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: E-commerce marketplace Meesho is banking on MSMEs and will allow more unbranded retailers to sell their products on the platform. The move is to strike a balance between branded and unbranded retailers for achieving 50% rise in sales ...
13 February 2025 Times of India12 Suri: Nine people were arrested in connection with a clash between two groups at Jamalpur village under Kankartala police station on Tuesday, and officer-in-charge Purnendubikash Das was ‘closed' to the police line. Dubrajpur circle inspector Subhasish Haldar was ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: a Barasat Pocso court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl at New Town in 2019.The accused, Pappu Banik (46), the victim's neighbour, had lured the girl into his house after sending ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: An eight-year-old minor was allegedly sexually harassed in East Behala by a 59-year-old KMC worker employed with the solid waste management department. Locals caught the accused red-handed, reportedly tied him to a lamppost and assaulted him. He was ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Failure on the part of an inept police officer cannot come to the aid of an accused, Calcutta High Court observed while upholding the sentence awarded to a man convicted for the rape of a 10-year-old girl in ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 71-year-old woman, residing at an apartment in Netaji Nagar, was found dead on Tuesday late evening, leading cops to register an unnatural death case. The cops are awaiting the final postmortem report, which was conducted on Wednesday, ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bidhannagar Police has started maintaining a database of toto drivers in and around the commissionerate jurisdiction and is running their past profile check following the arrest of one of their drivers in connection with the rape-murder of a ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKalyani: The students and some guardians continued their protest at the gate of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology at Haringhata campus in Nadia on Wednesday. However, they experienced the same scene as the previous day — a ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: With more IT companies emerging and increased VVIP movement, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will upgrade and redevelop the roads in the central business district (CBD) area of New Town. The authorities have estimated Rs 1.9 ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: After high schoolers in state-run schools, the state budget on Wednesday allocated Rs 200 crore for 70,000 ASHA and 1 lakh Anganwadi workers to buy smartphones. State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya announced the allocation that will enable them ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Love is not just in the air; it is in the economy too. As Feb 14 approaches, Kolkata's streets and shelves — and now even the quick commerce platforms — have started donning a romantic avatar with shades ...
13 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state govt has constituted an eight-member state-level building committee comprising urban development department officials and architects to look into and examine cases of minor unauthorised construction or execution of any minor work without sanction in all municipal ...
13 February 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: Around 31,000 students in West Bengal are set to begin their ISC examinations on Thursday, starting with environmental science and continuing until April 5. This year's exams will feature up to 25% competency-based and higher-order thinking questions ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaPandit Bickram Ghosh and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi Pics: Anindya Saha The lawns of the Tollygunge Club came alive on Sunday as Pandit Bickram Ghosh and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi brought their project, RamTa - Masters of Rhythm, to Kolkata. The ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A Maha Kumbh-bird flu fear combo has delivered a price punch to dressed chicken in Kolkata.Falling demands because of pilgrimage season and fears about handling poultry has translated to a sudden drop in the price of dressed chicken ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKaushik Ray with director Rohan Kanawade at Sundance Film Festival KOLKATA: Many in Kolkata are unaware that a lawyer-turned-filmmaker with roots in this metropolis is one of the minds behind Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s Marathi film ‘Sabar Bonda’ that secured ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Reactions started pouring in from across Kolkata after YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, known online as BeerBiceps, sparked controversy by directing an inappropriate question about parents to a participant on comedian Samay Raina's show "India's Got Latent".Actor Kharaj ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaPurulia: Three women from Purulia, who were on their way to take a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh, died in an accident at Balipur near Nagnathpur National Highway in Uttar Pradesh, about 40km from Prayagraj, on Tuesday. The ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaSuri: A man was seriously injured during a clash between two groups at Jamalpur under the Kankartala Police Station area on Tuesday, during which bombs were hurled indiscriminately. Sattar, the wounded, lost one of his legs in a bomb ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Several passengers travelling on long-distance Howrah- and Kolkata-bound trains passing through Prayagraj complained of being harassed by local ticket-less commuters in reserved compartments. Many of these passengers, who alleged harassment, were returning from Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj and ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state health dept will launch a mass drug administration as part of eliminating filariasis. The door-to-door drive will begin on Feb 24 with the aim to cover all households in 46 blocks and seven municipalities in 11 ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kamarhati Municipality authorities on Tuesday issued an express order for the immediate demolition of around 57 unauthorized multi-storey buildings in the Belgharia-Kamarhati area. FIRs were lodged at Belgharia and Kamarhati police stations against owners and promoters of ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Of the 191 people killed in road accidents in the city last year, 79 were pedestrians, who made up for 41% of total fatal accident victims. Though the number of pedestrians killed was slightly more than that in ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has urged 100% auction of ‘made tea' as it feels that the price of tea is not covering the cost. ITA has called different stakeholders of the industry, including small tea growers, to ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) has formed two new business verticals following a management rejig. The units are Ship Building and Maritime Systems (SMS) and Safety and Signalling Systems (SSS).TRSL has been in the shipbuilding and maritime business ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: NRS Medical College and Hospital will install a firewall that will restrict access of certain websites while using the institute's internal internet, available only on desktops installed for official purposes.As a result, social media sites, such as Facebook ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: State-run IPGMER, which is also called SSKM Hospital, is getting a separate department for head and neck surgery, with a modular operating theatre (OT) and spruce patient wards. The OT will be inaugurated on Wednesday though the hospital ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: Four women and two children were injured when a locomotive engine rammed into a coach of the 15468 Bamanhat-Siliguri Junction InterCity Express, at Bamanhat railway station in Cooch Behar's Dinhata on Tuesday.As the train reached Bamanhat, the loco ...
12 February 2025 Times of India12 Suri: A 16-wheeler lorry carrying 16 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used to manufacture explosives, was intercepted on Monday night at Mansuba crossing, reports S Boral. Three persons were arrested and produced at a Rampurhat court, which sent them ...
12 February 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: The tiger, an adult male aged around 10 years, that had attacked and injured a forest worker at Nagenabad village under Moipith panchayat in Sundarbans' South 24 Parganas division was finally captured, after an effort of over ...
12 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: An FIR was lodged after members of Sappho for Equality alleged that five of them were attacked at a Jodhpur Park departmental store close to their queer café, Porshi. Many condemned the incident on social media, describing ...
12 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: A local Pocso court recorded the statement of the hostel superintendent of Jadavpur University, where the first-year JU student was found dead in 2023. He is the ninth key witness in the case. His cross-examination by the ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Screen time remains a significant concern for numerous school principals during the examination season. Several school principals have instructed board examination students to minimise screen time, particularly abstaining from mobile gaming activities whilst preparing for their assessments.This year, ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Debdutta Majhi, the Madhyamik 2023 topper, has found a place on the state-wise merit list published by the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) session 1 (Jan 2025) conducted by the National Testing Agency with a 99.99 percentile score.Debdutta is ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: With the East-West Metro corridor remaining shut for eight days in two phases in Feb, alternative commute arrangements are being worked out to ensure seamless. Apart from planning additional bus services, the authorities have also asked the auto ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city airport will have a brand new set of toilets by this Nov, replacing the current set that was put in place when the new terminal was inaugurated 12 years ago. "The revamping of toilets is underway. ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: After three days of staying below the normal mark, the minimum temperature jumped more than five notches in Kolkata on Tuesday. At 22.5°C, it was close to five notches above normal and a significant leap from Monday's 17.4°C. ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Top Kolkata Police officers on Tuesday met officials of RVNL, the implementing agency of the Joka-Esplanade Metro project, to find ways to sort the land issues that are threatening to derail the project. Following the meeting, it was ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The first-semester examinations were postponed at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology's Haringhata campus on Tuesday as students blocked gates to protest against the "delayed medical response" to a student who had jumped off the building on ...
12 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Recent reports in Kolkata reveal a disturbing trend where cybercriminals are exploiting ‘secure' websites to defraud users. Three victims reported losing money to fake websites despite them showing HTTPS security certificates and the familiar green lock symbol."The green ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: One of the oldest engineering institutes in the country, the 169-year-old Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (formerly BE College), is set to introduce a compulsory artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) course for ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaBERHAMPORE: About 220 kilometres from Kolkata, pop icon Ed Sheeran on Monday had a much smoother scooter and boat ride in Murshidabad's Jiaganj than the rocky reception he got from cops in Bengaluru the day before. Keeping him company ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two employees were arrested for allegedly stealing money from a well-known biryani outlet in Park Circus. Based on a complaint by the eatery, the Beniapukur cops arrested the two accused — Prasenjit Maiti and Sheikh Gulam Nabi Azad.However, ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: City police commissioner Manoj Verma, a fitness enthusiast, led by example as he completed the 21km run at the Kolkata Police Half Marathon this Sunday, the event kicking off the Traffic Safety Week. In all, 16.5k enthusiasts participated ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Perhaps for the first time by any hospital around the globe, IPGMER (SSKM) conducted 34 gallstone surgeries on Monday. As part of a special drive to clear the backlog, doctors at the general surgery unit of the state-run ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal paddlers once again reigned supreme winning gold in both the men's and women's team events in the National Games in Dehradun on Monday. In both the finals, Bengal overcame Maharashtra with the men blanking their opponents 3-0 ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaBolpur: A blaze at a residential complex at Bolpur in Birbhum district left two people dead and four injured on Monday evening. The fire broke out on the first floor of the five-storey building at Bandhgora near Bolpur bus ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The economic climate in Bengal was now conducive to industry and investment, Baba Kalyani, chairman and MD of Bharat Forge — a unit of Kalyani Group — said, expressing his wish to look for business opportunities in the ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday read out a 16-page speech while inaugurating the assembly's budget session, blaming Centre for blocking funds to Bengal, lauding CM Mamata Banerjee as a "visionary, enterprising and dynamic leader," and highlighting the ...
11 February 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: Kolkata airport's biggest peeve point reared its ugly head yet again, with complaints pouring in from flyers and even airline staff about the stink and stain in the toilets. The airport reacted to the criticism by pointing ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Berger Paints India is set to invest over Rs 2,000 crore to augment its production capacity in the country by 2027. The paints major, which has started shifting its headquarters from Park Street to New Town, is eyeing ...
11 February 2025 Times of India123456 Siliguri/Kharagpur: From the use of heaters at high-altitude schools in Sukhiapokhri and Maneybhanjan in Darjeeling to the use of special vehicles to ferry examinees through elephant corridors and the use of boats in the remote areas of South ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKalimpong: He might have been a towering spiritual figure in Tibet, but in north Bengal's Kalimpong, he was a humble businessman who had set up the town's first large-scale noodle factory.Gyalo Thondup used to run the factory from his ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a message to Trinamool MLAs, CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had no had no family of her own and declared: "You are my family." Adding that she would "have the last word" in TMC, Banerjee ...
11 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Senior citizens and youngsters searching for jobs are falling prey to two of the most organized frauds at present – digital arrest fraud and the Telegram pre-paid task scam. On Feb 11, Safer Internet Day, these will ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Doctors at IPGMER have successfully transplanted a liver that was infected with bacteria as well as the Covid virus. The recipient, a liver cirrhosis patient who has been recuperating well since the Jan 20 transplant, went back home ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The parents and sister of the 14-year-old girl who was brutally killed and raped by a toto driver from her neighbourhood left their Gouraganagar home on Monday and moved to their ancestral house at Swarupnagar in North 24 ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Probing the murder and rape of the class VIII student in New Town, cops have found that accused Soumitra Roy (22) is an undertrial accused in a four-year-old dowry death case at his hometown in Nadia's Dhantala. He ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The desolate and poorly lit area in New Town, where the brutalised and semi-naked body of the class 8 girl was found, will soon be thoroughly illuminated, covered by CCTV surveillance, have regular police patrols, and be transformed ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Security personnel apprehended a man on Monday for una-uthorised presence near the mayor's office. Rafikul Islam Biswas from Chapra Nadia's passport showed the name Rafiqul while his Aadhaar card and voter ID listed him as Shafiqul Biswas.
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro services on the Blue line were disrupted for an hour on Monday after a man jumped in front of a train that was approaching the Esplanade station around 7.56pm, a Metro Railway spokesperson said. The third line ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A staggering 40% of fatal accident victims over the past five years in the city have been pedestrians, data by cops reveal. Realising the need to create awareness about pedestrian and road safety to be able to contain ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: After Salt Lake Sector I and II, the state govt has sanctioned Rs 4.3 crore to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) for repair and upgradation of the roads in Sector III.While Rs 34.4 lakh was approved for ...
11 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: A day after tensions flared up at Narkeldanga following a fire, leading to a clash between the councillor and the Trinamool faction opposed to him, the cops registered two FIRs in this regard. One of them names ...
11 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The CBI on Monday submitted a status report to the Special CBI Court, Alipore regarding the submission of documents to the accused in connection with the alleged financial crime at RG Kar. Next hearing is on Feb 12.The ...
11 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: A tiger that entered Nagenabad village in the South 24 Parganas division of the Sundarbans on Sunday evening has attacked and wounded a forest worker on Monday morning when a team was installing nylon nets to isolate ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaWhisky enthusiasts gathered at the Calcutta Rowing Club on February 8 for an extraordinary evening of flavour, craftsmanship, and storytelling. The exclusive whisky-tasting event was conducted by Iain Forteath, a global brand ambassador and master blender at a well-established ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 22-year-old with a possible history of sexual violence against women was arrested on Sunday for Friday's murder-and-rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in New Town, which had sent shockwaves in the residential area.Police said the accused - Soumitra ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: One of the four packs of ‘urban’ wolves has augmented their numbers, within months after cameras documented them near Durgapur town.Cameras have captured images of a pup, approximately six weeks old, in one of the packs, currently located ...
10 February 2025 Times of India12 Jalpaiguri: A toto driver was arrested and booked under the Pocso Act in Jalpaiguri on Sunday for the rape of a Class 8 student.The matter came to light on Saturday evening when the girl's mother found a pregnancy ...
10 February 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: A middle-aged woman feeding strays inside a govt housing complex at EB Block in Salt Lake was allegedly assaulted by some residents on Saturday night. They alleged that she was polluting the area and ‘provoking' the dogs ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal's promising athlete Moumita Mondal claimed a gold and a silver in the National Games in Dehradun on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who hails from Jirat in the Hooghly district, leapt a distance of 6.21 metres to win her ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A vegetable vendor was severely injured after being shot at by three miscreants, who came riding on a scooter. The miscreants also snatched Rs 16,000 from the victim at Beledana area under North Kashipur PS in Bhangar during ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Birders from Bengal will join over a thousand others from across the country at the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).One of the largest birding events globally, GBBC will kick off on Feb 14 and continue till Feb 17 ...
10 February 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around 6 community market complexes across Salt Lake will get a facelift. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the first phase of the repair work of the Salt Lake GD block community market and is presently conducting ...
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