In a rare gesture, the Marylbone Cricket Club (MCC) has taken consent from nine former Indian women cricket for the much-coveted Honorary Life Membership. The nine Indian ladies who will be so honoured are Diana Edulji, Shanta Rangaswami, Shubhngi Kulkarni, Sudha Shah, Sandhya Agarwal, Neetu David, Gargi Banerjee, Shashi Gupta and Amita Sharma.

“I am humbled by the gesture” said Gargi Banerjee, “the way the institution has sought us out and sent us their appreciation of the little that we have achieved is indeed touching. I would like to take the opportunity of putting on record our gratitude – from all of us who have been so honoured and on behalf of all Indian women who love the game – thank you MCC. A big Thank You is also due to the BCCI who have fecilitated the entire process. This is another proof that Cricket is well and truely, God’s greatest gift to (wo)mankind!”

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New Delhi, March 09, 2017 – OPPO, the world’s leading camera phone brand is the proud new Official Team Sponsor of the Indian National Cricket Team, as declared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The partnership with BCCI will start from 01st April 2017 and will run for a period of five years.

This is a new step of OPPO in the field of cricket after becoming the official Global Partners of the International Cricket Council for 4 years from 2016 onwards.

Speaking on the partnership, Mr. Rahul Johri, CEO, BCCI said “On behalf of the BCCI, I would like to congratulate OPPO Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd., on winning the rights and welcome them to the BCCI family. OPPO Mobiles and the BCCI share a common vision and I am confident that we will work together to further grow Indian cricket.”

The team sponsorship rights include the right to be called the official team sponsor, and to display a commercial logo on the National Men’s, Women’s, Under-19 and India A teams’ kits.

Mr. Sky Li, Global VP & President of OPPO India said, “Cricket in India is not just a sport, but also a way of life and culture, especially amongst the youth. The Indian National Cricket Team is the essence of cricket in India and the team’s spirit of marching forward and pursuing newer heights is highly consistent with OPPO’s pursuit of products with unmatched photography experience.”

Sky added, “The Indian national team receives high reputation and influence among young people. By partnering with the team, OPPO will not only further enhance its connection with the young consumers, but also engage with the country’s youth in its endeavor of providing them with the outstanding selfie-led photography experience.”

OPPO leads the smartphone photography developments in the industry. It started the trend of selfie beautification, first launched the motorized rotating camera phone N3, screen flash and other photography feature. In 2015, in line with its deep insight of young people’s behavior, OPPO first launched selfie focused smartphones——Selfie Expert F series in India. And its first batch products F1, F1 Plus and F1s received warm welcome and the brand leads the selfie trend in the country. Now the brand’s share in the offline market reached 11.7 percent and is ranked No.2 in the market, as of Jan 2017, as reported by research firm GFK.

OPPO is a young and dynamic company and has already established itself as one of the world’s leading smartphone brand with a base of more than 100 million young customers using OPPO mobile phones globally and the brand has become the most welcomed camera phone brand across the young Indians.

About OPPO

At OPPO we design, manufacture, and promote our own products, combining innovative technology with unique design, to ensure our customers always receive the best.

After entering the mobile phone market in 2008, OPPO quickly expanded into overseas markets a year later. OPPO mobile phones are currently available in over 20 markets, with the brand already registered in 140 countries as of late 2015.

OPPO is the official global partner of International Cricket Council (ICC) starting 2016 and has also entered into a three-year partnership with Football Club Barcelona, Spain. OPPO has Bollywood heartthrobs Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor as its South Asia Region brand ambassadors and Yuvraj Singh as its First Sport Ambassador. The leading smartphone brand made its entry into the Indian market in early 2014. OPPO Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd. currently has commercial presence in major cities and regions of India. With its growing presence, OPPO aims to provide beautifully designed phones and a flawless camera experience to the young consumers.

But OPPO doesn’t stop there. Using our passion for design and commitment to new technologies, OPPO has made a big impact in the audio-visual market by offering world-renowned, premium Blu-ray players in the United States and across Europe.

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26^th November , Kolkata:

Today The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries organized a Deceased Donor programme- CADAVAR DAAN at the Chamber Premises.

India and the world are carrying a huge disease burden in the way of Organ failure. This disease is fraught with morbidities for a life time. Patients suffer physically, mentally and of course economically.

 One of the most effective methods of therapy is transplantation of the kidney. However, there is a huge crisis of healthy donors. We need to become aware of the immense need for voluntary Organ Donation. Live related donation gives excellent results.

 But in the absence of live related donors unethical business is flourishing in the way of unrelated donors who are doing it for money. Under these circumstances the most promising way forward is Cadaveric Transplantation.

 Cadaveric Transplantation is when an organ or tissue is transplanted from a deceased or usually unrelated donor. That is possible when a patient is brain dead and the family decides to donate the persons organs or the family of an accident victim donates the organs.

 While India has woken up to the possibility of Cadaveric Organ Donation to save lives, West Bengal is also taking steps to ensure that there can be a structured approach.

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has taken up this challenge to spread awareness and catalyze mechanisms by which this very useful concept can serve its purpose.

On the 26^th November, 2016 all right-thinking people, who believe in the virtues of Organ Transplantation, were gathered together to host the programme called the Cadaver Daan.

The inaugural address was given by  Mr. Sutanu Ghosh (President, The Bengal Chamber of commerce and industries).

The eminent speakers of the programme were Dr. Amit Ghose (Chairperson Emeritus-Health Committee, BCC&I and Consultant Urologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata) who was also the moderator of the programme, Dr. Sunil Shroff (Senior Consultant Urologist,Transplant Surgeon & Managing Trustee MOHAN Foundation), Dr. Arindam Chanda (Chairperson-Health Committee,BCC&I,COO,GD Hospital & Diabities Institute) Dr. V V Lakshminarayan(Chief Nephrologist,Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata), Dr. Aditi Kishore Sarkar ,Addl DHS (Admin), Govt. of WB, among others.

On behalf of Bengal Chamber the personalities who offered to donate their  organs are- Mr R.N. Lahiri (Chairperson Emeritus,IT Committee,BCCI), Mr. Radhakrishnan (Past president,BCC&I),Mr. Dipak Dutta (Member,BCC&I), Mr. Arun Kr. Mukherjee (Chairperson of energy & environment committee,BCC&I),Mr. Shubhodip Ghosh (Director General,BCC&I) and Dr. Amit Ghose(Chairperson Emeritus -Health Committee,BCC&I).

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Mr. Sutanu Ghosh (President, BCC&I), Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee (CMD, Feedback Infra Pvt. Ltd.), Shri Rohit K Singh (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India), Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury (Former CMD, NTPC), Mr. Dhruv Bhalla (Head – International Business, Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd.) were present among others.

Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India) attended the summit through video conference.

“This is the inaugural edition of our annual Summit, and the principal objective is to create an effective platform in the Eastern region of India for all infrastructure stakeholders to discuss, analyze, share best practices and bring forward the opportunities in infrastructure and related logistics sectors, especially the cutting-edge developments of today. Today, we would like to stress upon infrastructure-related business development discussions, that brings the Government together with private Infrastructure players, corporates and consultants”, said, Mr. Sutanu Ghosh, President, BCC&I. He also added, “As many States are already stressed about their Fund, the cash flow becomes the crucial problem for building infrastructure. Acquiring land is a problem, implementation such as removal of people is again a problem but indeed a great amount of work has already been done. There is a serious demand for private sector investment and that is seriously lacking as the level of private investment is far below the growing need.”

Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India) said, “Within a few years, the future of the Railway Stations in India will be much better than the infrastructure and all other facilities available at the airports. The Surat Railway Station model can be stated as an example. We have planned to develop 400 such railway stations all-over India, keeping in mind the local culture of different parts of India. The the stations will have Railway City Bus Services and other mode of transports, which is a joint-venture with the state governments. We are now shifting to 100% e-tendering and PayPal process. All of these are under the umbrella of ‘Make In India’ project and we are also planning to sell the manufactured products and equipments used for building railway tracks, to other countries once we are ready.”

Despite efforts taken by the government, investment momentum is yet to pick up and as a result, order inflows are devoid of large investments. There is still capacity under-utilisation and, therefore, no investments are coming in capacity addition. Players are waiting for demand momentum to go up. In this scenario it is interesting to understand what would be the view of the prime stakeholders and how cost efficiency and technology would be key instruments to tackle this problem.

Shri Rohit K Singh (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India) said, “There are various business models like PPP, BOT, etc. But the Govt. of India is now following the Asset Recycling Model, wherein, we have assigned 75 projects to different private companies for a lease of 30 years against an advanced sum of money. These private organisations are now taking care of the development of the roads and highways that has been allocated to them. And it is very useful since it has given a profit of Rs. 50,000 crore to the government.”

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The Bengal Chamber acknowledges with respect, the verdict of the Supreme Court as the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India. The Chamber feels that this landmark judgement will have impact on the whole country and one in which the Government of West Bengal has triggered an issue which has a national impact. The long term impact on industrialisation will have to be assessed. Any industrial activity must be in sync with the laws of the land. The judgement gives a direction.

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The Bengal Chamber congratulates the State Finance Minister, Dr. Amit Mitra for presenting a forward looking budget for 2016-17, with an almost five fold increase in planned expenditure that focuses on education, employment, agriculture and the MSME sector.  It is encouraging that the State has also been able to achieve a robust seven times growth in agriculture and four times growth in infrastructure development during the past five years while at the same time pushing down fiscal and revenue deficits within manageable limits even in the backdrop of a huge inherited debt burden of over Rs. 2.5 lakh crore. By further simplifying and relaxing tax rules and procedures, Dr. Mitra expects to achieve better tax compliance and fiscal consolidation.

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The Bengal Chamber gives the Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley a 6/10 for presenting a pro agriculture and socially tempered budget, with robust outlays for infrastructure, agriculture, rural and socio-economic schemes. This budget in consideration of the global negative outlook has focused on fiscal consolidation as against an aggressive growth outlook. It may propel an agri based domestic growth and is an attempt to insulate the Indian economy against Global Economic fluctuations.

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The Bengal Chamber greatly commends the Government of West Bengal for its initiatives towards development and progress, in spite of heavy interest payments due to the inherited financial burden.

The Chamber has noted the strides forward by the State Government in agriculture, service sectors, IT, health, education, infrastructure, road and urban development, industry and MSME improvement and agriculture between 2011 and 2016. It is despite the State having inherited a legacy of a debt burden of over Rs. 1 lakh crore. Standing against heavy odds of financial erosion on account of payment of inherited interest outgo of Rs 1.4 lakh crore, the Hon’ble Finance Minister’s focus is on resource building and development through a projected planned expenditure of Rs 57,905 crore.

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100 Mumbai kids made their ‘debut’ at Wankhede during 5^th India- SA ODI as a part of the initiative

Initiative to continue during the remainder of the tournament

Mumbai, October 27, 2015: Cricket frenzy has grabbed the nation as everyone is looking forward to support Team India as they take field against the mighty Proteas. As Team India took field at the Wankhede Stadium in the fifth and final ODI, 100 Mumbai kids had another reason to be excited as they made their stadium debut with this match as a part of #MyDebutMatch programme initiated jointly by Star Sports and BCCI.

Appreciating the initiative, Honorary Secretary of the BCCI, Mr. Anurag Thakur said, “This is a great way to connect young fans with the game. Today’s fans could be tomorrow’s stars. Nothing can match the excitement of watching the game live from the ground. This experience can inspire young fans to start loving the game and follow with increased enthusiasm.”

Speaking about the initiative, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, COO, Star India said, “Hundreds of millions of enthusiastic cricket fans tune in to watch every match that their heroes, the Men in Blue, play. But nothing beats watching a game Live at the stadium. #MyDebutMatch is the biggest ever drive launched by Star Sports and BCCI for young cricket enthusiasts. Every child’s first Live cricket match at the stadium is an experience to remember and cherish. A first of its kind initiative by Star Sports and BCCI, My Debut Match provides an opportunity for young fans to make their maiden visit to the stadium and watch the game in action. Free passes, exclusive merchandise and once in a lifetime in-stadia experience, #MyDebutMatch will leave these kids with cherished memories of their stadium debut.”

Through #MyDebutMatch, Star Sports, India’s leading sports broadcaster has picked 100 kids from schools across Mumbai to make a ‘Fan Debut’ and watch the match with their parents. The initiative is an effort by Star Sports and BCCI to turn the budding cricket fans into cricket purists by giving them a taste of the electric, charged, stadium experience for the first time. The initiative will also be extended to the four test matches between India and South Africa to be held at Mohali, Bengaluru, Nagpur and Delhi under the Paytm Freedom Series.

Today, Star Sports is inspiring fans in the country to envision and believe in an India where sport gets its due. As part of the plan to achieve this objective, Star Sports is forging ahead with efforts to enhance the cricket-watching experience for the fans. Through innovative initiatives such as ‘My Debut Match,’ Star is aiming to create an unprecedented cricketing experience for millions of Indian sports fans

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