IIT-Kgp gets Bio Energy Centre
KHARAGPUR: The first Bio Energy Centre in the country was inaugurated at IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday. The centre will conduct interdisciplinary research and generate intellectual property rights (IPR) in the field of bio-energy. The centre has been set up with the help of IIT alumnus Prabhakant Sinha who has pledged to donate Rs 10 crore. For research, the institute has collaborated with University of California, Berkeley.

Basu better but not out of ICU
The condition of former chief minister Jyoti Basu was said to be stable on Tuesday. “His condition has been improving in the last two days but we will not shift him out of the ICU,” said T S Kukreja, Executive VP, AMRI. He said two units of blood that were transfused to Basu helped to improve the situation. Basu was still on liquid diet and has been administered physiotherapy.