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State IT minister urges tech biggies to adopt start-ups

West Bengal Information & Technology (IT) minister Babul Supriyo urged tech biggies to come forward and adopt start-ups, who, for some reasons, are failing to live up to expectations. This will help immensely in promoting the start-up ecosystem in the state.

Web portal for loan management

Babul Supriyo, state IT and ITes minister inaugurated a website-based loan management system for the public enterprises and industrial reconstruction department, this afternoon.

QR code for Persian scripts on archaeological stones

With the new system, visitors would be able to get information about the archeological piece or place by scanning the QR code on their mobile phones, informed the minister. Notably, in what comes as an achievement for the state in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism sector, the G20 secretariat has praised the first round of the three-day meetings held in the city.

‘I deserved more from the BJP’

Ballygunge MLA from the Trinamul Congress Babul Supriyo is happy that the uncertainty over his swearing-in is behind him and now wants to focus wholeheartedly on work in his constituency. He spoke to Ashok Chatterjee about politics and life in general.