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It was to carry out the SFI’s strike call to protest the university’s action that Prabir [Purakayastha] was at the School of Languages on the morning of September 25. The school was housed in a multi-story building constructed in the uninspiring public works style of generic modernism. An asphalt road, set between two arid lawns dotted with a few withered trees, branched south from the university’s main entry gate to the east.
Prabir and his comrades stood on the road leading to the school entrance, approaching the few arriving students to persuade them to boycott classes. Devi Prasad Tripathi joined them briefly to discuss the day’s strike action before walking away to the library.
Homegrown blockchain technology company Fesschain is targetting almost 10 shipments of its smartphones in the next 6-12 months. The company, which has recently entered mobile handset manufacturing, here today launched three models of its blockchain powered InBlock brand of smartphones in the Indian market. Fesschain founder and global CEO Durga Prasad Tripathi said the new smartphones would be available for sale from January 1, 2021 in the offline and online formats. “Our InBlock smartphones are the world’s first fully blockchain technology backed gadgets and in an affordable price range,” he told Business Standard adding the models were priced between Rs 4,999 and Rs 11,999 apiece.