Amazon Prime Plan Details (April 2026)

In India Amazon Prime was offered initially at Rs 999 for shopping & Prime Video. Later it was revised to Rs 1499 for a year (in 2021). In India, Prime Membership includes FREE same-day/1-day delivery on 40 lakh+ products, access to exclusive deals, early access to shopping events, exclusive access to our shopping event Prime Day; and unlimited access to award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Video, unlimited access to 100+ million songs, ad-free with Amazon Music, a free rotating selection of 3,000+ books, magazines and comics with Prime Reading, access to free in-game content and benefits with Prime Gaming.

Jio, OneWeb & Starlink Granted Unified License for GMPCS

In the latest development of India's satcom market, country's Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued Unified License (UL) with authorisation for GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite) service for national service area to 3 companies: OneWeb India Communications Private Limited, JIO Satellite Communications Limited, and Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, as informed by Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in Rajya Sabha on 29th January, 2026. 

DoT is presenting examining application from Amazon Kuiper Services India Private Limited (presently Amazon LEO) while rejected application from Tata-backed Nelco Limited and Hiranandani Group-backed Yotta Network Services Private Limited whereas Connect4sure Technologies Private Limited has withdrawn its application. 

চুঁচুড়ার ঘণ্টাঘাট এবং ঘণ্টা গির্জার গল্প

আগেই বলেছি যে কলকাতা থেকে 25-50 কিলোমিটার দূরত্বে হুগলী নদীর ধার ঘেঁষে গড়ে উঠেছিল একাধিক ইউরোপীয় বাণিজ্যকেন্দ্র তথা উপনিবেশ - বারাকপুরে ব্রিটিশরা, উল্টোদিকে শ্রীরামপুরে ড্যানিশরা, তার উত্তরে চন্দননগরে ফরাসীরা, চুঁচুড়াতে ডাচ বা ওলন্দাজরা, এবং ব্যাণ্ডেলে পর্তুগীজরা। 

আজকের গল্প চুঁচুড়া ফেরিঘাটের একটু উত্তরে ঘণ্টাঘাট নিয়ে। এই ঘাটে কি ঘণ্টা ছিল? কোথায় গেল সেই ঘণ্টা?