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VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON

Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen is now entering in India’s growing luxury segment with the launch of their luxury car ‘Phaeton’. They unveiled this luxury car at the ‘10th Auto Expo’ in New Delhi and it will be hit on the Indian roads on March of this year. It offers luxurious interiors including leather upholstery, 18-way seat adjustment, auto air-conditioning, cruise control and wood trim. In addition, it equipped with a powerful 3.6-litre, V6 petrol engine with a peak output of 280 bhp at 6,250 rpm and maximum torque of 370 Nm at 3,500 rpm.It is paired with a six-speed automatic gearbox, four-wheel drive and 17-inch alloys. The Phaeton features a Bosch ESP 5.7 Electronic Stability Programme with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) traction control system, Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Engine Braking Control (EBC), with emergency Brake Assist (BA). In this car, we can drive all day at 300 kilometres per hour , when it’s 122F outside and the air-conditioning would maintain a constant temperature of 71.6F. Hope that, in future this luxurious car will be compete with othe major cars like Mercedes-Benz and BMW. The price of this stylish car is Rs 75 lakh and it will be available at select VW dealerships in the metros.

VOLKSWAGEN INDIA

‘ Volkswagen’ is the famous car manufacturer in Germany. It is a number one car maker in Europe, and it is well known for its extraordinary services and high customer satisfaction. It started its operation in India in 2006 and build a production plant in Pune in Maharashtra. Initially, it brought locally produced vehicles to the Indian market and later the supply of Volkswagen Passenger Cars increased. Then the Group has established a separate Indian sales company in 2007 named “Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited”, which distributed locally manufactured and imported vehicles in India. They launched three latest models namely VW Passat Highline DSG S, VW Passat Highline DSG, and VW Touareg in India. With the vehicles safetty features, size and drive technologies, this company made a huge success in the Indian market.

JYOTHI BASU

India’s longest serving Chief Minister and veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader, Jyoti Basu’s health condition is still critical. He was kept on almost 40 percent ventilation in the hospital. Basu was admitted to the AMRI private hospital near his salt lake residence following chest congestion and infection on 1st January and shifted to the intensive critical care unit on 2nd January. On 6th January, he was put on ventilator support due to acute respiratory problems. Basu is one of the founding fathers of the CPM.

BIOGRAPHY

India’s veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu was born on 8th July 1914 in Calcutta, Bengal as the son of a doctor Nishikanta Basu and Hemalata Basu. After gaining graduation with honours from the ‘Arts Faculty of the Presidency College’, he went to UK to study law. In England, he was inspired by noted Communist Philosopher and prolific writer Rajani Pam Dutt and understood the activities of politics through the ‘Communist Party of Great Britain’. He was also actively associated with the India League and the Federation of Indian Students in England. He returned to India as a barrister in 1940 and became a leader of the Eastern Bengal Railroad Workers’ Union. In 1946, Basu was elected as the member of Bengal Legislative Assembly and became the opposition leader in 1957. In 1977, he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal and remained the Chief Minister till 2000. Thus he holds the record for being the longest-serving Chief Minister in Indian political history. His government made tremendous achievements in West Bengal. Basu restored political stability in the state and he made land reforms which provided land to more than one million sharecroppers. That government also improved WestBengal’s agricultural and fishery production. In 2000, he resigned from the Chief Ministership of West Bengal due to the health reasons. In 1996 parilament election, he was considered as one of the possible candidates for the post of Prime Minister. However, the CPI(M) Politburo decided not to participate in the government and later Basu described this decision as a ‘historic blunder’. Overall, Basu is a great politician who win the hearts of the people through his politicial ideas. Basu is married twice. Earlier, he is married to Basanti ghosh who died on typhoid and then he married to Kamal Basu and they have a son Subhabrata Basu.

UPDATES

Veteran Communist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu passed away on 17th January, 2010 after a 16-day battle in the AMRI Hospital, Kolkata. His body will not be cremated but his body will be handed over to a state-run hospital, because he had donated his body to the hospital. All people were mourned the death of one of the most accomplished leaders of India.