/*
Theme Name: Bengal Gazette
Template: generatepress
Version: 1.0.0
Description: Bengal Gazette — Independent Investigative Journalism. Est. in the tradition of James Augustus Hicky, Calcutta, 1780.
Author: DG Media, PR & Legal Affairs Ltd
Text Domain: bengal-gazette
*/
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