Mizzle of Love: Audio album by Pdt Tarun Bhattacharya, Chandreyee Dutta Guha Roy released
Jan 16, 2018, at 05:19 pm
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IBNS): Mizzle of Love, an audio album featuring a unique collaboration of a legend, Tarun Bhattacharya and elocutionist, Chandreyee Dutta Guha Roy was recently released in Kolkata.
Jan 15, 2018, at 10:57 pm
The Freer|Sackler galleries in Washington, D.C. showcase an impressive collection of India’s ancient relics and modern-day masterpieces. SPAN writer Carrie Loewenthal Massey reports
Apeejay Kolkata Lit Fest announces Prabha Khaitan Woman’s Voice Award
Jan 15, 2018, at 10:44 pm
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IBNS): Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) has announced a new annual literary award for emerging women writers in India called “Prabha Khaitan Woman’s Voice Award”.
Google pays tribute to Mahasweta Devi on her birth anniversary
Jan 14, 2018, at 07:24 pm
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Sunday paid tribute to legendary Bengali writer and Padma Shree awardee Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary.
Students discuss the role of Commonwealth in big Birmingham debate
Jan 12, 2018, at 03:43 am
Birmingham, Jan 11 (IBNS): Less than a month after Birmingham was confirmed as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, students from across the UK city will be gathering to debate the role of the intergovernmental organisation in the modern era.
Translating Camus' play was a challenge, says Kamalesh Banerjee
Jan 11, 2018, at 08:45 pm
Power Publishers released "Roman Samrat Caligula" by author Kamalesh Banerjee. In this interview, Banerjee speaks about this book and his literary journey.
SPPC introduces top 5 Naturopathy treatments to detoxify your body
Jan 09, 2018, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi-based Swami Parmanand Prakritik Chikitsalaya (SPPC), a guided health and wellness center offering lifestyle programs through alternative healing principles of Naturopathy, Yoga, Ayurveda etc, has introduced top five naturopathy treatments to detoxify bodies.
Google doodles on Har Gobind Khorana’s 96th birthday
Jan 09, 2018, at 02:05 pm
New York, Jan 9 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Tuesday designed its homepage with a doodle to mark Nobel prize winning Indian-American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana on his 96th birth anniversary.
EZCC's nine-day Parv Bharatiyan festival entertains Kolkatans
Jan 09, 2018, at 03:11 am
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS): The recently conluded nine-day Parv Bharatiyam festival of music and dance, organised by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, entertained thousands of music and dance lovers of Kolkata.
Lakmé introduces Anamika Khanna as the Lakme Absolute Grand Finale Designer for Summer Resort 2018
Jan 08, 2018, at 10:25 pm
Kolkata / Mumbai, Jan 8 (IBNS): Anamika Khanna’s designs are known for their rich craftsmanship that blends Indian colours with global contours. Her philosophy has always been about keeping Indian fashion relevant in the modern world. The summer resort edition of Lakmé Fashion Week will witness the return of Anamika Khanna to the Lakmé Grand Finale stage, this time to talk about Reinventing Nudes.
Google pays tribute to Fearless Nadia with doodle on birth anniversary
Jan 08, 2018, at 02:49 pm
Mumbai/New York, Jan 8 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Monday paid tributes to original stunt woman of Bollywood Mary Ann Evans, better known as “Fearless Nadia”, by beautifully decorating their homepage with a doodle dedicated to her.
Bipasha Basu inaugurates beauty retailer Sephora in south Kolkata shopping mall
Jan 07, 2018, at 07:07 pm
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IBNS): The new year brought some good news for ladies in Kolkata as Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu inaugurated beauty retailer Sephora in city's South City Mall.
Kolkata: Annual art exhibition by students of Rabindra Bharati University at ICCR
Jan 06, 2018, at 07:12 pm
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): The seven-day Annual Art Exhibition 2017-18 of the West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, was inaugurated at the Kolkata-based Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) by actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
Bangladesh Film Festival and photo exhibition on Bangladesh Liberation War inaugurated today
Jan 06, 2018, at 12:38 am
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): A two-day long festival to showcase films from Bangladesh was inaugurated at Nandan – 2 theatre in Kolkata today, in presence of Hasanul Haque Inu, Minister of Information, Government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Shri Syed Moazzem Ali.
Discounting humanity: Bargain hunters see customer service workers as less human,finds study
Jan 05, 2018, at 11:43 pm
Toronto, Jan 5 (IBNS): Everyone loves a bargain, but new research suggests some employees may be getting short-changed when it comes to how consumers perceive them when they are price-conscious.
NLU Odisha offers 25% Reservation to Local Students- Apply Through CLAT
Jan 03, 2018, at 08:06 pm
In a recent meeting, Chief Minister of Odisha approved reservation for local students in National Law University, Cuttack (also known as NLU Cuttack and NLU Odisha) which offers admission through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The move has been targeted to benefit local students who want to pursue law education. This decision also made the reservation criteria of the institution in line with some other NLUs.
JEE Main 2018: Correct Your Images and Signature Before January 1st
Jan 03, 2018, at 07:51 pm
Undoubtedly, discrepancies in the images and signature are major faults observed in JEE Main application forms each year. The forms were released in the month of December with the instructions clearly specifying the amount of care and patience one requires to have while filling the forms to avoid any folly.
Kolkata: Parv Bharatiyam by EZCC concludes successfully
Jan 02, 2018, at 08:32 pm
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IBNS): The nine-day Parv Bharatiyam festival of music and dance was organised recently by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, at the Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake.
Ayurveda or Allopathy? Which One to Choose
Jan 02, 2018, at 08:02 pm
Itis always a problematic choice, isn’t it? Choosing between Ayurveda and Allopathy to heal our illnesses.
NEET to have Similar Set of Questions in Regional Papers- NEET 2018
Jan 01, 2018, at 10:52 pm
The Supreme Court, on December 12 ordered that National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) will have similar papers across all languages, meaning that the papers in languages such as Bengali, Tamil, Assamese, among others will just be a translation of the paper made in English Language.
JEE Advanced 2018 to be conducted online: IIT Kanpur releases videos to help students taking mocks
Jan 01, 2018, at 10:40 pm
The Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) is conducted by the seven zonal IIT’s under the guidance of JAB (Joint Admission Board). Top two lakh forty thousand students from JEE Main are eligible for JEE Advanced. The exam is held for admission in one of the seven Indian Institute of Technology. Given the multitude of candidates who apply for the examination, the authorized board has decided to conduct JEE Advanced online from 2018.
Modi Government Sets Two Exam Centres for NEET in Kashmir
Jan 01, 2018, at 10:30 pm
After a request from the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, central government has decided to set-up two more exam centres for NEET in the Kashmir valley. Previously, there were only two exam centres which received a lot of criticism. Therefore, the addition of two more exam centres will help both the citizens of the state and the rest of the country.
Mumbai is quick to absorb global ideas: Chandrima Pal
Jan 01, 2018, at 08:25 pm
Propelled by the love for cities and living spaces, Chandrima Pal penned down 'At Home In Mumbai', a book dedicated entirely to people and properties in India's Financial Capital. Chandrima, who has herself lived in India's 'Maximum City' for over a decade, decodes her book in a chat with IBNS correspondent Sudipto Maity
Jan 01, 2018, at 05:02 pm
Aparna Kumar becomes the first Indian woman to conquer world's 8th highest peak Manaslu in Nepal. Vincent Van Ross listens to the exciting journey of the IPS officer and mother of two who earlier scaled Mt. Everest
Time again to say "Happy New Year"
Jan 01, 2018, at 05:08 am
Sydney, Dec 31 (IBNS): Amid tight security, people cherished every moment of the last few hours of the passing year as they soaked themselves in dance and merrymaking across the globe to welcome 2018 with much fun and merriment on Sunday.
NTU study finds that hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data
Dec 31, 2017, at 12:25 am
Singapore, Dec 30 (IBNS): Instruments in smart phones such as the accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensors represent a potential security vulnerability, according to researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), whose research was published in the open-access Cryptology ePrint Archive on 6 Dec.
Book Review: Sold Over Million
Dec 30, 2017, at 07:57 pm
We have all dreamt of having enough money to do things when we want and how we want. But most dreams never become a reality.
Power Publishers completes a decade of book publishing
Dec 30, 2017, at 07:43 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Power Publishers completes 10 years on December 31, 2017. Pinaki Ghosh, the co-founder of Power Publishers, tells Olivia Chatterjee Biswas about the journey so far and what the future holds.
Muskan Golash clinches beauty pageant Eva India 2017
Dec 30, 2017, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): The much-awaited Grand Finale of Beauty Pageant Eva India 2017, powered by Hospitality India Group, was in the spotlight at The Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi Airport and it was Muskan Golash who clinch the title at the end of the night.
Karbi Utsav celebrated in Guwahati Book Fair
Dec 30, 2017, at 04:03 am
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): Noted Assamese literaturate and former president of Asom Sahitya Sabha Homen Borgohain on Friday said that, Karbi people are rich in folk-literature and folk-culture.