Gender, education and class affects retirement and quality of life in older age – study

Jan 27, 2018, at 01:24 am

London, Jan 26 (IBNS): Raising your level of education and skills during your working life are key factors in determining your quality of life in retirement and older age – according to new research.

Shabd debut at Kolkata Lit Fest 2018 to add new attraction

Jan 26, 2018, at 06:36 pm

Kolkata, Jan 26 (IBNS): A new initiative called “Shabd - Where Literature Meets” would be an added attraction at the Kolkata Literature Festival 2018 which is hosted each year within the folds of the International Kolkata Book Fair.

Starmark's store in South City mall reopens

Jan 25, 2018, at 06:19 pm

Kolkata, Jan 25 (IBNS): After one year, Starmark's store in the South City mall has reopened in the last week in Kolkata.

Kolkata: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet 2018 inaugurated amidst much fanfare at Victoria Memorial

Jan 23, 2018, at 01:50 am

Kolkata, Jan 22 (IBNS): The 4th edition of the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet (TSKLM) was inaugurated today at the iconic Victoria Memorial in the presence T.V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel, along with Malabika Banerjee, Director of Kolkata Literary Meet, and Dr. Jayanta Sengupta, Secretary & Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall. 

West Bengal celebrates Saraswati Puja today

Jan 22, 2018, at 01:19 pm

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IBNS): The Bengali community across the country, with West Bengal leading the rest, in worshiping Hindu Goddess Saraswati with grandeur on on Monday.

Japan's Super Million Hair captures Indian market with authentic baldness solution

Jan 19, 2018, at 06:41 pm

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS) Hair today, gone tomorrow. Well, baldness is without a solution almost and if you are suffering from male pattern one, only expensive hair transplantation could be a saviour.

Tollywood star Prosenjit Chatterjee goes shopping at Sasya store, fashion partner for Mayurakshi

Jan 19, 2018, at 12:07 am

Kolkata, Jan 18 (IBNS): Leading Tollywood actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, during a film promotion at Sasya on Wednesday, could not resist taking a look at the Kolkata-based designer wear store's collection and buying some too.

Six leading theatre groups participate in EZCC's Kolkata Theatre Festival

Jan 17, 2018, at 11:15 pm

Kolkata, Jan 17 (IBNS): Kolkata Theatre Festival organised by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) is being held at its Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex in Kolkata until Jan 20.

Kolkata meets successful change-makers at Josh Talks with Facebook

Jan 17, 2018, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): Josh Talks, in collaboration with Facebook, hosted its second event of this year recently at Gandhi Bhavan, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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  

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.

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.

Hurry for early bird tickets for JW Marriott Kolkata Dec 31 party

Dec 29, 2017, at 08:21 pm

Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): JW Marriott Kolkata is preparing to bid goodbye to 2017 with a long weekend celebration starting on Friday

Google doodles on Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa's 113 birthday

Dec 29, 2017, at 07:39 pm

New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): Continuing the trend of decorating homepage with doodle, popular search engine Google  shaped the page with their new creating which is dedicated to the life and literature of Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, a renowned 20th century Indian poet and author.

Google doodle on Mirza Ghalib's birth anniversary

Dec 27, 2017, at 02:39 pm

New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): Popular internet search engine Google on Wednesday decorated its homepage with a doodle to mark Urdu literature’s most iconic poet Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan's 220th birth anniversary.

Senco Gold & Diamonds launches ‘Mayurakshi collection’

Dec 26, 2017, at 10:54 pm

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IBNS): Senco Gold & Diamonds, a jewellery retail chain from Eastern India, HAS announced the launch of ‘Mayurakshi Collection” – an Indo-Western jewellery collection for men.

Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates world's largest sand Santa Claus face on Puri beach

Dec 25, 2017, at 02:12 am

Puri, Dec 24 (IBNS): Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has achieved another world record in his name when he created world's biggest sand Santa Claus face on the Puri beach on Sunday.