ChalkTalk: Talk by adolescents trends from heart of India
Dec 14, 2017, at 05:03 am
Bhopal, Dec 13 (IBNS) You may have heard of 'talks', but this one was unique which was recently held at a village in Madhya Pradesh. It was held in a small NGO office with no special stage, dias, lighting effect, but was just a green board, white sheet on ground, a stool and with a DSLR camera. And yet it trended on Twitter all day.
Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha unveils OPPO F5 Youth camera phone
Dec 13, 2017, at 10:27 pm
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IBNS): Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha recently unveiled the OPPO F5 Youth which, according to camera phone brand OPPO, is the first smartphone that sports the FHD+ full screen display model in its price segment in India.
Registration for Max Design Awards 2017-18 has begun
Dec 13, 2017, at 09:35 pm
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IBNS): Max Fashion is set to hold the fourth edition of Max Design Awards, a platform to give budding fashion designers, viz. final year fashion design students, a chance to showcase their best work, the company said in a recent release.
The Truth About Online Leadership Development Training
Dec 13, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Leadership skill gap is emerging as one of the topmost challenges for organizations. Most organizations across the world are spending a hefty amount of money onexecutive leadership development programs for their employees at a swift pace. The primary aim is to groom the next-in-command or top performers for the leadership positions. Statistics indicatethat84% of the organizations predict a shortfall of leaders in the next 5 years. However, only 5% have fully implemented development at all levels. (Source: Infoprolearning)
Wow! Momo sets foot in Mumbai with an awesome inaugural offer
Dec 13, 2017, at 06:33 pm
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IBNS): Wow! Momo, the Kolkata-headquartered chain of fast food restaurants, is all set to open its first store in Mumbai, on Dec 15, with a bonanza of what it sells best, the 'momo'.
Debut author Piyaah Nandi talks about her book on fairy tales
Dec 12, 2017, at 09:05 pm
Power Publishers has recently released Grandma's Bucket Full of Magic by author Piyaah Nandi. A Clinical Psychologist by profession, she brings to life some of the forgotten tales of Bengal in her book.
Round the World on Twenty Five Rupees
Dec 12, 2017, at 08:56 pm
Ambitions are what shape us and differentiate us from the crowd. For some, it may be all about clearing the toughest exam in the world while for a few it might be taking a cycle trip around the world with means that would not even suffice for a day!
The Last Esteem Desire: An unconventional love story
Dec 12, 2017, at 08:34 pm
An unconventional love story, that asks, ‘’What happens when we die ?’’ The answer is simple -- we must repay our debts to help seven souls cross over. Only then we can rest.
What happened to 10/3 Rash Behari Avenue?
Dec 12, 2017, at 08:20 pm
When remembering houses that impressed us deeply as children, that may have made us wonder whether we weren’t born in the wrong century, we can’t help and wonder, is it still there?
Dec 12, 2017, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IBNS): Gone are the days when for a woman getting ready for the wedding would mean a group of female relatives and friends pouncing on the hapless bride and executing the bridal-do as they thought best.
Ari Roland Jazz Quartet of the US and folk musicians of Bengal create magic through music
Dec 12, 2017, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IBNS): As the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet’s music fused with the soulful Baul songs of Bengal, the audience was practically ready to do a 'Dumbledore' (headmaster of Hogwarts in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series), ready to repeat his famous comment, “Ah, music, ... A magic beyond all we do here!”
Google doodles on German physicist Max Born's 135th birth anniversary
Dec 12, 2017, at 12:42 am
New York, Dec 11 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Monday decorated its homepage with a doodle to mark German physicist and mathematician Max Born's 135th birth anniversary.
Kolkata: Kamala showcases ethnic products from across India at their latest Christmas Bazaar
Dec 11, 2017, at 07:28 pm
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IBNS): Looking for some ethnic products for Christmas gifting? Want to accessorise your year-end party dress? Or want to make a style statement as you travel abroad?
Google decorates homepage with doodle celebrating Robert Koch's memory
Dec 10, 2017, at 11:28 pm
New York, Dec 10 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Sunday decorated its homepage with a doodle to celebrate the memory of German physician and microbiologist Robert Koch.
Mankar College celebrates Lahari 2017
Dec 10, 2017, at 01:32 pm
Burdwan, Dec 10 (IBNS): At Mankar College, Purba Barddhaman, Mankar College Students’ Union in collaboration with the college authority celebrated their annual festival Lahari on Dec 7 and 8.
Google doodles to pay tribute to India's first woman photojournalist Homai Vyarawalla
Dec 09, 2017, at 10:22 pm
New York, Dec 9 (IBNS): Popular Indian search engine Google on Saturday designed its homepage with a doodle to mark 104th birth anniversary of India's first woman photojournalist Homai Vyarawalla.
IIT Kharagpur students bag about 900 jobs in less than a week
Dec 07, 2017, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IBNS) In 6 days IIT Kharagpur has rounded off with close to 900 jobs. Quantiphi, the leader in the domain of artificial intelligence emerged as the top recruiter so far offering 34 jobs followed by 33 offers from Intel, one of the premier public engineering institutions In India said.
Parents of LGBTQ children come under one umbrella in Mumbai forming support group
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:18 pm
Mumbai, Dec 5 (IBNS): Parents of LGBTQ children in Mumbai have come together to form a support group that aims to offer support to other parents
Dec 04, 2017, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IBNS): IISER Pune (the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) and the University of Calcutta along with the University of Glasgow have secured joint funding worth €136,310 (£120,326 or1.4 crore) from the Erasmus+ / international credit mobility scheme to allow bilateral exchange of staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students over a two-year period.
Kolkata's popular beauty salon completes 25 years
Dec 04, 2017, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IBNS): Sharmila Singh Flora of Kolkata has not only build an impressive brand in the beauty business but also has the capacity to empower others through her brand building, believes Tollywood's ace actor Prosenjit Chatterjee.
Amrita Kolay takes a perceptive glance at arranged marriage in her book One Crazy Afternoon
Dec 01, 2017, at 10:08 pm
In India arranged marriage has ruled in spite of today’s youth enthusiastically celebrating the Valentine’s Day.
Bengal Chamber Education Committee keen to address child safety issues
Dec 01, 2017, at 09:48 pm
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Education Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries recently organised a seminar titled “Child first, Safety first” in association with Early Childhood Association, at the Chamber's premises.
Workshop focuses on preservation of traditional mask-making art of north Bengal
Nov 30, 2017, at 07:00 pm
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IBNS): To encourage the traditional mask makers of north Bengal and to pave the way for research and documentation of this art form, an eight-day workshop was recently organised under the aegis of West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, and the Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Kolkata.
Indian policy influencers work with Birmingham on clean cooling plan
Nov 29, 2017, at 10:55 pm
London, Nov 29 (IBNS): Influential policymakers from India worked with University of Birmingham and other UK academic and industry experts to develop a working blueprint that could help the country’s agriculture and food sectors tackle the challenge posed by ever-increasing global demands for cooling.
JIS College launches awareness program on entrepreneurship development
Nov 29, 2017, at 09:30 pm
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): West Bengal based JIS College of Engineering recently announced that it is participating in the Pradhanmantri Yuva (Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) Yojana, a centrally sponsored scheme being implemented by the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
SKillX Autumn 2017: An industry-academia initiative from JIS University
Nov 29, 2017, at 09:21 pm
Kolkata, Nov 29, 2017: JIS University, under the aegis of JIS Group Educational Initiatives, had organized SKillX Autumn 2017’, at its Agarpara campus, near Kolkata, recently.
My Diary: What I Learnt in My First Year of Marriage
Nov 29, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Time flies so fast. It still feels like yesterday when I got married to Atul. On 04th October, we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. For a girl like me who never liked the idea of marriage, the journey was like a fairy tale. I had a 36-point checklist for my future husband, which included everything from wanting a vegetarian guy with over 6-feet height, tothe trait of being a travel-junkie and so on and so forth. Today, I think I’ve won a lottery as I got much more than what I hoped for. Atul is a caring person who everyday continues to amaze me with his selfless love.
Nov 29, 2017, at 08:34 pm
Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee in 1972 made Piya Ka Ghar. The Jaya Bhaduri-Anil Dhawan starrer was the story of a reality check for a newly wed couple desperate for their moments of privacy as they live in a cramped room in a Mumbai chawl with the entire family. Journalist and writer Chandrima Pal's new book At Home in Mumbai (Harper Collins) is inspired by the never ending search of Mumbaikars- be it Shah Rukh Khan or a commoner- for a living space they can call a home in the Maximum City
Shakespeare and the cybernetic post-human
Nov 29, 2017, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS):The Department of English, Heritage College, in collaboration with the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India organized a two day international workshop on “401 years after Shakespeare: Shifting Paradigms from the Shakespearean Human to the Post-human”, at the Heritage Campus, recently.
IIM Shillong wins season 4 of Tata Steel’s Annual Business Challenge Steel-a-thon
Nov 29, 2017, at 12:33 am
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): The grand finale of Steel-a-thon 2017 concluded on an exciting note with IIM Shillong emerging as the winner of the 4th edition. Steel-a-thon 2017 proved to be a highly competitive and gruelling intellectual marathon.