B and C category B-schools producing un-employable pass-outs: ASSOCHAM
Apr 28, 2016, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS) Barring a handful of top Business schools like the government run IIMs and other few, most of 5,500 B schools in the country are producing sub-par graduates who are largely un-employable resulting in these pass-outs earning less than Rs 10,000 a month, if at all they find placements, an ASSOCHAM study has pointed out.
35 mn people discuss on Indian Assembly polls on FB
Apr 28, 2016, at 01:29 am
New York, Apr 27 (IBNS) Popular social networking site Facebook, which is used by global leaders, including US President Barack Obama, recently said a whopping 35 million people from around the world took part in conversations on India's state assembly elections in their platform.
Apr 26, 2016, at 01:17 am
New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) The UK-based Staffordshire University is going to conducton-spot admissions and career counselling sessions for the students of two metropolitan cities- Delhi and Mumbai- from Apr 26 to Apr 28, 2016.
Launch of Sourabh Mukherjee’s In the Shadows of Death at Starmark
Apr 25, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): Lifestyle Starmark, in association with Ahava Communications, will host the launch of Sourabh Mukherjee’s 'In the Shadows of Death', a detective Agni Mitra thriller, at Quest Mall outlet on Apr 28.
ICSI organises a national seminar on NCLT and NCLAT
Apr 25, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): The eastern regional council of the Institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI) on Saturday organized a national seminar on NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and NCLAT (National Company Law Appellate) for building capacity to face the forthcoming professional challenges and in taking up cases with them.
Fashion designer Agnimitra Paul now ideates retro-themed restaurant
Apr 24, 2016, at 11:23 pm
Kolkata, Apr 24 (IBNS) In a new fashion statement, making common man the real ramp walkers, designer Agnimitra Paul has weaved the costumes of a new retro-restaurant in city themed on the 50's era Park Street.
Apr 24, 2016, at 07:39 pm
According to an United Nations estimate, about 66 percent of the world population by 2060 will live in urban environments. So a growing number of home developers are ‘thinking small’, as to what a home looks like and the size it is expected to be. Sujoy Dhar checks out some of these futuristic tiny homes at the Edinburgh Science Festival
P.C. Chandra Jewellers launches showroom in Katwa
Apr 23, 2016, at 08:44 pm
Katwa, Apr 23 (IBNS): Digging on every woman’s love for exquisite precious jewellery designs, today P C Chandra Jewellers, the leading jewellery brand in Eastern India, organized the pre-launch preview of their latest showroom in Katwa.
Shakespeare gets a doodle makeover
Apr 23, 2016, at 04:22 pm
Mountain View, Apr 23 (IBNS) Google on Saturday paid tribute to one of the greatest playwright in the history of the English language, William Shakespeare, on his death anniversary.
Shakespeare’s Sonnets given a hip hop twist to mark 400 years since the Bard’s death
Apr 23, 2016, at 04:13 pm
Birmingham, Apr 23 (IBNS): Shakespeare’s most famous words have been given a modern rap twist as part of a project aiming to bring the Bard to a wider audience and mark the 400th anniversary of his death.
Kolkata production pays tribute to female impersonators on stage
Apr 23, 2016, at 02:19 am
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS):A theatre production in Kolkata is paying a tribute to an era when female characters were impersonated by the male actors on the stage, either due to lack of female artists or may be social ostracism.
MARG Architecture College opens admissions for 2016 batch
Apr 22, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Bangalore, 22 Apr (IBNS): MIDAS - a Telugu minority institution, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi opens admissions for Bachelor degree in Architecture (B.Arch) 2016 batch.
Sikkim Manipal University invites applications for MBA, MCA and other Programs for 2016-2017
Apr 22, 2016, at 08:49 pm
Bangalore, Apr 22 (IBNS): Sikkim Manipal University, Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DE), is inviting applications for its Postgraduate and Undergraduate Programs – MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, M.Sc. (IT) and B.Sc. (IT).
Rupankar Bagchi to judge auditions and shortlist performers for Harrow Music Festival
Apr 22, 2016, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS) Kolkata's popular lifestyle store Starmark, in association with London Sharad Utsav, London Kalibari and KOLKATA today.com, will host the auditions for solo performers from the UK here on Saturday.
Google celebrates Earth Day, dedicates a doodle
Apr 22, 2016, at 04:59 pm
Mountain View, Apr 22 (IBNS) Google on Friday celebrated Earth Day by posting a series of doodles on its home page.
Hitech mobiles signs Arjun Kapoor as brand ambassador
Apr 21, 2016, at 09:15 pm
Kolkata,Apr 21 (IBNS): Hitech Mobiles, one of the fastest growing Indian Mobile Handset brand, has signed Bollywood superstar Arjun Kapoor as their brand ambassador for tenure of two years.
M F Husain: Economy of lines his forte
Apr 21, 2016, at 08:00 pm
M. F. Husain’s favourite city Kolkata recently paid tribute on his birth centenary year with a multi-layered event ‘Husain 100’. Uttara Gangopadhyay reports
Kolkata corporate communicator excited about Cannes date for role in short film
Apr 21, 2016, at 02:38 pm
Kolkata, Apr 21 (IBNS) Mahul Brahma, a Kolkata-based senior editor tuned corporate communicator, is on cloud nine these days. He is soon to fly down to Cannes Film Festival for his role in a short film by a Delhi based banker friend, which has been chosen for screening in one of the most prestigious film festivals of the world.
Operationalisation of new IISER at Tirupati
Apr 20, 2016, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi/Tirupati, Apr 20 (IBNS) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) will now be able to function from a temporary campus in Tiruapati until its permanent campus is ready, it was announced on Wednesday following an approval from the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pune chef Shobha Indrani holds 2-Day Cookery Workshop in Kolkata
Apr 20, 2016, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): A two-day Cookery Workshop by the well known Pune based chief Shobha Indani was organized in Kolkata recently by PR firm Media Connect.
Shakespeare more popular abroad than in the UK, finds survey
Apr 20, 2016, at 03:38 pm
London, Apr 20 (IBNS) Four hundred years after his death, bard William Shakespeare continues to make a significant contribution to the UK’s prosperity and influence globally, according to new research commissioned by the British Council and conducted by YouGov.
Global audience for 400th anniversary revival of David Garrick’s Ode to Shakespeare
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:38 am
London, Apr 19 (IBNS) The University of Birmingham is helping Shakespeare aficionados around the globe to mark the 400th anniversary of his death with an online performance of an historic ode starring renowned British actor Sam West.
Award winning play ‘Dinner with friends’ to be performed in Mumbai
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:36 am
Mumbai, Apr 19 (IBNS) The Indian adaptation of the Pulitzer award winning play by Donald Margulies, ‘Dinner with Friends’ to be performed this weekend.
Not going to attempt a trilogy any more: Novoneel Chakraborty
Apr 19, 2016, at 03:09 am
Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS) Author Novoneel Chakraborty, who was in Kolkata on Friday to launch his new book 'Forget Me Not, Stranger', the last in the 'Stranger Trilogy', said that he is not going to write another trilogy any time soon.
Apr 17, 2016, at 11:56 pm
Gauhar, a play, was recently staged in Kolkata organised jointly by Master Minds Theatre and Weavers Studio, Kolkata, bringing alive the history of recorded music in India on the one hand, and the story of a woman whose life seems like pages out of a film script. Shoma A. Chatterji reports
OAK celebrates annual cultural event Vande Utkal Janani at Science City Auditorium
Apr 16, 2016, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Apr 15 (IBNS) Odias@Kolkata (OAK) celebrated their annual cultural event christened as Vande Utkal Janani (VUJ) at the Science City auditorium at Kolkata on Apr 9.
92.7 BIG FM launches folk music show ‘Maatir Taney Maatir Gaaney’ in Kolkata
Apr 15, 2016, at 11:48 pm
Kolkata, Apr 15 (IBNS): Radio network 92.7 BIG FM is adding to its bouquet of cutting edge and unique line of programming with the launch of new folk music show ‘Maatir Taney Maatir Gaaney’.
Metiabruj Dawaat: A page out of Kolkata's culinary legacy
Apr 15, 2016, at 09:07 pm
Kolkata, April 15 (IBNS) Adding the potato was the twist that Metiabruj gave to the typical Awadhi biryani explained Shahanshah Mirza, the great-great grandson of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, at a dinner meet at Kolkata-based ITC Sonar, which is hosting a special Metiabruj Dawaat festival from April 16 -23, 2016.
Kolkata: Food and music ring in Bangla Nababarsho with unique show
Apr 15, 2016, at 02:54 am
Kolkata, Apr 14 (IBNS) As the Bengali is equally enamored with food and music, a new initiative now wishes to combine the two passions on the Bangla Poila Boisakh morning with mouth-watering delicacies served during performance by famed singers.
Bengali community celebrates Poila Baisakh today
Apr 14, 2016, at 03:31 pm
Kolkata, Apr 14 (IBNS) As the dawn of Apr 14 sets in, Bengalis all over the globe cheered aloud to welcome the first day of the Bengali New Year- 'Poila Boisakh' on Thursday.