Calgary Stampede faces adverse economic run
Jul 28, 2016, at 10:35 pm
Calgary (Alberta, Canada), Jul 28 (IBNS): The annual Calgary Stampede concluded successfully on July 18 but the drop in overall attendance during the 10-day festival raised an important question – is the economic downturn a perceived notion or for real, according to media reports.
IIM Calcutta releases case study on Mytrah's road ahead
Jul 28, 2016, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata/Hyderabad, July 28 (IBNS): Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), one of India’s premier institutes for management, released a business case study in collaboration with Mytrah Energy, an independent power producer in renewable energy with the largest wind bank data in India.
Kolkata: Sanjha Chulha to host Quirky Kebab Festival
Jul 28, 2016, at 07:14 pm
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): Kolkata-based restaurant Sanjha Chulhanis all set to host the Quirky Kebab festival at its new outlet in southern part of the city.
JIS group exhorts students to be entrepreneurs
Jul 28, 2016, at 07:52 am
Kolkata, July 27 (IBNS):West Bengal-based JIS Group, which runs the JIS College of Engineering, has launched an initiative to introduce the idea of entrepreneurship to the students, to help them think out of the box and step into a new territory apart from traditional career outline.
Indian scholars lead global gathering on Shakespeare
Jul 28, 2016, at 03:47 am
Birmingham, July 27 (IBNS): Indian academics will join over 800 Shakespeare scholars from more than 48 countries in Stratford Upon-Avon and London for the 10th World Shakespeare Congress, to explore and honour the Bard's work some 400 years after his death.
TM Krishna, Bezwada Wilson win Magsaysay Award for 2016
Jul 27, 2016, at 06:35 pm
New Delhi, July 27 (IBNS): Two Indians, TM Krishna and Bezwada Wilson have received the 2016 edition of Ramon Magsaysay Award from The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation.
Lakmé Fashion Week to host plus-size show in collaboration with aLL and designer Shilpa Chavan
Jul 27, 2016, at 01:25 am
Mumbai/Kolkata, July 26 (IBNS): Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive, 2016 in association with aLL: The Plus Size Store will host the first ever plus-size show for men and women styled by designer Shilpa Chavan of Little Shilpa, an official release said.
Kolkata: It’s raining Hilsa at The Gateway Hotel
Jul 26, 2016, at 08:42 pm
Kolkata, July 26 (IBNS): The arrival of monsoon starts tickling the Bengali taste buds with tantalising thoughts of devouring Ilish during the rains. Ilish or Hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, is extremely popular in India, especially in the states of West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura and Assam.
Jul 26, 2016, at 08:39 pm
Guwahati, July 26 (IBNS) Bajaj Electricals under its CSR initiative has supportedand helped to start a solar powered computer training center for quality and effectiveeducation for underprivileged students of VivekanandaKendra Vidyalaya, Tezpur, Assam.
CRY,RICOH launch photo book based on ‘Share My World’ theme
Jul 26, 2016, at 07:14 am
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): CRY – Child Rights and You, along with RICOH India Limited, presented their labour of love – a photo-book filled with a series of still yet moving visuals clicked by children across two Metro cities – Kolkata and Delhi – based on the theme ‘Share My World’.
UK reaches out to Indian innovators to participate in Longitude Prize
Jul 26, 2016, at 12:48 am
London, July 26 (IBNS): The Longitude Prize team is in India to encourage Indian researchers to compete in the prestigious £10 million Longitude Prize open to the world, to find a way to conserve effective antibiotics for future generations.
Kolkata: U.S. Consulate,NASSCOM 10,000 Start Ups, Microsoft host 24-hour Hackathon
Jul 25, 2016, at 10:10 pm
Kolkata, July 25 (IBNS) The U.S. Consulate General-Kolkata, in collaboration with NASSCOM 10,000 Start Ups and Microsoft, hosted its first ever 24-hour Hackathon titled Building Apps for a Better Future at the American Center from July 23 to 24.
New research reveals most common ways Islamophobic Facebook trolls portray Muslims
Jul 25, 2016, at 09:06 pm
London, July 25 (IBNS) Shocking Islamophobic abuse posted on Facebook most commonly depicts Muslim women as threats to national security and suggests all Muslims should be deported, according to a new academic study published on Monday.
Noorjahan held her own with men of her time: Avijit Dutt
Jul 25, 2016, at 03:12 am
A veteran thespian and theatre director, Avijit Dutt of Delhi-based Yatrik Theatre is set to enthrall the Kolkata audience on July 29 with his play Noorjahan: An Empress Reveals. Dutt, the writer/director of the play, shares some stage secrets and tips with IBNS correspondent Sudipto Maity. Excerpts:
More and better innovations needed: Ansari
Jul 23, 2016, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday said better innovations needed for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth of the nation.
Arpit Vagera's second book launched in Kolkata
Jul 23, 2016, at 10:43 pm
Kolkata, Jul 23 (IBNS): Even the downpour could not prevent young author Arpit Vagera's fans from turning up at the launch of his latest book 'I Still Think About You', on Friday evening at the Starmark bookstore in Quest Mall, Kolkata.
Aditya Group's new initiative Noodle Oodle to indulge taste-buds
Jul 23, 2016, at 09:43 pm
Kolkata, July 23 (IBNS): Aditya Group opened its first Authentic Chinese restaurant Noodle Oodle, under its hospitality division named “Homeliciousâ€, at Nagerbazar, Dum Dum area on the northern fringe of Kolkata.
Our focus now is on spreading literacy: Shyamashree Sen
Jul 23, 2016, at 09:25 pm
Shyamashree Sen wrote herself into the history books earlier this month, when she became the only second female District Governor of Rotary International District 3291 in Kolkata. In a chat with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra, Sen opens up about her post and the plan she has in store. Excerpts:
Famous Indian painter SH Raza passes away
Jul 23, 2016, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi, Jul 23 (IBNS): Sayed Haider Raza, one of India's famous contemporary artists, known for his depiction of mood through colour, passed away in Delhi on Saturday. He was 94 years.
Titan launches latest Octane collection for customers
Jul 22, 2016, at 09:18 pm
Kolkata, July 22 (IBNS): Octane, the range of stylish chronographs from Titan, keeps it bold and sporty with its latest collection of timepieces for men.
Oscar winning director, Oliver Stone, finds Pokemon Go an invasion of privacy
Jul 22, 2016, at 08:22 pm
San Diego, Jul 22 (IBNS): Film Director Oliver Stone has warned that gaming apps such as 'Pokemon Go' signify a "new level of invasion" and could lead to "totalitarianism". He was speaking at the Comic Con International, according to media reports.
Romantic Desserts for The Monsoon
Jul 22, 2016, at 07:30 pm
Chocolate Mousse: Chocolate being loved by many but all never goes down the line of the desserts. And one of them is the chocolate mousse. The season monsoon never forgets to crave everybody for the chocolate so what needs other than the pure dark chocolate caramelized in a mousse!
National Convention for CA Students held in Kolkata
Jul 22, 2016, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata, July 22 (IBNS): Eastern India Regional Council (EIRC) jointly with Eastern India Chartered Accountants Students’ Association (EICASA) under the aegis of Board of Studies, ICAI recently organized a Two Day National Convention for CA Students on the theme ‘Aashayein - The Glimpse of a Better Tomorrow’ at Centenary Auditorium of College Street Campus of the University of Calcutta.
Jul 22, 2016, at 05:28 pm
The death of famous journalist Sydney H. Schanberg whose accounts of Cambodia on throes of civil war was the core of the prize-winning ‘The Killing Fields’ makes Ranjita Biswas recall her visit to the infamous site
NCDC conducts two- day workshop on ‘Image Building and PR’
Jul 21, 2016, at 08:33 pm
Gurgaon, July 21 (IBNS): A two-day training programme on ‘Image Building and PR’, held under the aegis of TOPIC (Training of Personnel in Cooperatives) Institute of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), concluded on Wednesday here.
Starmark to host the launch of Arpit Vageria’s novel I Still Think about You
Jul 20, 2016, at 10:33 pm
Kolkata, July 20 (IBNS): Kolkata's popular lifestyle destination Starmark will host the launch of Arpit Vageria’s novel I Still Think about You at its Quest Mall outlet on July 22.
Manipal University opens its admission for its twinning programme at ICAS, Manipal
Jul 20, 2016, at 05:58 pm
Mumbai, July 20 (IBNS): Manipal University has opened admissions to its 23rd batch of International Engineering Twinning programme offered by Manipal University’s ICAS (International Centre for Applied Sciences).
‘Breaking Free’ wins Human Rights Award
Jul 19, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Mumbai, Jul 19 (IBNS): Filmmaker and activist Sridhar Rangayan’s path-breaking film on Indian LGBT community has been awarded the Barbara Gittings International Human Rights Award at the recently concluded qFLIX Philadelphia film festival in USA.
Students involved in building satellite Sathyabamasat calls on PM Modi
Jul 19, 2016, at 07:42 pm
New Delhi, Jul 19 (IBNS): A team of students involved in building satellite "Sathyabamasat" called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
CRY , RICOH present ‘Share My World’
Jul 18, 2016, at 10:16 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): It took four enthusiastic volunteers and a bunch of imaginative young minds equipped with cameras to start with! And believe it or not, within just six months of fun-packed workshops and outdoor sessions, they produced what they were so fond of… a series of wonderfully clicked photographs telling their own stories! These were the stories depicting the everyday world they lived in, and the very own imaginary beanstalks they wanted to grow around.