Reviving rare, traditional musical instruments of Dhimal community of Bengal

Oct 21, 2017, at 06:50 pm

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IBNS): West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, and the Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Kolkata jointly held a workshop on the making of rare, traditional music instruments of the Dhimal community of northern West Bengal.

Way to the Golden Sun: About youth power and dreams

Oct 19, 2017, at 11:17 pm

“Way To The Golden Sun”, a recently released novel by Nayantee Baroowa, is a story that speaks about the power of youth and the power of dreams.

BASE Coaching Breaks All Records!! 43 Students Bag KVPY Scholarships in 2017.

Oct 19, 2017, at 10:26 pm

Kishore VigyanProtsahanYojna, which is also known as KVPY, is a scholarship test conducted by Department of Science and Technology of Government of India.

AAA+ Accreditation ranked 21 on all India Level, Alliance University is making its mark among Top B-Schools

Oct 19, 2017, at 10:02 pm

Alliance University is a private university which was established in 2010 in Bangalore, Karnataka. In a short period of 7 years, Alliance University has developed a good name for itself amongst the topB-Schools in the country.

1.5 Million Engineers Produced Annually, Know How GATE can help you make a difference

Oct 19, 2017, at 09:38 pm

India being a hub of engineers, annually produces more than 1.5 million engineers. But in such a competitive environment, where demand for engineers is getting saturated day by day, only skills and distinguishing capabilities can help anyone in standing out from the lot or the crowd.

Augmented reality and ed tech: the future of learning

Oct 19, 2017, at 09:00 pm

Augmented reality refers to the enhanced user view of reality by superimposing a computer generated input such as sound, graphic or even video. Augmented reality is being widely used in the news and media business to enhance user experience of reality. In the world of education, a transformation is occurring, whereby with the help of image scans using mobile phones or tablets, students can view overlaid data relevant to that image.

Kolkata celebrates Kali Pujo today

Oct 19, 2017, at 08:53 pm

Kolkata, Oct 19 (IBNS): Continuing the mood of festivity and enjoyment, Kolkata and people of West Bengal are celebrating Kali Puja on Thursday.

Google doodles on Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 107th birth anniversary

Oct 19, 2017, at 08:41 pm

New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Search engine Google on Thursday celebrated India-born US scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 107th birth anniversary by decorating its homepage with a doodle.

Fork & Knife: For a festive meal that can be healthy too

Oct 18, 2017, at 10:56 pm

Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): Avoiding fast food, eating healthy and regular exercise are key to maintaining a svelte figure advised Femina Miss India West Bengal 2017, Shivankita Dixit, while she unveiled special Diwali and Bhaidooj menu at the Fork & Knife in Kolkata, recently.

Khandani Rajdhani offering special edition Diwali thali

Oct 18, 2017, at 09:31 pm

Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): One of Kolkata's popular restaurant, Khandani Rajdhani, is offering a special edition 'thali' for Diwali, from October 18-22, 2017.

Albert Camus' drama Caligula in translation

Oct 18, 2017, at 09:05 pm

Caligula is a drama originally written by Albert Camus in the French language in 1944. In 2017, we get a Bengali translation titled, “Roman Somrat Caligula” by Kamalesh Bandopadhyay.

Google doodles for singer Selena Quintanilla

Oct 17, 2017, at 10:15 pm

New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): Search engine Google on Tuesday designed its homepage with a special doodle to celebrate the life and success of singer Selena Quintanilla.

PC Chandra observes World Geriatric Day by honouring senior citizens

Oct 17, 2017, at 08:38 pm

Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): PC Chandra Group, a leading business group from Eastern India, expressed their gratitude to 300 senior citizens as part of the CSR activity to mark the World Geriatric Day.

Shadab Jahan talks of her ordeal at Oxfam & Mami’s 'Women in Film' brunch

Oct 17, 2017, at 08:23 pm

Mumbai, Oct 17 (IBNS): The 'Women in Film' brunch, an annual event held during the Mumbai film festival as an extension of the Oxfam Best Film on Gender Equality Award, focused on the story of Shadab Jahan - a victim of domestic violence - this year.

Mumbai airport is the first Indian airport to be featured on postage stamps

Oct 17, 2017, at 06:40 pm

Mumbai, Oct 17 (IBNS): Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport of Mumbai became the first airport to be commemorated by the Indian Department of Posts through postage stamps.

The right draping makes the traditional Indian saree contemporary

Oct 17, 2017, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): Considered the traditional dress of an Indian women, the saree has held its own against every other dress in the world, largely due to its ability to adapt with the times.

Struggled Till Last: How a brave woman overcomes her life's woes

Oct 17, 2017, at 06:06 pm

Mandakini Bansal in her novel “Struggled Till Last” claims that this story is based on real-life events that her mother had faced.

Struggled Till Last: How a brave woman overcomes her life's woes

Oct 16, 2017, at 07:02 pm

Mandakini Bansal in her novel “Struggled Till Last” claims that this story is based on real-life events that her mother had faced.

Sale of Honor 9i smartphone starts on Saturday, exclusively on Flipkart

Oct 14, 2017, at 07:43 pm

Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): Starting Saturday, October 14, Honor, the e-brand from Huawei, will begin the sale of Honor 9i, a smartphone with four camera setup and full view display, to be available exclusively on Flipkart at Rs 17,999, for 4x64 RAM /ROM configuration, according to the company.

Huawei sub-brand Honor brings the budget smartphone Holly 4 to India

Oct 13, 2017, at 10:16 pm

Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): Honor, Huawei’s sub brand, recently launched a budget smartphone - Holly 4 - in India.

The Great American Whiskey Experience for connoisseurs from Kolkata

Oct 13, 2017, at 09:03 pm

Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, hosted the 'Great American Whiskey Experience', a one-of-a-kind tasting session at the Bodega Cantina Y Bar in Kolkata.

Vanguard 7 day’s power reserve skeleton from Franck Muller

Oct 12, 2017, at 06:47 pm

Kolkata, Oct 12 (IBNS): The recently introduced Vanguard 7 day’s power reserve skeleton is an in-house crafted mechanical treasure from Franck Muller, a noted Swiss company, headed by the renowned eponymous watchmaker.

Female brain reacts more strongly to prosocial behavior, finds study

Oct 12, 2017, at 01:44 am

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IBNS): Behavioral Experiments show that women are more generous than men.

Studio by Starmark hosts exhibition of curated Diwali collections

Oct 12, 2017, at 01:03 am

Kolkata, Oct 11 (IBNS) : Kolkata-based model Ishika inaugurated Deepawali— an exhibition of curated Diwali collections at the Studio by Starmark at 3, Lord Sinha Road, Emami Market.

Education is key to reduce child marriage: CRY

Oct 10, 2017, at 10:22 pm

Patna, Oct 10 (IBNS): In spite of an overall decline in the rate of marriage among young girls across most of Indian states, Bihar continues to have a comparatively higher percentage of marriage before girls reach the legally prescribed age of 18 years.

Sourav Ganguly wishes luck to Dona Ganguly-Prodyut Mukherjee Rhythm Express fusion project

Oct 10, 2017, at 04:56 pm

Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS): Former Indian skipper of the national cricket team and the current President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), Sourav Ganguly extended his greetings to his wife Dona Ganguly and tabla exponent Pt Prodyut Mukherjee for their upcoming fusion project.

Birmingham launches language course for India’s future engineers

Oct 10, 2017, at 03:10 am

Birmingham, Oct 9 (IBNS): Engineering students across India have the opportunity to sign up for the University of Birmingham’s new online training that will help them improve their technical English language skills – free-of-charge.

Face to face with young author Dipeeta Das Mukherji

Oct 07, 2017, at 11:06 pm

Dipeeta Das Mukherji, whose first book 'From Wonderland to Reality' has just hit the shelves, talks about her life, her writing and her dreams in this candid interview.

Gift a 'green' Diwali

Oct 06, 2017, at 09:22 pm

The festival of lights, Diwali, is round the corner. This is also the season for exchanging gifts with near and dear ones. However, today people are moving away of the usual gifts repeated year after year and taking to new ideas, like organic products, finds Maiyankini Bose

Independence Gala marks the culmination of UK- India 2017 Year of Culture

Oct 06, 2017, at 12:43 am

London, Oct 5 (IBNS): The deep cultural ties, partnership and the long relationship between India and the UK over the past 70 years was marked last night with a richly diverse showcase of the very finest dance and music from both nations.