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Celebrate Diwali with a festive special menu at Yauatcha Kolkata

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata’s award-winning Chinese dim sum tea house Yauatcha has come up with a specially curated menu to celebrate the festival of lights.

Royal China Kolkata offers limited period complimentary dessert to diners

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Royal China in Kolkata has already set the festive cheer rolling with a sumptuous food spread for diners who are keen to enjoy their Diwali or Bhai Dooj in style.

Tamil Nadu postpones schools reopening over Covid-19

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Chennai/IBNS: The Tamil Nadu government has postponed the reopening of schools after several parents expressed their opinions against the resumption of normal classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic, media reports said.

Head to Burma Burma if you are looking for an exotic Diwali celebration

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Why not indulge in some exotic dishes from Myanmar this festive season at the recently opened Burma Burma restaurant in Kolkata.

Celebrate Diwali, Bhai Dooj or Children’s Day in style at Fairfield by Marriott Kolkata

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A staycation deal, a sumptuous buffet and exquisite hampers are some of the offerings from the Fairfield by Marriott Kolkata this festive season covering Diwali and Bhai Dooj.

Diwali and Bhai Dooj offers from JW Marriott Kolkata

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: If you are worried that the pandemic situation may mar your Diwali celebrations, then why not go for a luxury holiday at the JW Marriott Kolkata.

Class X, XII students can directly appear in West Bengal final board exams for 2021, no Tests this time: Mamata Banerjee

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that the students of class X and XII can appear directly to the board final examinations and there will not be any Tests this academic year due to Covid-19 situation.

Kolkata: Titan launches its 500th World of Titan store in city

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata: World of Titan, the watch retailer from India’s leading watchmaker, Titan Company Limited continues to expand its footprint in India, launches its 500th store. Located in Newtown, Rajarhat, Kolkata, the store marks a milestone for the brand.

Talented pre-teen Shahana Shome dedicates song to save the girl child

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Shahana Shome, a 12 year old talented singer, has once again risen to the occasion and used her melodious power to spread a social message.

The Lords and Barons enriches Park Street’s breakfast scene

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Are you curious about what a full English breakfast may look like? Then head to The Lords and Barons, the popular Brit style pub on Park Street, which has now decided to expand its offerings by opening for breakfast.

Women won't be totally free as long as prejudices persist: Writer-activist Cherie Blair

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Barrister-writer-activist Cherie Blair in a virtual interactive session on Tuesday said women won't be totally free as long as prejudices against them persist.

Talking cub announces the release of Nomad's Land by writer Paro Anand

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Award-winning writer Paro Anand traces the journey of two young girls from displaced communities in her latest offering Nomad's Land.

Indian Army sponsors coaching classes for students in Arunachal Pradesh

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Guwahati/IBNS: With COVID-19 pandemic adversely affecting the education of children in rural areas with poor internet connectivity, Spear Corps of Indian Army has undertaken an initiative to conduct coaching classes for students from class 9 to class 12 under Operation Sadbhavna in Miao and Kharsang villages of Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

J&K: Government takes initiative to run skill development centres for women to make them self-dependent

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Srinagar:  The social welfare department in Baramulla is running skills development training centres for women of the Jammu and Kashmir region to make them self-dependent.

Is it safe to drink hot tea from paper cups? IIT Kharagpur research warns of microplastic pollution

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kharagpur (West Bengal)/IBNS: Has the time arrived to do a rethink on consuming hot liquids, such as tea, from disposable paper cups, the use of which has gone up manifold during the pandemic crisis?

J&K students' fee waived off for Company Secretary course: Dr. Jitendra Singh

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir and Northeast students have been provided with the special facility of academic fee waiver for registration to the course of training as Company Secretary.

Burger King UK urges customers to order from McDonalds, KFC

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The coronavirus pandemic has surely united the whole world and one such example was set by Burger King, which urged its customers in the United Kingdom to order food from its competitor food chains like McDonalds, KFC, Papa John's, Taco Bells etc. to save jobs.

Jammu School Education, ISM to promote medicinal plants, gardens

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Jammu/UNI: Jammu School Education in collaboration with Indian Systems of Medicine will be promoting medicinal plants and nutritional gardens in Government Schools across the Jammu Division.

Paintings of Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya to go under the hammer on Dec 2

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/UNI: In the predominantly male bastion of what has been categorized as the "Progressive Artists Group" or "Bombay Progressives", the rediscovery of a suite of paintings and sketches by Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye) opens up the possibility of an important reframing of a popularly held notion about the artists producing in the milieu of post-Independence, cosmopolitan Bombay (Mumbai) of the 1950s.

Amidst COVID 19 precautions, Ganga Utsav begins virtually with much fun and festivities

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The much-awaited Ganga Utsav 2020 began with Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga sharing his connection with Ganga since childhood in conversation with Mahiya. 

Haryana decides to reopen colleges from Nov 16

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Chandigarh/UNI: The Haryana Government has decided to reopen colleges and universities from Nov 16 while online classes commenced from Monday.

Assam schools reopen, parents-students still fear about rising of COVID-19 cases

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Guwahati: The student attendance was recorded less in the schools and colleges of Assam on the first day which reopened after a gap of eight months.

COVID-19: Traditional and cultural activities resume in Kashmir Valley after brief break due to pandemic 

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Srinagar: After a short break due to COVID-19 imposed lockdown, traditional and cultural activities have resumed in the Kashmir Valley.

Assam government to set up 119 high schools in tea garden areas

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said tea community is an integral part of greater Assamese society and the community has contributed immensely to Assam’s socio-cultural development.

Mastering crisis communication need of the hour for any leader or brand custodian: Mahul Brahma on his new book

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Chief editor and head of communications, CSR, publications in  Tata Steel and SAIL JV, mjunction, Dr Mahul Brahma has won many accolades. In his latest book “How to communicate strategically in corporate world”, the versatile communications expert dwells on crisis to myths and media, exploring facets of strategic communication in the corporate world. IBNS catches up with the author of titles like Quarantined: Love in the time of Corona and The Luxe Trilogy

Kolkata restaurants gear up for Halloween with special offers on food and drinks

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Want to enjoy a spook fest this Halloween and wondering where to go this last minute? Check out these two popular dining zones in Kolkata.

Promoting girl child’s education vital to mitigate child marriage in India: CRY

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

New Delhi: As India continues to grapple with the debilitating tolls levied by the COVID-19 pandemic and with interventions related to child education, health and nutrition and child protection majorly disrupted over the past several months; the risk of child marriage is on the rise with the shrinking of economy and the resultant increase in vulnerabilities of marginalised families and children.

COVID-19 robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed children in the poorest countries of nearly four months of schooling, compared to six weeks of lost education for their counterparts in high income countries, according to a report published on Thursday by the UN educational and cultural organization, UNESCO; the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank.

The Heritage Group of Schools opens new campus in Noida, admissions begin on November 1

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Delhi-NCR/IBNS: The Heritage Group of Schools, a leading network of K-12 schools with a presence in Delhi and Gurgaon, announced the launch of its new campus in Sector 128, Noida.

My book Batla House also tells how difficult it is to investigate terrorists-related cases: Retd. IPS officer Karnal Singh

Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am

Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief, Karnal Singh, was a part of the special team of Delhi Police, which had carried out the much debated encounter of terrorists in Batla House in the national capital in 2008. In an interaction with Ehsaas Woman of Mumbai Ketki Bhatia in the latest edition of An Author's Afternoon, hosted by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, Singh spoke about his book Batla House where he wrote about the encounter extensively. IBNS-TWF correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of the interaction