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Manipur: 3 children, 3 women missing following Jiribam encounter which killed 10 suspected Kuki militants | Kerala IAS officer N Prashanth aka 'Collector Bro' suspended for calling senior bureaucrat 'psychopath' | Manipur: 11 suspected Kuki militants killed in retaliation against attack on CRPF post in Jiribam | Man who issued death threat to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan arrested from Chhattisgarh | RG Kar: Arrested civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy claims ex-Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal framed him in the case | UK PM approves world's second 6th-gen stealth fighter aircraft developed to counter Russia, China | Russian Deputy PM Denis Manturov calls on PM Modi, discusses strategic partnership | Karnataka Minister sparks row with racist remark against HD Kumaraswamy | BJP urges EC to 'reprimand, censure' Rahul Gandhi for spreading 'lies' in Maharashtra poll campaign | 10 suspected Kuki insurgents killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur's Jibram, curfew imposed

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  

Student and staff exchanges between IISER Pune, University of Calcutta and the University of Glasgow receive funding

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.

At home in the Maximum City

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.

Trying to bring change step by step: Manushi Chhillar

Nov 28, 2017, at 06:01 pm

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IBNS): After winning the Miss World crown, Manushi Chillar, is all set to focus on bringing change in the society as the winner will be working on menstrual hygiene with an aim to empower women.

Travelogues by women writers launched in Kolkata

Nov 28, 2017, at 04:05 am

Kolkata, Nov 27 (IBNS) Filmmaker Gautam Ghose and former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar released two travel- oriented books "Notes from A Spanish Diary" by Ranjita Biswas and "From Zanskar to Ziro" by Sohini Sen at the Rotary Sadan here on Saturday.

Lifestyle diseases the biggest killer in India today, new study finds

Nov 27, 2017, at 11:33 pm

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IBNS): Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases, the latest report on the state of India’s health, investigates and exposes the new and emerging environmental triggers of NCDs in India.

Asian Gastrobar The Fatty Bao is now in Kolkata

Nov 27, 2017, at 06:17 am

Kolkata, Nov 26 (IBNS)  This surely is going to be one food place in Kolkata where you would hear a lot of oohs and aahs as diners dig into a wide choice of cross Asian plates - ranging from lip smacking dim sums and sushis to seductively seared pork belly or well, desserts which are "orgasmic".

Manushi Chhillar 'thanks' India after 'grand welcome'

Nov 26, 2017, at 09:18 pm

Mumbai, Nov 26 (IBNS): India's new beauty sensation Manushi Chhillar thanked countrymen for the 'grand welcome' she received after arriving in the country after winning the Miss World award.

Celebrity designer Narendra Kumar teams-up with WWE Superstar Jinder Mahal to design a robe fit for the “Modern Day Maharaja”

Nov 25, 2017, at 02:41 am

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IBNS): India’s former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal will wear a unique creation by celebrity designer Narendra Kumar when WWE Live India comes to New Delhi on Saturday, Dec 9

What to do after MSC. In Physics? Best Career Opportunities!!

Nov 23, 2017, at 01:25 am

What actually makes physics so interesting are its widely used applications, when you think about it Physics is applicable in nearly all areas of science and research such as space research, nuclear energy, electronics, development engineering etc.

B-School cutoffs- Top colleges accepting SNAP Scores

Nov 23, 2017, at 01:18 am

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test, or SNAP for short, is an entrance examination conducted by Symbiosis for admission into the Masters of Business Administration program (MBA). Various colleges of Symbiosis only accept SNAP scores for admission into their programs. If you are considering further studies in the field of management, then keep reading because we have an in-depth review of the best Symbiosis Institutes that offer the course, below.

Best Rural Management Program: IRMA vs XIMB vs Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur

Nov 23, 2017, at 12:57 am

It is a known fact that our country’s economy is dependent on Agriculture industry. The government is constantly working towards the development of rural areas, as majority of our population resides in these areas. Therefore it is the need of the hour to have a thorough knowledge of this area and its industries. Rural Management is one such field that gives us an insight about this part of our country. It is one of the most emerging fields in our country, where students are looking for an opportunity to pursue their careers in.

9 Govt Jobs You Can Apply After B.Com

Nov 23, 2017, at 12:45 am

If we consider the aspect of success in our lives, it is important to choose a right path which will guide us to the same. Bachelor’s in Commerce(B.Com) is an excellent option for the students who do not want to enter the inevitable rat race of perfection but try to innovate, broaden their perspectives to aid the market in various ways.

3 Students of IFMR Offered 18 Lakhs, Read More

Nov 23, 2017, at 12:30 am

Each student takes admission in a post-graduation course with a hope to get good knowledge and skills, and at the end a good placement offer. IFMR has been in the news, most certainly for good reasons, as three students of IFMR namely Charan KM, Harshita G, and Sudipta D bagged job offers of Rs 18 lakh from a European MNC setting up a new facility in India.

German mentalist Nicolai Friedrich is coming to Gurugram to entertain Indian fans

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:37 pm

Mumbai, Nov 22 (IBNS): From lighting a matchstick out of thin air to the extent of guessing the name a pregnant lady in the audience had thought up for her child, he can do it all.