Everything you need to know about Basirhat College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Basirhat College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A group of students at the Royal College of Art in London have created two masks that can give you superhuman sight and hearing.
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The death count mounted in the Saradha chit fund scam which has rocked West Bengal with yet another agent ending his life, while the opposition stepped up pressure Tuesday on the Mamata Banerjee government to order a CBI inquiry into what is being perceived as the biggest financial scandal to hit the state.
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) In the wake of the Saradha chit fund scam that has rocked West Bengal, the spate of distressed agents and operators of ponzi firms committing suicide continued, with yet another agent ending his life.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Data captured by smartphone sensors can help criminals determine codes used to lock the gadgets, security researchers have warned.
London, Dec 19 (IANS) While making new friends on the social networking sites like Facebook, not many of us realise it could actually define our life. A study has suggested it actually reveals a lot about us.
London, November 26 (ANI): By keeping your heart healthy and blood pressure under control, you could avoid Alzheimer's disease, say scientists.
London, Nov. 14 (ANI): A Saudi student has been sentenced to life in jail for plotting an attack on the Texas home of ex-President George W Bush.
Washington, November 11 (ANI): Scientists from Ireland have discovered a brain region that plays a major role in romantic decision-making.
Washington, November 1 (ANI): Researchers at Baylor University's Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory have found that clinical hypnosis can effectively reduce hot flashes and associated symptoms among postmenopausal women.
Washington, October 23 (ANI): Researchers including one of an Indian origin have found that it's much easier for consumers to justify continued support of a celebrity or politician disgraced by scandal when they separate moral judgments about a public figure from assessments of their professional performance.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Over two decades back, visually impaired student Dipendra Manocha stood outside Delhi University's Hindu College waiting to get an application written. After the life-altering struggle of finding a writer, Manocha set himself on a mission - helping the blind read and write.
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) In television classic "I Love Lucy", Ricky Ricardo switched into rapid-fire Spanish whenever he was upset, despite the fact that Lucy had no idea what her Cuban husband was saying.
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Three people, including two teachers, were injured Friday after they were attacked by college students in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district when they were prevented from cheating in an exam, police said.
Washington, July 4 (IANS) Children exposed to community violence may be traumatised up to a year after the event, which may carry long-term negative consequences for health, says a study.
Washington, June 28 (ANI): A condition that temporarily causes heart failure in people who experience severe stress might actually protect the heart by stopping the organ being pumped with too much adrenaline, a new study has revealed.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Animals first moved from sea to land using a crutch-like movement, where the front limbs hoisted the rest of the body, according to a new study.
London, May 7 (IANS) Injecting a protein into the brain could protect its nerve cells from prion disease, a condition which causes the brain to wither away, says a new study.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government is planning to bring the state's impoverished tea gardens workers under the ambit of the 100-days' employment guarantee scheme, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here Friday.
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Soon after taking over the reins of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had referred to the plight of travellers - particularly women - on the highways, which have a negligible number of public toilets. Eleven months into office, her government has embarked on a massive project to ease the problem.
London, April 21 (ANI): The notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater, say scientists.
The research was carried in rats at Imperial College London showed that the effect of heart failure on the cardiac muscles is not permanent as people generally think. The findings of the research could help the scientists to discover new treatment strategies.
Washington, April 2 (ANI): A new study has revealed that structural changes in heart muscle cells after heart failure can be reversed by allowing the heart to rest.
London, April 2 (IANS) The damage to cardiac cells after a heart failure can be undone by allowing the heart to rest, according to new study.
Lahore, Mar 16(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said had he been scared of anyone, he would not have joined politics, and added that he would rather be jailed than re-opening the alleged money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Lahore, Mar 16(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said had he been scared of anyone, he would not have joined politics, and added that he would rather be jailed than re-opening the alleged money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Sudden cardiac death - catastrophic and unexpected fatal heart stoppage - is more likely to take place soon after waking up in the morning and in the late night, a new study including an Indian origin scientist has suggested.
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Sudden cardiac death - catastrophic and unexpected fatal heart stoppage - is more likely to take place soon after waking up in the morning and in the late night, a new study including an Indian origin scientist has suggested.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Couples who compete with each other over who has had the worse day or bombard the family with their workplace problems may be on the road to divorce, experts have warned.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Couples who compete with each other over who has had the worse day or bombard the family with their workplace problems may be on the road to divorce, experts have warned.
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Researchers have shed light on the role of support in households where daily stress is common to both spouses.
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Researchers have shed light on the role of support in households where daily stress is common to both spouses.
London, Feb 14 (ANI): It is often believed that 'love is a drug'' and now a new research has confirmed that romance really does work in a similar manner as addiction to illegal substances and activates a reaction in the same part of the brain.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar Assad's British-born wife Asma, and children have reportedly been stopped by rebel forces trying to flee the country with the help of the nation's security forces.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar Assad's British-born wife Asma, and children have reportedly been stopped by rebel forces trying to flee the country with the help of the nation's security forces.
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new gene therapy method that has the potential to treat a common form of blindness, which strikes both youngsters and adults.
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new gene therapy method that has the potential to treat a common form of blindness, which strikes both youngsters and adults.
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Reservation for women in leadership positions in Indian villages is having a positive role model effect and has changed the way young girls and their parents think about female leadership, a new research has said.
London, Dec 12 (ANI): Women who develop diabetes while they are pregnant, or become pregnant while being overweight, put the long-term health of their children at risk, experts have warned.
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): Scientists including one of Indian origin have for the first time found that brain plays a key role in regulating glucose (sugar) metabolism in humans.
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): A new study including an Indian-origin scientist has found that cigarette smoking may impair pancreatic duct cell function even after quitting, putting all smokers at risk of compromised digestive function regardless of age, gender and alcohol intake.
London, Oct 28 (ANI): A leading gender expert has claimed that more and more women are turning into 'Mean Girls,' and he blames the scarcity of good men as partly responsible for this catty behaviour.
London, Oct 11 (ANI): Former Bond girl Shannon Ledbetter has been officially inducted as a canon - a permanent member of cathedral clergy - at Blackburn Cathedral after quitting her acting and modelling career for a role in the church.
Kolkata, Sep 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won the prestigious Bhowanipore assembly constituency by-poll with a 54,000-vote margin.
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Are you addicted to your phone while driving? Well, it could be due to an anxiety disorder, says a new study.
London, August 21 (ANI): It is not as simple as what you eat that makes you fat, but factors like allergies, stress, insomnia and being toxic that contribute a great deal to those unwanted kilos.
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): A study has found that when cocaine addicts were asked to choose between money in hand or cocaine of greater value at a later time, they always preferred the money.
London, July 26 (ANI): Palaeontologists and molecular biologists have been debating for decades about whether turtles are more closely related to birds and crocodiles or to lizards.
Washington, July 8 (ANI): An international team of scientists has discovered that the female ancestor of all living polar bears was a brown bear that lived in the vicinity of Britain and Ireland around 20,000 to 50,000-years-ago.
Washington, June 16 (ANI): Researchers at MIT, Harvard University and Smith College have found a diversity of 710 million-year-old fossils in rocks, suggesting life may have recovered relatively after the planet emerged from a global glaciation, or 'Snowball Earth', event.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine have discovered a new treatment for colon cancer that combines a breast cancer drug and a cancer-fighting antibody.
Washington, May 27 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher has found that long-term exposure to estrogen can lead to higher risk of developing high blood pressure.
London, April 22 (ANI): A former anorexia sufferer has created a life-sized Barbie as a means to raising awareness about the dangers of eating disorders.
Washington, March 31 (ANI): A new study has found that breast cancer patients who become resistant to tamoxifen may have low levels of a protein called Rho GDI-alpha.
Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): A new research suggests that religious experiences will subconsciously affect the way that individuals consume news about religion and spirituality.
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): Most people are willing to pay to be protected from identity theft, according to a new study.
New York, Jan 3 (ANI): It seems nobody has a problem with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his girlfriend Sandra Lee's live-in relationship.
London, Dec 31 (ANI): A suspected paedophile has been attempting to groom UK schoolchildren on social networking site Facebook by posing as their new classmate.
Nevada (US), Dec 15 (ANI): Ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord) was one of the Fall 2010 readings at prestigious Ursinus College in Pennsylvania Well known Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, described this action of Ursinus as "a step in the right direction" as students should have knowledge of the entire society to become full participants in the society.
London, Nov 24 (ANI): University College London researchers have found that hardy bugs like Deinococcus radiodurans could survive dormant on Mars for over a million years, at least in theory.
Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): A group of Aussie teenage girls have been found filming unprovoked 'tag team' attacks on fellow students and circulating the footage via mobile phones.
Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): A new study has suggested that tracing the way melanoma cells use the immune system to spread and develop into lung tumours may lead to a therapy to decrease development of these tumours.
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): A new study has found that watching television and its heavy dose of medical content in news and drama can cause more concern about personal health and reduce a person's satisfaction with life.
Kolkata, Sep 14 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here today on a three-day visit of West Bengal in order to rejuvenate the state Congress ahead of next year's assembly elections.
London, Aug 31 (ANI): The standard equipment found with doctors, stethoscope, may soon be history as millions of doctors across the world are signing up for a free iphone app that can monitor heartbeat.
Kolkata, Aug 28 (ANI): A group of students here on Saturday protested the visit of the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to the Presidency College.
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): A study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found preliminary evidence that brain fitness programs may help frail elderly walk faster, potentially preventing disability and improving quality of life.
London, July 11 (ANI): Leading British doctors have urged ministers to impose 'fat taxes' on unhealthy food and introduce cigarette-style warnings to children about the dangers of a poor diet.
London, June 23 (ANI): A new study has found no association between a mother living near to a mobile phone base station during her pregnancy and the risk of that child developing cancer before reaching the age of five.
London, June 6 (ANI): A new study, led by a UK research team, has suggested that a single dose of radiation during surgery is just as effective as a prolonged course of radiotherapy for breast cancer.
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Children and teens who drink 100 percent juice have higher intakes of key nutrients compared to non-consumers, according to a new study.
London, Apr.21 (ANI): A far bigger Icelandic volcano, Katla, is tipped to erupt in the coming months, potentially causing much more savage and sustained disruption to industry and society, The Independent reports.
Moga (Punjab), Mar 20 (ANI): Two students of the Moga Polytechnic College have invented a tractor that can be operated with the help of a mobile phone.
London, Mar 15 (ANI): People really do have the ability of selective hearing - the power to filter out unwanted noise and conversation, a new study has found.
London, Feb 13(ANI): Prince Charles has said spiritual care can help the healing process, and has called on healthcare providers to reintroduce patients to "mind, body and spirit" while aiding in their recovery.
London, Feb 10 (ANI): A British teacher is said to have lavished a 15-year-old schoolboy with expensive gifts and alcohol in a bid to groom him for sex.
London, January 24 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a one-minute test that helps diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder accurately.
Washington, January 22 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate are incorrect - and that a century of research based on those assumptions will have to be reconsidered.
Sydney, January 17 (ANI): A secret computer network set up by students at Sydney University's elite residential colleges for circulating pornography, pirated movies and music has sparked outrage among officials.
Washington, November 28 (ANI): A group of researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity.
Washington, November 23 (ANI): A group of researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY), US, is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity.
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A new study by American and British scientists has tried to explain why bird flu has not become a pandemic disease.
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): A regular tai chi exercise program can help people better control their diabetes, says a new study.
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): Having a pet in your life can help you stay hale and hearty, say researchers.
Washington, September 26 (ANI): Compulsive hoarding may be inherited in some cases, with gene research lending some support to this suggestion.
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting for girls to boost their physical activity and to promote a healthy lifestyle, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Washington, June 20 (ANI): From the time humans came to being, males have been dubbed "bread-winners".
Gosaba (West Bengal), May 13 (IANS) Ashok Mondal of Jamespur village walked 45 minutes to reach his polling station Wednesday. He was happy he didn't have to travel hours by boat instead, as officials set up a polling station in his island in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
Sundarbans (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) For thousands of voters in West Bengal's mangrove forested Sundarbans Island, balloting will not be a smooth sailing affair. They will have to come by boats through the narrow creeks and water channels that criss-cross the delta area to exercise their franchise.
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Two more college students have been arrested for the gang rape of an American student here, taking the number of those arrested to five. One suspect was still absconding, the police said Friday.
Melbourne, Mar 23 (ANI): A new study by University of South Carolina researchers has found that women who work out are three times less likely to die of breast cancer.
London, Mar 1 (ANI): Hospital beddings, curtains and even patients' pyjamas could become weapon against superbugs that kill thousands of people every year, according to researchers from Imperial College London.
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) A popular menthol compound used for relieving symptoms of cough and congestion, instead creates breathing distress in infants and small children, according to the latest research.
Washington, January 10 (ANI): A study on sparrows has revealed that the male Swamp Sparrow adjusts its vocal when faced with a hostile situation.
London, December 22 (ANI): You may now enjoy the food that fuelled great naturalist Charles Darwin's mind, for a cookbook with recipes created by his wife Emma has been published.
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Only three percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first ever study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major metro market.
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): A program designed at the University of Georgia to reduce alcoholism, drug use and risky sexual behaviour has also been found to reduce conduct problems in youngsters.
London, Nov 17 (IANS) A former British cabinet minister says mass migration is among the biggest post-Cold War "threats" facing Britain - along with terrorism and crime.
London, Nov.17 (ANI): Former British Home Secretary John Reid has warned that mass migration and the Internet are major threats to the country's national security.
Washington, Sept 27 (ANI): A University of Missouri team, led by an Indian origin researcher, has devised a new eco-friendly method to create gold nanoparticles without any negative environmental impact, which is otherwise associated with their production.
Washington, Sept 27 (ANI): A University of Missouri team, led by an Indian origin researcher, has devised a new eco-friendly method to create gold nanoparticles without any negative environmental impact, which is otherwise associated with their production.
