Author: Jayoti Mondal

A study revealed by research scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has highlighted that the new variants of Omicron may more frequently evade the immune protection from vaccination or prior infection and may be more transmissible than its previously existing variants. A recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine, by the research scientists in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Israel, found out that the newer sub-variants of Omicron are fully capable of escaping the clutches of antibodies that neutralize by both prior infection and vaccination. The researchers assessed the responses of antibodies to…

A social horror-thriller set to be released on Hulu in March, the movie ‘Breeders’ take a turn towards the concept of dating gone wrong in Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones. According to the Hollywood reporter, Olivia Cooke is going to play the titular character in the movie Breeders. This movie will also be the directorial debut of filmmaker Kelsey Bollig. Director Adam Mckay of Netflix’s ‘Don’t look up’ and an executive producer for ‘Winning Time’ on HBO will be producing this upcoming movie, the rights of which have been obtained by Lionsgate, a renowned Hollywood studio. Based on Screenwriter…

  A group of research scientists has discovered a fossilized lower jaw of an enormous creature that once lived on earth. Identified as Tartarocyon cazanavei, it existed between 12.8 and 12 million years ago and used to roam in France. Also predominantly known as the bear-dog, the fossil was discovered from the marine depositions of  Sallepisse located in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department in France. As informed by Discover Magazine, the scientists believe that the fossilized body part of the giant animal belongs to a new species termed amphicyonid. A very detailed description of the discovery has been published in PeerJ. It…

A well-renowned Hindu spiritual organization recently established a research institute of its first kind to cater to the ever-increasing interest in traditional Indian knowledge and the Sanskrit language. Mahant Swami Maharaj formally inaugurated the BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute in New Jersey. He participated in the ceremony from Ahmedabad virtually. The inaugural lamp was lighted and with it, the vision of broadening and spreading the light of knowledge around the entire world, according to a media statement released. The release mentioned that the Robbinsville-based institute in New Jersey will work arduously to harbor the spirit of social harmony, academic discourse, interfaith…

As per reports, after a month-long civil trial, the jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old minor in 1975 which purportedly happened at the Playboy Mansion. On Tuesday, In a civil case, an all-California jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, then a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 and directed Cosby to pay $500,000 in damages to the woman for causing her considerable emotional and mental distress from the unfortunate incident. According to the official sources, this was the first civil case faced by the comedian. The victim provided her statements…

Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation are working together to produce an animated musical movie ‘Spellbound’ which will tell the story of a girl who must bring peace by uniting a broken kingdom by breaking a curse that split the kingdom into two. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are all set to work together again after working in ’Being The Ricardos’. They have reunited top work in an upcoming animated musical feature called ‘Spellbound’. According to reports, they have joined the cast of the movie featuring Rachel Zegler in the titular role along with Jenifer Lewis, Andre De Shields, Jordan Fisher, …

362 new cases of Covid were recorded in West Bengal on Sunday and the covid positivity rate in the state touched 3.5%. The number of new covid cases reached 362 in West Bengal on Sunday. One covid-related death was recorded and the covid positivity rate peaked at 3.5%. A covid positivity rate of 1% and above was recorded in eight districts after the fourth sentinel surveillance. After about three months for the first time, daily covid cases touched three digits on June 10. On June 10, from 107 cases, the count of fresh cases have risen three times more in…

The Calcutta High Court’s bench of a single judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed the state government to arrange for his immediate replacement. The judge also asked Manik Bhattacharya to be present in person in court on Tuesday. The Calcutta High Court has authorized an immediate replacement of the current president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) Manik Bhattacharya due to his alleged connection with the discrepancies in the teacher recruitment process for the Government primary schools. It was also directed by the single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and the bench asked Bhattacharya to be present in…

As per a report, the gang had the name of Karan Johar on their targeted extortion list and was reportedly being targeted for Rs 5 crore. An alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang, Siddhesh Kamble AKA Mahakal, opened up to investigators and disclosed that Filmmaker was on the gang’s list of extortion and planned to extort over Rs 5 crore. A senior official told the news agency PTI that none of the claims made until now had been verified and speculated that Siddhesh was bragging while giving his statements. He was a close confidante of Santosh Jadhav, the shooter…

Researchers highlighted that the gigantic claws that the dinosaurs had were not used for gutting prey but for slashing through vegetation. It has been discovered in a new study that a bipedal dinosaur used to exist on and around the shores of Asia roughly between 66 to 145 million years ago and had no fingers but sharp knife-like claws. The new species and genus of dinosaurs that existed during the cretaceous period were recently identified vis their fossilized remains recently discovered on the northern island of Hokkaido of Japan, according to Live Science. The researchers from Japan and the US…