Category:Kolkata

This is the category for Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, India. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 June 2017: Thousands gather in Jantar Mantar and other cities to protest against mob violence 19 September 2014: Students protest against police action in Jadavpur University, Kolkata 30 March 2012: Report indicates continued severe […]

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Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice

Sunday, January 15, 2017 In research released on Thursday in Cell, scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism’s brain to switch on when exposed to a laser. The research team used an engineered virus to target and alter […]

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Chef who appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ commits suicide

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Joseph Cerniglia, a chef who had appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s television show Kitchen Nightmares, has commited suicide. Cerniglia was the owner of Italian restaurant Campania. He jumped off a bridge into the Hudson river on the New York–New Jersey border. At the time of filming in 2007, Cerniglia owed suppliers $80,000. […]

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