Alakananda Bandyopadhyay

Articles by Alakananda Bandyopadhyay

Alakananda Bandyopadhyay writes entertainment related updates for the International Business times. She likes long conversations about movies and TV series and all things related to the indie-grunge genre.

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Killer whales attacking a dolphin off the coast of Africa.

Watch: Killer whales attack dolphin, disemboweled carcass washes up ashore

The scientist who recorded the footage said that it was the worst attack he had ever witnessed in his 20 years of research in marine life.

Mar 20, 2018

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-63), pictured in the 1960s in the USA.

John F. Kennedy speaks from beyond the grave [Video]

Sound engineers have used voice synthesis to recreate John F. Kennedy's final speech that he was supposed to deliver at Dallas the day he was assassinated.

Mar 20, 2018

Charles Manson was the ultimate white supremacist

Charles Manson's creepy last photo from open casket funeral service

Charles Manson had died on November 19, 2017, in prison in Kern County, California. His body had been preserved until judges decided who should claim it.

Mar 20, 2018

The boy shot his sister after she refused to hand him the controller. [Representational Image]

Boy, 9, kills older sister over video game console by shooting her

The boy shot his 13-year-old sister from behind after she refused to hand him the video game controller. The bullet entered her brain causing the death.

Mar 19, 2018

International Day of Happiness 2018: Top 30 songs that give instant joy

On this International Day of Happiness, let's take a look at this 'happy playlist', that is sure to spread instant cheer and positivity.

Mar 19, 2018

Ivanka Trump (L) hugs her daughter Arabella Rose Kushner.

Watch: Ivanka Trump's daughter Arabella slays Taylor Swift's iconic single

Arabella Kushner performs her rendition of Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do and it is all kinds of adorable!

Mar 19, 2018

STS088-702-024 -- Astronauts Jerry L. Ross (left) and James H. Newman, both mission specialists, work together on the final of three space walks of the STS-88 mission. One of the solar panels of the Russian-built Zarya module runs through the frame.

First spacewalk 53 years ago today was nearly a disaster

The spacecraft Voskhod-2 had carried cosmonauts Alexey Leonov, and Pavel Belyayev and Leonov had managed to float in space for exactly 12 minutes and 9 seconds.

Mar 18, 2018

Telford 'Rape House' victim speaks out: 'I felt numb, dead inside'

The Telford victim who was 14 at the time of her abuse, was raped by nine men in a single night. She went to the school the next day 'like nothing had happened.'

Mar 18, 2018

Skiing accident at the Gudauri ski-resort in Caucasus Mountains, Georgia.

Watch: Gudauri ski lift accident sends passengers flying off chairs, 8 injured

Georgian authorities have opened a criminal case, and Gudauri ski resort's administration has asked the ski lift's manufacturer to ascertain the possible cause.

Mar 18, 2018

The St Patrick's day parade makes its way along O'Connell Street, as the largest St Patrick's day celebrations in Ireland makes its way through Dublin city centre on March 17, 2016.

St Patrick's Day 2018: Where to watch the best parades

March 17 is celebrated as St Patrick's Day with the best parades all over the world. This year, New York City, Dublin and Chicago are the top contenders on the list.

Mar 16, 2018

World Sleep Day 2018: 6 weird sleeping habits that are very real

On World Sleep Day, we round up the types of sleeping habits that are very common, very real and often very inconvenient for someone else sharing the bed.

Mar 16, 2018

Rajpal Yadav is all geared up for his upcoming Hollywood movie Barefoot Warriors.

Rajpal Yadav talks upcoming Hollywood movie and being selective with films [Exclusive]

Celebrating his 46th birthday, Rajpal Yadav talks about his upcoming movie Barefoot Warriors and the issue of being type-casted as a comedy actor.

Mar 16, 2018

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Vassily Nebenzia speaksin the security council after the United Kingdom called for an urgent meeting of the UN security council to update council members on the investigation into the recent nerve agent attack

Russia calls UK's Skripal poisoning accusations 'baseless', threatens to expel diplomats 'soon'

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kremlin had "no connection" with agent Sergei Skripal's poisoning, adding that they won't respond to 'the language of ultimatum'.

Mar 15, 2018

No one is 100 percent straight or gay: Study

Study author Ritch Savin-Williams believes that people are 'not either gay, straight or bi' and instead there's a 'continuum' of sexual response.

Mar 15, 2018

The unusual phenomenon of Aurora Steve captured by citizen scientists.

Aurora Steve: Mysterious purple lights in the sky spotted by citizen scientists

Steve is an acronym for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" and occurs in latitudes lower than the normal for auroras.

Mar 15, 2018

A scene from the Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive'.

China turns Black Mirror real by ranking citizens on social credit system

Citizens with high social credits will enjoy cheaper transport fares among other things and low scorers will be punished by giving slow internet among other things.

Mar 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking's predictions about alien life: A round-up post physicist's death

Among Hawking's predictions, the most prominent ones were about the negative consequences of contacting alien life, and about the asteroid Oumuamua's dangers.

Mar 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking at One World Observatory on April 12, 2016 in New York City.

Stephen Hawking dead: Top 5 must-read books by the renowned physicist

Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76, but his legacy continues to live on in the form of countless books on general relativity and quantum physics.

Mar 14, 2018

Watch: Indian bride's wedding day belly dance has social media swooning

Dressed in traditional wedding-day attire with jeans and a pair of sneakers underneath, Rashika's video has already acquired 4 lakh views so far.

Mar 14, 2018

Deepika Kumari from the Netflix Short film, Ladies First.

Exclusive: Archer Deepika Kumari talks about medals, struggles and a Netflix documentary

Four-time silver medalist of the Hyundai Archery World Cup, Deepika Kumari is now preparing for the Asian Games.

Mar 13, 2018

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Articles by Alakananda Bandyopadhyay

Watch: Killer whales attack dolphin, disemboweled carcass washes up ashore

John F. Kennedy speaks from beyond the grave [Video]

Charles Manson's creepy last photo from open casket funeral service

Boy, 9, kills older sister over video game console by shooting her

International Day of Happiness 2018: Top 30 songs that give instant joy

Watch: Ivanka Trump's daughter Arabella slays Taylor Swift's iconic single

First spacewalk 53 years ago today was nearly a disaster

Telford 'Rape House' victim speaks out: 'I felt numb, dead inside'

Watch: Gudauri ski lift accident sends passengers flying off chairs, 8 injured

St Patrick's Day 2018: Where to watch the best parades

World Sleep Day 2018: 6 weird sleeping habits that are very real

Rajpal Yadav talks upcoming Hollywood movie and being selective with films [Exclusive]

Russia calls UK's Skripal poisoning accusations 'baseless', threatens to expel diplomats 'soon'

No one is 100 percent straight or gay: Study

Aurora Steve: Mysterious purple lights in the sky spotted by citizen scientists

China turns Black Mirror real by ranking citizens on social credit system

Stephen Hawking's predictions about alien life: A round-up post physicist's death

Stephen Hawking dead: Top 5 must-read books by the renowned physicist

Watch: Indian bride's wedding day belly dance has social media swooning

Exclusive: Archer Deepika Kumari talks about medals, struggles and a Netflix documentary

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh

Ranbir Kapoor's fans burst crackers inside theatres during Animal screening; fans say 'low budget Salman Khan' fans'