Indian e-retailer Flipkart’s co-founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are the latest billionaires from India, with £845million $1.3bn according to Forbes India’s rich list released on 23rd September 2015. The Indian e-commerce has joined the elite club of billionaires with Flipkart’s founders Bansals making their debut at number 86 with the list lead by Reliance…
Facebook the world’s largest social network with 1.39bn monthly active users, goes down millions without access to their accounts Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2014, initially set up as an exclusive network for Harvard students. Millions of Facebook users failed to access their stored pictures, messages and contact details as they…
800 killed and another 870 people injured in the Hajj pilgrimage stampede incident at Mina, near the Islamic holy city of Mecca according to officials in Saudi Arabia. During the Hajj, pilgrims travel to Mina, 3miles from Mecca, to throw seven stones at pillars (where Satan is believed to have tempted the Prophet Abraham) called…
The adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with images is proving to be true in the world of social media. Instagram is now bigger than Twitter (which has only 304million active users), after their monthly users increased by 100 million in the last nine…
Chennai remembers SMS Emden, the dreadful First World War German battleship Not many know about some of the different, interesting facets of the Great War, more commonly known as the First World War, in the Asian front. The German navy during the war, tried to flex its muscle as far as the Indian Ocean and…
The new Clé de Cartier, the creation that the Maison just presented at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie of Geneva,distinctive elements: a curved profile that fits snugly to the wrist, a gently rounded bezel, tapered horns and a jewel-like key-like crown which gives the name to the model (clé in French means key). The new crown, adorned with a blue sapphire,…
Pope Francis landed at Andrews Air Force Base, he was greeted by Obama and his family alongwith Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife. His US tour will be greeted by millions of American Catholics As part of their US tour the Pontiff will visit Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia. The Pontiff, has brought the…
Swiss based pharmaceutical giant Novartis and Google had announced in 2014, their collaborative project to develop a smart contact lens that can continuously monitor the wearer’s blood glucose levels. When this research project is realized, millions of people suffering from diabetes around the world can do away with their painful routines of pricking their finger…