ROI, Belgium, Iceland win but Portugal drew with Hungry

Group E Republic of Ireland beat Italy 1-0 Brady 85’ Group E Belgium beat Sweden 1-0 Nainggolan 84’ Group F Portugal                          drew with Hungry 3-3 Nani 42’, Ronaldo 50’, 62’             Gera 19’, Dzsudsak 47’, 55’   Group F   Iceland      …

55 killed in lightining strike

55 people were killed and 8 injured in lightning in different districts of Bihar, including Nalanda, Aurangabad, Rohtas, and Purnea, as the monsoon rain lashed the Indian state of Bihar on Tuesday 21st June 2016. A man and his son became victims of lightining strike while they were returning home from field in Darmikala village…

India launches 20 satellites successfully

India today successfully launched 20 satellites, including its earth observation 727.5kg Cartosat-2 series, PSLV lifted off a total of 1288kg in to space and began placing satellites into orbit about 17minutes later, in the designated polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO), in a single mission on board ISRO’s 320-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C34 from the…

Germany beat NI 1-0, Poland beat Ukraine,Turkey beat Czech Rep, Croatia beat Spain

Group C Germany beat Northern Ireland 1-0 Gomez 29’ Group C Poland                        beat   Ukraine 1-0 Blaszczykowski 54’ Group D Turkey                        beat   Czech Rep 2-0 Yilmaz 10’, Tufan 65’ Group D Croatia                        beat           Spain   2-1 Kalinic 45’ Perisic 87’   FT+5’     Morata 7’   Northern Ireland failed to get the point which could have…

Instagram now half a billion active users

Instagram has more than 300 million people using it at least once a day. The service was bought by Facebook in 2012 for about £677m ($1bn) and has not stopped growing ever since. According to Facebook, an average of 95million photos and videos are posted each day and Co-founder Kevin Systrom said its success was…

Blueberries can curb risk of cancer

“Eating blueberries can curb risks of developing cancer as well as reduce the chances of heart diseases, can help in reverting age and improving vision and memory” according to a new study by Shuyang Qu Doctoral Student at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in the US. According to previous studies,…

VT : 132-year-old Mumbai’s heritage CST station

One of the busiest railway station in India, the Victoria Terminus now known as Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) opened in Bombay in 1888, but named “Victoria Terminus”, on 20th June 1887, Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Day. In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway built its railway terminus covering 2.85 hectare, in the Bori Bunder area…

Wales beat Russia 3-0 and tops Group B while England drew with Slovakia

Group B Wales                                      beat Russia 3-0 Ramsey 11’, Taylor 20’, Bale 67’ Group B England   drew with Slovakia 0-0 FT+5’ Wales roared past Russia with shocking display in their final group game at Euro 2016 to reach the knock out stages of a major tournament for only the seocn d time in their history.…

Man dies on board on Emirates flight from Dubai to Manchester

An elderly male passenger has died on board a Emirates flight EK21 from Dubai to Manchester on 20th June 2016. He is said to have been ill before boarding in Dubai and Greater Manchester Police confirmed the death was not suspicious. The Boeing 777 landed at Manchester Airport at 7:30am this morning and was met…