Apple launches its latest range of devices today including three new iPhones, as well as upgrades for the Apple Watch, Apple TV, and AirPod Wireless headphones. The iPhone X, a premium version will feature an all-screen display, facial recognition software, and wireless charging at a record price of £1, 149 ($1, 149). At Apple’s annual launch…
Month: September 2017
Café-isation of chai has began, as Chai Point, started in 2010 by Harvard alumnus Amuleek Singh Bijral in Bengaluru in India was the first of these Chai startups (Tea) with over a hundred outlets pan-India and serves over 100, 000 cups every day. Chaayos has grown from 7 cafes in 2015, to 40cafes in Delhi,…
Ninety five people have died in Thursday’s 8.1 magnitude devastating earthquake in Mexico, and struck off the coast of Chiapas. Emergency workers are still looking for victims under the rubble. “ They pulled my father out from underneath the rubble after the house collapsed on the top of him. It was difficult to find him…
Nirav Modi, is the first Indian jeweller to have been featured in the cover of Christie’s and Sotheby’s catalogues. He is the creator and designer of the Golconda Lotus necklace featuring a 12.29-carat Golconda diamond, Pink diamonds and exclusive Ainra cut diamonds sold at Christie’s Hong Kong auction in November 2010. In 2012, the…
3rd Test West Indies Tour of England at Lords, London Sep 7-9, 2017 West Indies 123 (57.3 ov) 1st Innings, KOA Powell 39 off 98, SD Hope 29 off 57, JM Anderson 2/31, BA Stokes 6/22 England 1st Innings 194 ( 52.5ov) SCJ Broad 38 off 45, BA Stokes 60 off 74, KAJ Roach…
Maria Sharapova reveals in Unstoppable, her new memoir including how she heard Serena Williams crying. The tears came after their first match, the 2004 Wimbledon Final in which the 17-year-old Russian upsets the defending champion. After the match, Sharapova entered the locker room. “What I heard, When I came in and started to change clothes,…
The Caterpillar fungus, a new found natural commodity for the communities who live in the Himalayan region with a high economic value and this, in fact, lead to enormous ecological threats to the species, leading to its sharp decline in its natural habitat. According to trade insiders, a single caterpillar fungus sells in India for…
So far in 2017 two companies Beepi and Quixey were among the 10 most funded startups to fail according to Techcrunch. They managed to raise funding in the region of $1.7 billion from venture capitalists and banks. In some cases, their great idea floundered on operational problems. Beepi a used car service that bled cash…
The Canadian dollar nicknamed Loonie leaps to its highest level in over two years against its US counterpart yesterday, after the country’s central bank raised interest rates to 1 per cent in response to a stronger economy. It is the second time this year that the Bank of Canada (central bank) has upped the rate…