iPhone 8 is here

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…

Now Harvard alumnus is a Chaiwala

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,…

Strongest quake of the century leaves 95 dead

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, master jeweller

  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…

Unstoppable Sharapova

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,…

Caterpillar fungus facing extinction

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…

Beepi most funded startups fails

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…

Loonie leaps to highest level as BoC raises interest rate

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…