Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve, is indeed a spooky evening celebrate every year in several countries on October 31 – the eve of Christian feast of all Hallows’ Day. Celtic Pagan festival of Samhain, meaning “Summer’s End” which is celebrated the end of the harvest season. The trick or treat origins emerged…
The London Metal Exchange (LME) , which has kept with technology has lost volumes to over-the-counter trading, is looking at online platforms for industrial metals to recoup profits from, the growing OYC business according to its CEO. Several new electronic metals trading sites have emerged recently, while industry sources say established online venues Trayport and…
Pets are at risk of being affected by passive smoking as a human latest study by Glasgow University suggests. Animals inhale more smoke than human beings because of their grooming routines and also digest nicotine when licking their fur. Dogs are at risk of developing lung or sinus cancer while smaller pets such as birds,…
Lewis Hamilton (32) of Mercedes wins fourth world title at Mexican Grand Prix, eclipsing Sir Jackie Stewart’s record to become Britain’s most successful Formula 1 driver ever. He is currently behind Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of seven titles. Hamilton won his 62nd in 205 races. Earlier Hamilton was hit by title rival Sebastian Vettel on…
Joseph Stalin decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, as he managed to force through using profound and enduring ways. Building and running a dictatorship, with power of life or death over hundreds of millions, in conditions of capitalist self-encirclement. Stalin never forgot and never forgave, with…
Medical historian, Lindsey Fitzharris tells a gripping tale of scientific and medical exertion, including the oozing pus and rotting flesh that followed infections in the days before antiseptics. In the past the idea of doctors washing hands before touching them into an open wound would have been considered a waste of his time, until Lister’s…
Carl Safina, a trained seabird ecologist, writes in his new book “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel”, that much published behavioural science continues to adopt neutral language that downplays animal emotion. This can be actively misleading. We should see the value of using the same language for grief, friendship, joy, empathy and other emotions…
Ganga-Mata, the Ganges, purifier of souls Hinduism’s mother goddess, few rivers in the world are more esteemed and sacrosanct and few are more polluted and this paradox which afflicts India’s most famous river, from its glacial beginnings in the mighty Himalayas to its swampy end in the Bay of Bengal. 400 million Indians and 160…
England U-17 came from behind from 2-0 down to thrash Spain and claim a famous 5-2 victory in the Fifa World Cup completion in Kalkota, India. The young Three Lions had never gone beyond the quarter-finals in the tournament before, and emulated the England U20 who won their World Cup in June 2017. Spain took…
Smartphone shipments in India crossed over 40 million for the first time in Q3 2017, a 23 per cent annual growth, compared to China’s shipment of 110 million per quarter. India has overtaken US on sales with only China ahead of it. India’s population is 1.3 billion while the US is 320 million. Earlier this year,…