Potholes frustrate motorists all over the world, who pay their road taxes but could not make local council’s account for eradication of potholes and other local council all around the world should learn from the solution below. To tackle potholes the PWD plans to use citizen participation with the help of modern Information technology. The…
Month: November 2017
Twenty-year-old medical student Maanushi Chhillar from Haryana, India has won the Miss World competition for 2017 at a grand event in Sanya, China. The last Miss World from India was Priyanka Chopra in 2000. She edged out top pageant contestants from England, Kenya, France and Mexico. Chhillar was presented the coveted crown by Stephanie…
A Leonardo da Vinci painting which depicts Jesus Christ which had been long-lost was sold at an auction for over $450 million on November 15, 2017 and thereby created a world record for the most expensive work of art at auction, according to Christie’s Auction House. Christie’s –presented this painting depicting Jesus Christ holding up…
A 163-carat diamond necklace the largest of its kind to be auctioned has fetched £25.6m ($33.7 m) at a Christie’s event in Geneva. The colourless diamond was cut from a 404-carat stone found in Angola and the finished piece is made from white gold, diamond and emeralds. The necklace was designed by Swiss jewellery maker…
Tom O’Reilly, in his latest provocative book explores the dangers of rogue artificial intelligence bullying our future survival. Our financial markets are already running Artificial intelligence bullying corporate bosses to do bad things and destroy society, The “master Algorithm” of shareholder capitalism persuades companies to pursue short term profit by slashing cost, creating stock…
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders on the way to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) leader’s summit in Danang, Vietnam
Seven weeks after hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, in late September 2017, the island has struggled to repair power lines, water pumps, cell phone towers, roads and bridges. The electrical system and power provider Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority was bankrupt going into the disaster, despite that they have managed to reconnect 40 per cent…
A minibus of Mercedes workers was held up on the Road from Interlagos track as according to Lewis Hamilton “Gunshots fired, gun held at one’s head. But no one was injured. This is very upsetting to hear. It happens every single year here. F1 and the teams need to do more. No excuse. Please say a…
Economics for the Common Good is a response to the crisis of the economics profession, whose credibility was badly damaged by the financial crisis of 2008. Frenchman Jean Tirole, who in 2014 won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, has spent years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before building a strong economics community…