Trick or treat

Halloween, the scariest night of the year celebrated on 31st October when people go trick or treating, dressed up and enjoy getting scared. It is widely recognised as an American holiday, but it is believed the tradition of Halloween dates back to Britain several centuries ago, with its roots in an Iron Age Celtic festival…

Rahul wins Bake Off under the JK Rowling spell

Rahul Mandal is the new winner of The Great British Bake off 2018. Rahul was the early “Bake Off” favourite with his ambitious show stoppers although he was a nervous baker. The finalists battled 32ᵒ heat and even face a show first with an outdoor cooking challenge. Kim-Joy and Ruby Bhogal were the show’s runners…

IBM buys Red Hat for £26.52bn in its biggest purchase todate

America’s IBM acquired software company Red Hat in a  £26.52 ($34bn) cash and debt deal, making its biggest ever acquisition. Red Hat founded 25 years ago, was valued at  £16bn ($20.5bn) at the end of trading on Friday. Red hat will be a star unit within IBM’s Hybrid Cloud team. Red Hat is an open…

Asia’s ride-hailing startup Grab raises £156m

Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing startup grab has raised £156m ($200m) from US-based travel firm Booking Holdings formerly known as Priceline, as part of a strategic partnership. The deal will enable users to book travel-related services through Grab’s app and pay via its digital wallet. Grab’s investment drive is expected to reach £2.34bn ($3bn) before the year…

King of the Road claims his fifth world F1 title

  Lewis Hamilton (33), the Mercedes mastero celebrates winning the Formula One driver’s championship at the Mexican Grand Prix. He’s now a five-time world champion and has won 31.28 per cent of the races he has entered. Lewis Hamilton claimed it was “surreal” to join the F1 legends with his fifth World title. Although Hamilton…

Bolsonaro is Brazil’s new President-elect

Jair Bolsonaro (PSL), born on 21 March 1955 in Sao Paulo, far-right former Army captain clinched Brazil’s President election by a comfortable margin of 55.13 per cent against Fernando Haddadi 44.87 per cent and also won the approval of U.S. President Donald Trump. He will officially take over in January 2019. Bolsonaro reaffirmed his commitment to…

Lion-Air with 189 abroad crashed

Lion Air plane in a brand new boeing 747 jet crashed with 189 on board in Indonesia. Searches for clues in crash  found six bodies in sea off Jakarta, Indonesia. The Lion Air flight JT610 had been carrying 189 people including three children when it disappeared from radar during a short flight from Jakarta to…

Leicester City helicopter crash

Leicester City FC owner travelling in a helicopter crashed in flames near the club’s ground, killing five people. The club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, along with two members of his staff, another passenger and the pilot  did not survive the crash according to the club. “The helicopter took off from the King Power Stadium at about…

The Simpsons producers answers to claims Apu is leaving

Youtuber Adi Shankar claimed that the Simpsons plans to “ drop the Apu character altogether”, and Al Jean, executive producer responded on Twitter saying that Adi Shankar “ does not speak for our show”. Apu became controversial recently as some people argued that he is an Indian sterotype. There has been a discussion about Apu…