207 people were killed and over 400 injured in eight near simultaneous and coordinated explosions that rocked three churches and three five-star luxury hotels frequented by tourists in Sri Colombo, Lanka. A fresh seventh blast hit a hotel in Sri Lankan capital’s southern suburb near the Colombo Zoo on Easter Sunday. The blasts happened as Christians…
In England and Wales, 30 per cent, around 10 million adults, 16 to 64 have tried the drug at least once, according to the annual crime survey. Cannabis is classified as a Class B or middle risk substance, as around the world or “420” – Cannabis users will be lighting up to celebrate “weed culture”…
Silver has been the preferred shelter against government defaults, political instability and inflation for most people in the world because it is cheaper than gold. In 1979, prompted by the Iranian revolution, the silver price soared seven fold from $7 to $50 an ounce in less than 12 months – a great variance than the…
Concorde had completed 25 years of successful flights whisking wealthy passengers from rock stars to diplomats to corporate titans – between continents flying twice the speed of sound. This is a tale of Concorde crash, the investigation into its causes and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future. Charles Lindbergh in his Spirit…
Slow down in the residential property market spreads beyond London as annual house price growth in the UK is at its weakest level in almost seven years. House prices in the South-East of England fell for the first time since 2011 in February on year earlier, according the Office of National Statistics as London prices…
Astronomers from the San Diego University has discovered a third planet in a two-star system named Kepler -47 which is seven times the size of the Earth and the largest in its system. The team used NASA’s Kepler space telescope to find the Neptune-to-Saturn -size planet orbiting between two previously known planets. Kepler-47 is 3,…
English Actress Sophie Turner, born on 21 February 1996m who made her professional acting as “Sansa Stark” on “Game of Thrones” the HBI fantasy television series has revealed she used to think about suicide a lot when she was younger. “I say I wasn’t very depressed when I was younger, but I used to think…
The researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have designed a scientific device using 3D printing which can generate electricity from falling snow. Researchers are also found that when falling snow touches sillicon, a charge is produced which the device captures, creating electricity and could be used to monitor athletes performance.
Apple and Qualcomm have decided to drop all ongoing litigation and settle their royalty disputes by reaching an agreement on global patent license and chipset supply. The Trump administration’s vision of finding a national technology front runner for the forthcoming wave of 5G wireless communication may be coming true. Qualcomm’s legal settlement with Apple this…
Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani is in talks to buy loss-making British toy store chain Hamleys which is now owned by Chinese fashion retailer C Banner who bought the Hamleys in 2015 for £100m in cash. Reliance, the retail arm of Reliance Industries currently has a licence to sell Hamleys products in India.