Sunset in Santarem

Santarem city, west of central Para esrado (state) in North Brazil, on the bank of Tapaios river near the convergence to the Amazon river. Santarem  founded in 1661 as a Jesuit mission. to a Tapajo Indian settlement  (aldeia)  where a fort was built by Pedro Tiexeira. It became a town in 1758 known as Tapajos…

Trendsetting soda inspiring by parsis in India

In India Parsis from Persia  were instrumental for popularising and producing carbonated beverages in India two centuries ago, which is now a £7bn industry.   A bottle of Pallonji’s Raspberry soda come with a disclaimer “Contains no fruit”Electric red in colour syrupy drink sold in the Irani cafes in Western city of Bombay. Soda had…

How Cold War was won by soft power

The Human Factor a penetrating detailed analysis of the role of political leadership in the cold war’s ending by Emeritus professor of politics Archie Brown. From March 1985 to December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev helped to transform Russia into a society freer than at any time in its 1000-year-old history, by putting relations between Moscow  and…

Coronavirus: Uk confirmed cases rises 1034 to 5018

Country Total infected Total Total Deaths Recovered Afghanistan 24 1 Albania 76 2 2 Algeria 139 15 65 Andorra 88 1 Angola 2 Antigua and Barbuda 1 Argentina 158 4 3 Armenia 160 1 Aruba 5 1 Australia 1,072 7 46 Austria 2,955 8 9 Azerbaijan 53 1 11 Bahamas 4 Bahrain 310 1 125…

Samsung battles Apple and Sony to dominate the world of technology

Samsung the South Korean electronics group dynasty overtook  Apple as the biggest profit generator in the second quarter of 2017 as Economist and Wall Street JOunrl Journalist, Geoffrey Cain highlights part of  genius of Samsung’s  business model” and reveals an explosive expose of one of the biggest and most secretive companies  in the world, as Samsung…

UK’s accelerated shutdown to stem spread of coronavirus

Social Shutdown pubs, Restaurants,  Cinemas, Theatres, Gyms, Spa ordered to close Mr. Johnson urged the public to stay at home as far as possible and think very carefully before visiting relatives on Mothering Sunday tomorrow .and said “bit by bit, day by day, your actions, your restraint, and your sacrifice, we are putting his country…

Coronavirus: Italy death toll overtakes China

8:22 AM (3 minutes ago) https://m.facebook.com/524547849/posts/10157888050287850/?d=n Theatres, cinemas, gyms, and leisure centres must close as soon as they reasonably can UK PM says. Government to pay 80 per cent of wages for employees not working up to £2, 500 a month Chancellor Rishi Sunak. 65.000 retired ex-doctors and nurses are asked to help tackle the…

42 tube stations closed in London

The death toll of coronavirus rises by 33 to 137. The Bank of England has cut interest rates again the lowest ever in the Bank’s 325-year history to 0.1 per cent from 0.25 per cent in an emergency move as it tries to support the UK economy amid coronavirus pandemic. 42 stations on the London…