Legendary cartoonist KC Sivasankar who beought Chandamama characters to life illustrating for children’s magazine Chandamama also known as Ambulimama has died aged 97 at Chennai, south India on September 29. The Chandamama or the Ambilimama magazine was one source which helped kids before the advent of internet and smartphones to recreate a story in their minds.…
Hydroflex, a hydrogen-powered train has travelled a 25 mile round trip in Warwickshire, reaching speeds up to 50 mph, on Britain’s rail network for the first time . The net phase is to move the hydrogen tanks fuel cells and battery out o a carriage and stash then underneath the train with the aim to…
, the ruler of Kuwait has died aged 91 on Tuesday. He pushed for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and peaceful solutions to other regional crises which resolved a bitter dispute between Qatar and other Arab nations. He came to power in Kuwait as a strong US ally since the…
Armenia says one of its Soviet-made S|U-25 fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish F-16 in Armenian air space, escalating the conflict over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkey, which is baking the Azerbaijan in the conflict has denied the claim. Over 100 people including civilians, have died in three days of fighting over the disputed…
Good News for millions of Londoners and visitors who rely on Uber to get around the capital. Uber, the ride-hailing giant has finally secured its right to continue operating in London after a judge upheld its appeal against Transport for London (TfL) at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The Court said Uber was now a “fit…
The world’s coronavirus death toll has surpassed one million with the US, Brazil, and India making nearly half of the total, according to Johns Hopkins University, within 10 months after new began to emerge about mysterious cases of viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China. As the testing rates in many countries remain low with the virus-related…
Antonov-26, a military aircraft came down near the eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 20 cadets and six officers from Kharkiv Air Force University while on a training flight. Only one person survived. The crash is being investigated and according to officials captain and not cadets was flying the plane when it crashed. The plane came…
AN INNOCENT WOMAN – A Saturn Herald Short Story by Penny Nair Price Would anyone ever discover his deep secret? It seemed he had committed the perfect crime and he had got away with it – his most hated enemy was now ten feet under – and all because she was a cheating swine. He…
Nelson Mandela’s magical early years of presidency, the small towns like farming dorp called Koppies to Chronicle the dismantling of white rule, however apartheid was going to take longer to die in South Africa’s small towns than in big cities. For the first year of new South Africa a fledgling black middle class moved in…
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam popularly known as SP Balu, a renowned Indian musician, playback singer , music director, actor, dubing artist and film produced who worked in worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam, languages hailed as “ Padum Nila “ (“singing moon”) and “music cloud” by his millions of fans died on Friday at…