Tiger kills 15-year-old girl in India

On Sunday a tribal girl  Pasula Nirmala, was in a field in Mannewada hamlet when a tiger fatally attacked her in Kondapalli in Kumaran Bheem Asifabad district, just three days after the big cat was sighted near {eddavagu in Penchikalpet Mandal in the district. The girl’s two brothers had gone to fetch water from a…

Lithium deposit discovered in Cornwall

Australia has  42, 000 tonnes of lithium and its extraction from hard-rock mining of spodumene- an ore that contains high levels of lithium and aluminium, followed by Chile 18, 000 tonnes, China 7, 500 Tonnes, Argentina 6, 400 tonnes. Zimbabwe 1, 600 tonnes, Portugal 1, 200 tonnes. In 2019. The global lithium production according to…

Indonesia: Volcano erupts and releases poisonous  gas as thousands flee

Thousands of people have fled Indonesia’s Ile Lewotolok volcano area after it erupted and spewed smoke and poisonous gas into the atmosphere. Authorities have warned people to avoid lava streams and poisonous gases. Indonesia has the world’s most active volcanos. Lewotolo volcano in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia erupted at 9:45 local time this morning…

Kaavan, elephant is set free finally

Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant has entertained crowds for decades from his tiny half-acre enclosure barren patch of land in Marghazar zoo in Pakistan, is finally Free, transport five-and-a-half tonne Kaavan on an eight-hour flight to  to Cambodia, thanks to the determination of coalition of determined volunteers including the American pop icon Cher. Kaavan may…

The Bristolian, Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse (85) dies

Dave Prowse a former bodybuilder representing England at the Commonwealth Games in 1960s, and who was also given an MBE for his long-running role as the Green Cross Code Man in 1975 and his portrayal in the original Star Wars trilogy has died aged 85. Although brought  up in Bristol, he spent his later years…

Memory and identity

Marina Wheeler, an Anglo-Indian with roots in what is now Pakistan, distills the fraility of human condition and  reveals her mother’s story of loss and new beginnings, personal and political freedom in an inspiring portrayal of how a woman made her own world as nations and empire were made and dismantled. The historical drama centred…

Progressively devalued social care

  “ The subject of social care struggles for public attention, crippled by a long history of invisibility and complacency” ex-Guardian journalist Madeline said after exposing a society in which social care has been devalued in Labours of Love.  Her reflective investigation into the crisis of care in the UK, with  a clarion call for…

Resistance to abolition of slavlery

The English Heritage unveiled blue plaque on the wall of Schomberg House on Pall Mall, London to commemorate the residence of Quobna Ottonah Cugoano, the author and campaigner in 1787 wrote one of the first exposes by an African of slave trading, criticising continued tolerance of horrors of the slave trade by the British Government…

Key to lifetime of vitality and well-being

  Dr. Lad, the world’s leading expert in Ayurvedic medicine, explains the principles behind the science of Ayurveda, based on an ancient healing tradition from India that dates back thousands of years. In The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Remedies, safe and effective alternatives to Western medical treatments are explained. Discover how to determine your Ayurvedic…