1 Killed and over 1 million loses power in Louisiana

At least one person has died as tree fell over his home in Ascension Parish, in the Baton Rouge area.  Ida is testing flood defences strengthened after Hurricane Katrina killed 1, 800 people in 2005, on the 16th anniversary of Katrina a category three storm. Over 1 million loses power in New Orleans as Hurricane…

Rise of autocracy in the name of democracy

  How a popularly elected leader and tea boy has steered the world’s largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance. Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in the western state of Gujarat and then in India at large- Modi managed…

Louisiana is the eye of the Tropical storm Ida

 Hurricane  Ida level four has hit the land fall in Louisiana. Tropical storm Ida  generated a tropical storm warning of New Orleans and a state of emergency ofr the state of Louisiana as it pushes across the Caribbean and Cuba. “Unfortunately all of  Louisiana’s coastline is currently in the forecast cone for tropical storm  Ida.…

15, 000 Afghans and British evacuated out of Kabul

The final flight left on Saturday from Kabul airport bringing to an end the UK’s 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan, as more than 15, 000 people have been evacuated by the UK since 14 August 2021. Vice Admiral Sir Ben Key, who ran the Uk’s evacuation said he would be “very nervous” in saying the…

Our addiction to cars

Tom Standage take us through the beginning around 3000 BC with the wheel and moving through the era of horsepower, trains, bicycles, and the rise of the car – and the future of urban transport – into a broader historical context. Our society has been shaped by the car in innumerable ways , many of…

Pujara 91 no leads India’s fight back

England Vs India Third International Test Match Series Day 2 of 6 at Headingley. India.  78 ao off 40.4 ov,  Rohit 19 off 105, 1 four, Rahani 18 off 54, 3 fours, Anderson. 3-6, C Overton 3-14, Robinson 2-16, S Curran 2-27. England 423-8 off 129ov Burns 61 off 153, 6 fours, 1 six, Hameed…

Root’s century puts England in front

England Vs India Third International Test Match Series Day 2 of 6 at Headingley. India.  78 ao off 40.4 ov,  Rohit 19 off 105, 1 four, Rahani 18 off 54, 3 fours, Anderson. 3-6, C Overton 3-14, Robinson 2-16, S Curran 2-27. England 423-8 off 129ov Burns 61 off 153, 6 fours, 1 six, Hameed…

England skittle out India for 78 ao

England Vs India Third International Test Match Series Day 1 of 6 at Headingley. India.  78 ao off 40.4 ov,  Rohit 19 off 105, 1 four, Rahani 18 off 54, 3 fours, Anderson. 3-6, C Overton 3-14, Robinson 2-16, S Curran 2-27. England 120-0. Off 42ov Burns 52 no off 125, 5 fours, 1 six,…