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23 dead as TransAsia Airways plane crashes into Taiwanese river after clipping a bridge

TransAsia ATR 72-600 Turboprop Flight GE235, a domestic low flying passenger flight, with 58 people on board, hit a bridge in Taipei Taiwan at 10:55 local time (2:55GMT) and plunged into the Keelung River. This crash claimed 23 lives and 16 suffered minor injuries as well as there being 30 people still unaccounted for. The plane…

“Venice of the East” World Coir Fair

“Venice of the East” is hosting the world’s biggest trade fair on coir and natural fibres in Alappuza, Kerala, attended by 200 potential buyers from 53 countries. Coir is a natural fibre extracted from the husk of coconut and used as floor mats, doormats, brushes, ropes and fishing nets. Kerala, known for its unique network…

In Frankfurt, the 116m (380feet) University Tower, built in 1972 was demolished on Sunday under the watchful eyes of 30,000 people. 950kg of explosives were used. In addition a 15-storey Xerox/ACS building in Dallas, Texas has been demolished making way for a new shopping complex. Despite opposition protests…

World Number one Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win eighth Grand Slam title and fifth Australian Open

World number one, ruthless Novak Djokovic from Serbia beat nerves in the second set and came through 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-0 in three hours and 39 minutes. The Serb beat British number one three times in a Melbourne final to achieve his eighth Grand Slam title. Murray, 27, despite winning two of…

Serena Williams wins her 6th Australian Open

Serena Williams (33) won her 19th Grand Slam title, continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals and extended her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova with a commanding 6-3, 7-6 (5) win on Saturday night by beating the world number two, 16 times in a row. Serena moves past Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with…

Elephant gives birth in the wild in Seethathodu!

A 35 year old elephant, gave birth to a male calf in the wild under the cover of beautiful landscapes, green hills, steep gradients, white morning mists rising from river valleys, rocks and bush on the roadside as her ‘herd’ members stood guard to see the mother and calf are fine and not prey to…

Britain’s Andy Murray beat Tomas Berdych and reached the final of the Fourth Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam Final. The British number one lost a tense first set but recovered to win 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 6-3 7-5. The sixth seed Andy Murray, 27, will play the winner of Friday’s semi-final between fourth-time winner…

The 2016 World T-20 to be played in India

The 2016 World Twenty20 will be played in India from March 11 to April 3. The International Cricket Council (ICC) approved the dates for its main events through to 2019, following its Board meeting here Thursday. Though the tournaments were awarded to countries in 2013, the dates were approved on 29th January 2015. The World…

Apple’s heritage and Steve Job’s mentors!

APPLE’s $18bn (£11.8bn) net profit in its first fiscal quarter, a world record for the biggest quarterly profit ever made by any public company is no surprise to many. Apple’s profit margin was 39 per cent on each iPhone 6 sold. Is Apple making too much profit on their products? Or should we really applaud…

“It is not Cricket” Mr Broad!

Stuart Broad, currently in Australia with England team preparing for next month’s World Cup Cricket wrote in Twitter: ” I have heard if you earn minimum wage in England you are one of the top 10 per cent earners in the world. #stay # humble”. On Tuesday evening the comment had already been retweeted 663 times.…