Paris: Twelve people including eight journalists, have been killed and further 10 others injured – 4 critical in an apparent Islamic attack by three masked gunmen at the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo while their daily editorial meeting. Four of the magazine’s famous cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two…
A rare rock of the size of a golf ball ensconced with 30,000 tiny octahedral diamonds sized between 10 to 700 microns with speckles of green and red garnet was discovered in Udachnaya diamond mine, in Northern Siberia. A professor from the University of Tennessee in the US is studying this rare rock by beaming electrons to trace the…
NASA’s scientists with Kepler Space Telescope has discovered three new Earth-size habitable planets Sun-like stars. Of the three, two are likely made of rock like our Earth. This discovery was announced at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle yesterday. Of more than 1,000 verified planets found by Kepler, eight are less than twice Earth-size…
Penny Nair Price Multinational firms have been accused of “Immoral” practices to avoid paying their fair share of tax in UK. Multinationals however use clever accounting to maximize their profits, and say they avoid new tax rules legally. The world’s biggest enterprises including Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and Google pay minimal tax in Britain. Top…
by Penny Nair Price Multinational companies have been up in arms in the last few years about what they describe as India’s blatant disregard for their intellectual property rights, especially on life-saving medicines. Many polluted cities in India cause citizens to experience respiratory problems. The Swiss multinational…
Yesterday, the crude oil prices potentially falling further below the $50 a barrel signalled severe and eminent stocks plunges across the board, this is bad news for any economy. The FTSE 100 Index fell 130.64 points or 2 per cent to 6417.16 in London, as UK blue-chip firms lost £ 33.2 billion, while mega…
Hyderabad: A flying snake, has been sighted at Eastern Ghats mountains in Andhra Pradesh’s Seshachalam forests, biosphere reserve in Chittoor district forest officials and researchers said. According to researchers, this is the first time that Chrysopelea taprobanica which climbs using ridge scales along its belly, pushing against rough bark of surface of tree trunks, allowing…
Drinking white wine could lead some women to depression! White wine contains 10 times more sugar than red wine according British Food Standard Agency. FSA regulations 1234/2007 and 607/2009 introduced some changes to wine making requirements and labelling of wines. The minimum actual alcohol remains 8.5% vol for wine without geographical designation, in effect the…
“Kids and special needs passengers sleep on floor. British Airways officials have disappeared,” tweeted musician Sean Read, stranded passengers at Mumbai airport. He said passengers had been offered “no hotel, no food, no flight” by either the airport or the airline as minimum standards have been compromised. The 38 of stranded British Airways passengers, including…
Russell Hobbs has recalled 15 different models of irons after customers raised safety concerns about the products. The electrical manufacturer told people to stop using these irons, because there was a risk that the flex could fail, and offered a replacement or refund. The company said consumer safety was its primary concern and apologised for any…