Some tourists like to take home their Oyster cards as a memento of London, others pass them on to friends or anyone who might need one. Either way Transport for London has announced it has nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in unused Oyster money. TFL were criticised for not reminding holders they have…
There are seven races in the caste system in India, according to Lady Mohini Kent, writer of this novel. They include Aryan, Dravidian and Aborigine. Some of the system is based on the person’s occupation. Most important to a woman of any caste, though, is finding a good husband and Simi – a lively woman…
Twenty-two-year-old, Grammy Award Winner Justin Drew Bieber, the Canadian singer, and songwriter is worried about his mortality following a string of celebrity deaths of icons like Prince and David Bowie earlier this year and is making plans for his funeral. Bieber’s estimated £180m ($238m) fortune is part of a Will and planned his own memorial services. His…
A hot air balloon, belonged to the Heart of Texas Balloon Rides, has caught fire and crashed at 7:40 (12:40 GMT), in fields near Lockhart about 30 miles (50km) south of the state capital Austin. Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said the basket of the balloon was on fire when emergency crew arrived. It is…
A tourist after an argument decided to get out of the car at a Chinese Safari Park was killed by a tiger.
A Billionaire dad sent his 21-year-old son to Kochi in Kerala, India, and do odd jobs there. A Gujarati diamond merchant, a proprietor of a Surat-based £6bn company with presence in 71 countries, persuaded his only son to go to Kochi incognito and survive doing odd jobs for a month. Dravya Dholakia doing an MBA in…
An 18-year-old Iranian, opened fire outside the Olympia shopping Centre, after screaming “I’am German and Allahu Akbar” . He fled after his shgooting spree on the city underground network, which was shut down and eventually shot himself half a mile from the scene. Police believe he acted alone after initially looking for three gunmen.…
The world’s largest social network, Facebook had completed its maiden full scale flight of its solar powered drone Aquila for 90 minutes over Arizona, designed to beam the internet down to remote areas of the world. Jay Parikh, Facebook’s global head of engineering and infrastructure, said the company’s connectivity lab was working on projects from…
120-years five months and 18 days old, Jesuina dos Santos Cardoso, who should have gone into the Guinness Book of records died on Wednesday 20th July 2016, after a heart ailment, should have beaten the previous record of 116 years by an American woman at New York. Born on 30th January, 1896, she used to…
British Airway’s new check-in system developed a glitch which left passengers delayed for hours at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Hundreds of British Airways customers have had their flights canceled or delayed due to a worldwide computer failure. The worst affected airport was Heathrow where the system was down from 6:45am to 8:50am on Saturday which…