A total ban on trade of ivory has come into effect in an “important conservation victory” for the world’s elephants. The export and import and dealing of elephant ivory items of all ages not only those produced after a certain date – is now illegal, unless they have been registered or have an exemption certificate.…
IMG_9987 The Queen greets crowds on the Mall from the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside Prince Charles and Camilla and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their children for the finale of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A pageant which took two and half hours to travel 1.8 miles (3 km ) against the backdrop…
Geetanjali Shree ( Geetanjali Pandey) was born in Manipuri Uttarpradesh, India, and her translator, Daisy Rockwell, the author of Tomb of Sand which scooped this year’s International Booker Prize the first time a work in Hindi had ever won, then one of India’s biggest dairy brands accorded them the highest accolade, a cartoon rendition of…
Thanksgiving Service for the Queen’s 70 years on the throne was held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London and attended by Prince Charles, Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, Prince William, Duchess of Cambridge, Kate, Prince Harry, and Meghan. Senior politicians including PM Boris Johnson, and previous prime ministers along with leaders of world faith and others…
Sports Direct owner Fraser Group buys Missguided after collapse according to CEO Michael Murray, the group also owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct for £20million. The firm has around 330 staff appointed administrators on Monday after it suffered from supply chain problems rising freight costs and increased competition from rivals. Suppliers had accused…
Chelsea’s £4.25bn sales to a consortium led by American investor Todd Boehly and Private Equity firm Clearlake Capital have been completed after the consortium fought off 11 serious rivals to become the new owners in a sale process that started on 2 March and comprised more than 250 enquiries. The Club was put up for…
Lester Piggott, who won the Derby a record nine times, has died aged 86. The Legendary English Jockey won 30 British Classic races in his career which yielded 4, 493 winners. He also had 116 Royal Ascot victories and was named champion jockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982. His son-in0law and Derby-winning trainer William…
In Kerala ( India) the £63m K-Rail project, a high-speed rail linking the state end to end. A four feet tall marijuana ( Cannabis) plant was found growing on government land near Palarivatton next to a pillar supporting the elevated rail of Kochi Metro, which was duly chopped down. Cannabis has been used in the…
English Heritage has over 400 historic monuments including buildings, places from world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles and Roman forts but not British concrete buildings that seek to rehabilitate as much-maligned architectural style. Concrete is coming back to fashion, as Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre was voted Britain’s most-hated building. Architect and historian at…
In Kerala, the loss-making state-run KSTRC’s low-floor buses instead of being scrapped will be turned into classrooms, where 94 per cent of literacy, Male literacy is 96.11 per cent while the female is 92.7 per cent, the highest in India, according to State Transport Minister Anthony Raju. Girls dropping out of school increased due to…