Orwell’s Nose a beacon of light in modern world

What would George Orwell make of the series of conflicts entirely bloodless between American President Donald Trump and the sections of the American media and the so-called “Fake news”. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell expressed in one of his images, that of the whale and you could understand the society or the world being swallowed…

Volcanologist and guide rescued from inside the crater

Argentinian Rodolfo Alvarez (60), a volcanologist and his guide Adriac Valladares (25), were working close to the lip of active Masaya Volcano when their rope snapped and they fell into the crater. They reportedly suffered from dehydration because of high temperatures inside the crater. The firemen who rushed to the scene used ropes and harnesses…

Adele wins Brit 2017 Global Success Artist

  The BRIT 2017 Sponsored by Master Card held at London’s O2 Arena, hosted by Emma Willis and Dermot O’Leary after Michael Buble was forced to pull out. Emeli Sandé wins Best British Female Solo Artist beating Ellie Goulding, Lianne La Havas, Anohni and NAO. The 1975 win Best British Group who beat Bastille, Biffy Clyro,…

Status videos launched in Whatsapp that expires in 24 hours

Facebook, which acquired WhatsApp two years ago for $19bn, has always thrived in a rivalry with Snapchat, constantly bringing changes in step with its competitor to stay of the game. The new feature in WhatsApp called Status, allow users to update their statuses with time-limited photos, videos, scribbles and GIFs. These updates will disappear after…

Barren Island volcano erupted

The Barren Island volcano, located  87 miles (140km) north-east of Port Blair is erupting again after being dormant for over 150 years.  The volcano, in the Andaman and Nicobar Island, was spewing ash. Goa-based National Institute of OIceanography said “ the only live volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar island is erupting again. A team…

One woman hurt in Sinkhole in Los Angeles

One woman hurt after fire crews pulled a driver out from underground after two cars plunged into a massive 20-foot sinkhole near Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Woodbridge Street, in Studio City on 17th February 2017 night. The second driver escaped before falling in the hole. The victim was rushed to the hospital in unknown condition.…

The great Scunthorpe gold rush treasure hunt

Five pieces of art work by Luke Jerram are going up in the 20-21 Arts Centre, on Saturday 18th February 2017, each with a clue as to the whereabouts of five small artifacts cast in 18ct gold, each worth £2, 500, have been hidden around Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire, and the deal is finders keepers.…

Snapchat slashes IPO valuation

Snapchat, the messaging app owners has slashed its proposed one of the largest US tech listings, as the company prepares for marketing campaign. Snap had earlier aimed for a valuation of £25bn, but a price of $14 to 416 a share is revealed in the updated regulatory filing, puts the market valuation to $16.2bn to…

Zealanda: Earth’s hidden and smallest continent discovered

Eleven Geologist claims to have discovered a new continent to the east of Australia called Zealandia with 4.9 million square kilometres of land mass, 94 per cent of which is under water, which makes it world’s smallest continent. They presented their finding in the study of “Zealandia: Earth’s hidden continent” in Geological Society of America,…