Cartographer, mathematician, Philosopher and grandfather of maps, Gerardus Mercator, celebrates his 503rd birthday, who in 1569 discovered how to create the world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines that includes the curvatures of the earth. Mercator, born on March 5, 1512, in Rupelmonde in Flanders…
After spin bowling out several batsmen on the field, looks like Harbhajan is clean bowled by his lady love Geeta Basra. Geeta Basra 31, Indian Bollywood actress born to Punjabi Indian parents in Portsmouth Southern England now settled down in Mumbai. Her acting was moulded at Kishore Namit Kapoor’s Acting School. Her popular Bollywood movies include Dil Diya Hai in…
The bronze statue by leading British sculptor Philip Jackson, renowned for statues of the Queen Mother and Bomber Command. Jackson started work on the statue in July, will be the focal point for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa to kick-start India’s independence movement to start the…
Brasil has detained a land-grabber thought to be the Amazon’s single biggest deforester, the country’s environmental protection agency said. The Amazon rainforest has been in existence for at least 55 million years, the region home to about 2.5 million insect specie, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals and to date, at least 40,000…
A wild baby elephant fell into a well at Thoompakulam near Thannithode in Pathanmthitta, Kerala, was rescued by Ranni Forest officials. The magnificent Asian elephant is threatened by extinction in the wild, as human populations grow, its fast shrinking habitat forces wild elephant to explore new habitats in search of food and water. When…
Saint David’s Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, [dɨːð ɡʊɨl ˈdɛui]) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year and celebrated by Welsh diaspora from the late Middle Ages. The first day of March was chosen in remembrance of the death of Saint David. Tradition holds…
The European Arm of Google Ventures, based in London, with £40m) ($60m) investment snapped up Kobalt the largest independent music publisher in the world that empowers songwriters collect money from streaming services including Spotify and YouTube. Using their proprietary technology platform, tracking of digital collections, Royalties and administration of copyrights. The future of music is…
Some people are born with silver spoon, but Italian Billionaire Chocolate Tycoon, Michele Ferrero 89 was a “born entrepreneur” according to Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Michele Ferrero, whose global chocolate empire includes Chocolate- hazelnut Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder surprise eggs and Tic Tac mints, made him Italy’s richest man, has died on Valentine’s day at…
Multiple drones fitted with cameras can create the first accurate replica of “Christ the Redeemer” the statue of Jesus Christ. The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, the fine Canadian drone manufacturers at Aeryon, and 3D-scanning company Pix4D have teamed up to use technology to bring new life to the New Testament. Christ the…
