Rahul Mandal is the new winner of The Great British Bake off 2018. Rahul was the early “Bake Off” favourite with his ambitious show stoppers although he was a nervous baker. The finalists battled 32ᵒ heat and even face a show first with an outdoor cooking challenge. Kim-Joy and Ruby Bhogal were the show’s runners…
Porsche’s Project Gold 911 Turbo car was sold for £2.65m ($3.4m) at an auction over the weekend. The 3.6 litre twin-turbo flat six engine car with all wheel drive, over 400hp and can reach 0-100kmph in under four seconds, based on an original 993 body shell, has been build 20 years after the end of…
America’s IBM acquired software company Red Hat in a £26.52 ($34bn) cash and debt deal, making its biggest ever acquisition. Red Hat founded 25 years ago, was valued at £16bn ($20.5bn) at the end of trading on Friday. Red hat will be a star unit within IBM’s Hybrid Cloud team. Red Hat is an open…
Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing startup grab has raised £156m ($200m) from US-based travel firm Booking Holdings formerly known as Priceline, as part of a strategic partnership. The deal will enable users to book travel-related services through Grab’s app and pay via its digital wallet. Grab’s investment drive is expected to reach £2.34bn ($3bn) before the year…
Jair Bolsonaro (PSL), born on 21 March 1955 in Sao Paulo, far-right former Army captain clinched Brazil’s President election by a comfortable margin of 55.13 per cent against Fernando Haddadi 44.87 per cent and also won the approval of U.S. President Donald Trump. He will officially take over in January 2019. Bolsonaro reaffirmed his commitment to…
Leicester City FC owner travelling in a helicopter crashed in flames near the club’s ground, killing five people. The club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, along with two members of his staff, another passenger and the pilot did not survive the crash according to the club. “The helicopter took off from the King Power Stadium at about…
Youtuber Adi Shankar claimed that the Simpsons plans to “ drop the Apu character altogether”, and Al Jean, executive producer responded on Twitter saying that Adi Shankar “ does not speak for our show”. Apu became controversial recently as some people argued that he is an Indian sterotype. There has been a discussion about Apu…
President Erdogan tells Turkish MPs there is evidence the Saudi critic Khashoggi was killed in “ a savage way” and was premeditated murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. He called for the suspects to be tried in Istanbul and demanded Saudi Arabia to provide answers about where Khashoggi’s body was and…
18 people have died the Puyuma express train carrying 366 pe Taiwanople on board, en route to the southern city of Taitung, derailed completely lying zig-zagged across the track and flipped over at Xinma station, Taiwan on Sunday. According to Taiwanese authorities the accident had happened at 4:50pm local time ( 0850GMT) and is cause…
The World’s longest sea crossing bridge, which took nine years to build was opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The 34 miles (55km) bridge connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The 15.4bn ( $20bn) project is key element of China’s plan for a Greater Ba\y Area covering 21, 800…