England needs 36 runs to win despite Thirimanne scoring 111

International Test Match Series: First Test England vs Sri Lanka at Galle, Sri Lanka won the toss. Sri Lanka 135ao off 46.1ov    Mathew 27 off 54, 1 four, 1 six, Chandimal 28 off 71, 1 four, Bess 5-30, Broad 3-20, Leach 1-55. Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 359ao off 136.5   ov,  K Perera 62 off 109, 5…

The Eternal Couple

Wildlife photographer  Mithun H, whose shot of black panther leopardess went viral, revealed he had to wait for six days and night in the same spot to get the shot. ” It is a fruitful though. Sayya the Black Panther and Cleopatra the Leopardess, have been courting for four years”. The Bengaluru-based wildlife photographer during…

Underwater Photographer  winners of 2020 competition

  Underwater Photographer of the year celebrates photography under the ocean, lakes, and rivers, with over 5, 500 underwater pictures from 70 countries around the world. French Greg Lacoeur is this year’s champion and a multi-award-winning wildlife photographer who dedicates his life to the marine world, living a nomadic lifestyle expressing the emotion of the…

Way forward for 5G networks

A couple of months ago, the heads from 18 small British telecoms companies met at a London bank to discuss investment, strategy, and mergers. In the meeting, they were asked if they thought the Chinese could eavesdrop through back doors in Huawei equipment all 18 hands went up. One of the bankers then asked, if…

Underwater observatory vanishes without a trace

A large underwater observatory that was  stationed at a depth of 22 meters in the Baltic Sea has vanished without a trace. The $330,000 observatory managed by Ocean Research agencies  had been on seafloor in a restricted area off the northern coast of Germany since December 2016. Divers were sent to locate the observatory found…

Sony World Photography Awarding hotting up

Several budding and professional photographers are vying to win the Sony World Photography Awards 2019, as the deadline for submissions are drawing closer ( January 4, 2019) and competition organisers have revealed some of the most eye-catching snaps entered till now. There are ten categories in the competition including architecture, landscape, portraiture, wildlife and travel.…

Lihou Island is seeking a new janitor

Lihou Island surrounded by the Atlantic ocean, about 500m off the west coast of Guernsey, owned by the States of Guernsey, is seeking a janitor to maintain and run the island’s only house and natural swimming pool and the nature reserve’s wildlife. They are offering the successful candidate a tractor for a company car and…

Kodagu the most affluent hill station in South India

Kodagu also called Coorg is district in Karnataka State in South India, known for its hospitality and beautiful and colourful scenery,  thick wooded slopes, quaint villages and endless mountain ranges. The nearest railway station is Mysore about 100kms away and one has to travel by bus which takes about 4-5 hours on a rough winding…