Kazuo Ishiguro (62) OBE FRSA FRSL, the Nagasaki born British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer, who explores “what you have to forget to survive”, has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Literature prize, after the controversy last year when it honoured Bob Dylan, the US singer-songwriter, who initially declined to acknowledge the honour and did…
On Friday September 29th at London’s Mayfair Hotel, hosted by Raindance’s Founder Elliot Grove the awards were announced for this year’s festival – the 25th which included Leicester Square’s Vue cinema as one of its venues. Over 200 countries submitted films – including features, shorts, webfest, UR and music videos. British filmmaker Guy Ritchie received…
22 people were killed and 39 injured in a morning rush hour stampede at a Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road Station footbridge, which connects two major local lines. It was triggered by overcrowding and people seeking shelter from monsoon rains. The injured were rushed to local hospitals. “People at the front slipped and the huge crowd toppled…
Chopard unveiled “The Full Strike”, its crown-operated first-minute repeating watch, with sapphire gongs and a slew of patents on security devices to ensure the watch does not break when it is mishandled. The 21-year-old manufacturer chose the design to be least complicated. This is the first time we’ve heard a Chopard minute repeater strikes the…
Nick Matthewman, a student at the University of Sheffield, who was celebrating his 20th birthday on 20th September 2017, at the Banker’s Draft Wetherspoons in Sheffield when Rory McArthur (19) posted the invitation along with a photo saying ‘This is Nick and it’s his birthday. We’re at the Banker’s Draft Spoons in Sheffield, table…
The tremor punched holes on the side of the skyscrapers in the capital at Mexico City. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck at 1 pm (6GMT) killed 250 people including 21 primary school children and toppled several buildings in the Mexico City. The earthquake came on the anniversary of the devastating 1985 earthquake that caused major…
A new fully electric auto rickshaw Tuk tuk, has been launched at Periyar wild life sanctuary, in Thekkady, Kerala, South India, as the Tuk Tuk craze is spreading quickly all over the world. The tuk tuk running on battery was brought to Thekkady range in Thekkady east division of the wild life sanctuary a month…
Cassini’s grand finale. After 20 years study of Saturn by Cassini space probe is coming to an end by crashing in to the planet on Friday 15th September 2017. A joint venture between the European space agency and the US space agency, the Cassini Huygens mission which has been orbiting around Saturn since July 2004.…
Paul McClean, 25, an Oxford University Graduate from Surrey and British journalist for the Financial Times was killed by a crocodile while washing his hands at a lagoon in Sri Lanka during a holiday with friends. He is understood to have to search away from his group of friends to find a toilet when he…
Café-isation of chai has began, as Chai Point, started in 2010 by Harvard alumnus Amuleek Singh Bijral in Bengaluru in India was the first of these Chai startups (Tea) with over a hundred outlets pan-India and serves over 100, 000 cups every day. Chaayos has grown from 7 cafes in 2015, to 40cafes in Delhi,…