Diamond merchant send his 21-year-old son to learn life struggle

A Billionaire dad sent his 21-year-old son to Kochi in Kerala, India, and do odd jobs there. A Gujarati diamond merchant, a proprietor of a Surat-based £6bn company with presence in 71 countries, persuaded his only son to go to Kochi incognito and survive doing odd jobs for a month. Dravya Dholakia doing an MBA in…

9 killed and 21 people injured 3 seriously in Munich

  An 18-year-old Iranian, opened fire outside the Olympia shopping Centre, after screaming “I’am German and Allahu Akbar” . He fled after his shgooting spree on the city underground network, which was shut down and eventually shot himself half a mile from the scene. Police believe he acted alone after initially looking for three gunmen.…

Facebook’s Aquila Drone test flight

The world’s largest social network, Facebook had completed its maiden full scale flight of its solar powered drone Aquila for 90 minutes over Arizona, designed to beam the internet down to remote areas of the world. Jay Parikh, Facebook’s global head of engineering and infrastructure, said the company’s connectivity lab was working on projects from…

120-year-old world’s oldest woman dies

120-years five months and 18 days old, Jesuina dos Santos Cardoso, who should have gone into the Guinness Book of records died on Wednesday 20th July 2016, after a heart ailment, should have beaten the previous record of 116 years by an American woman at New York. Born on 30th January, 1896, she used to…

Turkey coup attempt quashed 90dead 1000 injured

1563 military personnel have been detained across Turkey according to a senior Turkish official. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to people to go out on street and show support and he told the nation that his government is in charge. The foiled coup attempt killed 90 and injured 1000. Earlier, one of the helicopters…

Turkish Army Coup “takes over power”

The Turkish Military claims to have fully seized control of the Turkey amid reports of gunfire and explosions. It was announcing on TV a “peace council” now runs the country and there will be a new constitution. There are soldiers at strategic points in Istanbul and jets flying low in the capital, Ankara. President Recep…

Greed led to murder of Gold man

Datta Phuge, a money lender who bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold, weighing 3kg of gold worth $250,000 (£186,943) has been battered to death according to police in Pune, Western India.  Four persons have been detained for questioning in connection with his death as police suspect the dispute over…

Massacre in Nice kills 84

84 killed and hundreds injured including children after a lorry slammed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day at Nice The attack began after the firework display on the seafront in Nice, marking France’s day of Independence, Bastille Day. The speeding white lorry, driven by 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian, laden with fake guns and grenades, at 22:30 (22:30GMT),…

Cameron’s last stand at Downing Street

David Cameron and his wife and children are on their way to pastures new in Holland Park.  Here is a memorable pic of them all appearing for the press prior to their departure from their six years’ stay at 10 Downing Street – the most famous address in the land. This may not be the…