Christchurch cliffs collapse after severe earthquake

Swimmers and surfers at the beaches to the East of Christchurch, on the South Island, New Zealand were shocked when they saw rocks began to fall into the sea and the cliffs collapsed after a 30 minute earthquake that struck at 13:!3 local time (00:13 GMT). New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire,…

Mother and baby rescued

     A mother and toddler had the freight of their life when their car parked next to the Amsterdam’s Schinkel River, started to roll towards the canal with the toddler inside. She tried to get the child out in time, but it plunge into the canal with both of them inside. Four onlookers jumped…

Pope and Patriarch Meet after 1000 years

  Pope Francis arrives in Mexico on his first visit and immediately the pontiff donned a sombrero as he was greeted by President Enrique Pena Nieto and first lady Angelica Rivera. Pope Francis has said his most intimate desire is to pray before the dark skinned Madonna, the patron saint of Mexico and “empress of the…

Calcutta Street Restaurant in Brick Lane

Shrimoyee Chakraborty, 26, single girl from Jodhpur Park, North Calcutta, plans to create a tea bar at her London restaurant in Brick Lane and aspires to bring Calcutta flavours to London. She persuaded four investors to fund her Calcutta Street , Restaurant at 118 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL. “I was scared at first and…

Ikea -recalls glass lampshades due safety concerns

Ikea the Swedish retailer has recalled two popular glass ceiling lampshades due to safety concerns. The company said 11 customers worldwide had been injured after the glass shades from some of their 2012 models of lock and Hyby lamps had fallen. In a statement the company said: “In a few cases medical treatment was required…

Elephant gores mahout to death

An elephant in South India killed its handler before being tranqulised in the early hours of today. An elephant trampled and gored a mahout Krishnankutty to death after a bystander provoked and hurt the elephant and turned violent at Athanikkal near Thritala, Kerala, south India. The elephant had not taken well to his provoker and…

Is Andy Capp back on the Up and Up?

How a lazy man makes us all feel good? The term “if you want to get ahead get a hat” takes on a fresh meaning with the character Andy Capp made famous by cartoonist Reg Smythe in the Daily Mirror 60 years ago. Andy Capp is everything you would find most irritating and yet tantalisingly…

Rio Carnival: Dance to the rhythm of Samba

The Final round of the Brazil’s Rio Carnival Samba championship are underway despite threat from Zika virus. Samba is an eclectic blend of music, song and dance styles that Afro-Brazilians brought with them to the impoverished slums surrounding Rio after the abolition of slavery in 1888, became part of Rio Carnival Brazil’s cultural heritage, involving…

Mendeleev remarkable scientist’s 182 birth anniversary

Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, popularly known as the “Father of Periodic Table”, on his 182 birth anniversary. Born on 8th February 1834 in Siberia into a large and well-off family, received a good education at the Institute of Pedagogy and soon after graduation his work in spectroscopy and the capillary action of…