Are you one of those people who would like to retire to your television set for hours together after returning home from work every day, may be with the added luxury of comfortably reclining back on your couch and the accompaniment of some tasty snacks or junk food – however you may wish to label…
India successfully launched its communication satellite GSAT-6, on 27th August 2015, using its heavy rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D6). The GSLV rocket, with a cryogenic engine, slung the satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from where it would be taken up to its final geostationary orbit. The successful flight of GSLV rocket gives the…
After a human behavior study conducted by volunteers of an online collaboration group, local administration officials of Trimbakeshwar, Nashik in the Indian state of Maharashtra where the 2 month long ‘Kumbh Mela’ festival is being celebrated, have decided to enforce ‘No selfie zones’ in select spots and on specific dates. The authorities have taken…
The competition commission of India began investigating Google in 2012, especially their usage of AdWords, its online advertisement service, accuses Google of abusing search dominance in India. Google is also preparing for protracted legal dispute with the European Commission which this year accused the multi-national group of unfairly promoting its shopping services in search results. It…
Zero to One – by Peter Thiel – “What is something you think is true but that most people disagree with?” This is one of Peter’s questions which symbolises the level of intellect which the book both produces and demands of its readers. The use of graphs as well as – towards the end –…
Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Carnival on the opening day of the two day Notting Hill Carnival at West London. Organisers say they are marking the 50th anniversary of one of Europe’s biggest street parties during the 2015 and 2016 events, as there was some confusion when the inaugural carnival was held 1965…
300,000 bank payment have been held by a computer glitch at the HSBC bank with many people reporting they have not got their monthly salaries ahead of bank holiday weekend, some having to cancel their short holidays. HSBC has apologised for delays and said all payments held up would be processed on Saturday morning. HSBC…
Onam festival, in India which features “Onasaddya” the nine course grand feast of good exotic food featuring 13 dishes and traditionally served on a banana leaf, “vallamkali” boat races , song and dances including Kummatti kali – The Mask Dance, Pulikali / Kaduvakali, Kathakali, Thumbi Thullal and Kaikotti kali. According to the legend, Kerala was…
Sheffield based 29 year old Jessica Ennis Hill, now married and mother of little Reginald Ennis Hill, has won gold in the Heptathlon in Beijing – her second heptathlon in 6 years.
– The original duo are on the right. We’ve just had the fifth Mission Impossible to keep us on the edge of our seats and right behind Ethan Hawk and his band is Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin reinvented for a lengthy action packed big screen version of United Network Command for Law and Enforcement…