A UAE court heard “the placing of the height barrier in which a bus crashed in Dubai last month, killing 17 people including 12 Indians” was blamed for the accident. The bus had wrongly entered a road and crashed into the height barrier. The distance between the warning signboard and the barrier was only…
BMW CEO Harold Krueger has quit days before a board meeting that was due to decide his future due to falling profits and catch with rivals in the race to develop electric vehicles. Kruger will remain in post until a replacement is named as BMW is hunting frantically for a new CEO. Klaus Frohlich, head…
The National Health Service opened the UK’s first ever cannabis treatment clinic in response to alarming levels of “skunk” induced psychosis, as tens and thousands of people are affected. Users of skunk, in the potent form of cannabis, are displaying symptoms of psychosis according to the psychiatrist leading the pilot clinic based in King’s College…
At The Pond is collection of essays by 14 women who swim at Kenwood, and grouped by season. Pond lovers include Margaret Drabble, Esther Freud, Deborah Mogach, Leanne Shapton, Jessica Lee among others. Eli Goldstone’s whose essay “like a Rat” os about the pond, but trying to find one’s place in the big city. She’s…
Re Reality star Kim Kardashian West’s Kimono underwear offends Japanese Kim Kardashian West has angered Japanese with the launch of her new shapewear bran Kimono Intimates. Kim said the label, launched on Tuesday, is inclusive and “celebrates and enhances the shape and curves of women.” Japanese people on social media have said the trademarked brand…
BMW has accelerated its electric car models, in an attempt to convince investors it is capable of catching rivals in the race to sell Battery vehicles. The company plans to release 25 fully electric of hybrid models by 2023, two years earlier than previously announced and over 50 per cent of the new vehicles will…
According to Forbes’ annual Rich List, Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world with an estimated fortune of $600, ( £471m) with the majority of that coming from her Fenty Beauty range. She’s overtaken Madonna and Beyonce, who previously topped the list. The 31- year-old has been putting her efforts into her beauty,…
Kerala Superstar actor Mammooty introduced the new Pappu Zebra, the mascot of Kerala Police’s road safety awareness campaign in 3D animation through his Facebook page. The mascot created by Nandan Pillai was initially launched on June 3, 2009, and was so successful it won the International Media Safety Award for the best Road Safety awareness…
Rihanna, one of the best-selling music artist worldwide, has teamed up with LVMH to create luxury clothing and footwear brand, making the largest luxury group by revenues. Luxury brands like Christian Dior, Dom Perignon Champagne and Sephora owner said the new brand of ready-to-wear shoes and accessories would be named Fenty ready for spring…
The Way We Eat Now is an essential reading for all, as this books scans through climate change, shrinking biodiversity, the global rise of agro-industrial food complex and our nutrition and eating habits evolving around diet. The French invented lean cuisine. But now a push for quantity over quality in our food systems and the…