Ranked as being the 35th most powerful person in the world and the 34th richest in the US and 96th richest in the world, Rupert Murdoch is currently worth more than $12 Billion. Born on 11 March 1931 he has six children. His first child – Prudence, was born in August 1958 from his marriage…
Thirty-three-year-old bearded sharply dressed, Mate Rimac, founder of an electric car company that sells some of the latest electric cars on the planet which started out in a tiny garage in an old banger. Using parts from a forklift truck he converted an old BMW saloon dubbed as a green monster into a testbed for…
Second International Test Match at Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. India 320 ( Rohit 161, Moeen 4-128) & 286 ( Ashwin 106. Moen Ali 4-98) England 134 (Ashwin 5-43) & 164 (Azar 5-60) India won by 317 runs. England finally succumbed to an inevitable 317-run defeat by India on the fourth day of the second Test in…
Disha Ravi, a 22- year-old vegan who helped to clean up lakes, plant trees and campaigned against plastic, loved animals and spoke out against sexism and capital punishment in India’s southern city of Bangalore, and one of the founders of the local wing of Fridays For Future, a global movement begun by climate change activists…
George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy and as a senior officer in the British Intelligence Service who was a double agent for the Soviet Union, his actions had devasting consequences for Britain. Yet he was also one of the least known double agents and remained unrepentant. In 1961, Blake was sentenced to…
The longest river in Europe, the Volga stands for the Russian national spirit, where exhausted from the second world war’s most destructive battle, Soviet soldiers washed in its waters, a form of mass baptism before the terrible battle for freedom. The river has played a crucial role in the history of the peoples who are…
Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely and has set a goal of producing zero waste by 2030. The Paper Bottle Company or PABOCO is a Danish firm behind the innovative development of the paper-based container, 100 per cent recyclable, which is…
St Valentines Day – When did it start and where did it come from? Love has always been a many splendoured things even before St Valentines Day became a popular occasion to officially celebrate it. But what are its origins? With the official symbol of St Valentine being cupid – son of Venus – The…
The Royal Photographic Society has announced the winners of its Science Photographer of the Year competition, which celebrates the stories behind scientific exploration and application with over 1, 000 entries by both amateur and professional photographers, from microscopic observations to images showing climate change in action. The photos will be displayed at a virtual exhibition…
Lunar New year, Chinese Chunjie, Vietnamese Tet, Korean Solnal, Tibetan Losar, and spring festival celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, 15 days later. This is the year of the Ox, for the…