Acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee dies aged 85

Legendary Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee (85),  who starred in over 300 movies, six decade long career in Bengali language films and famous for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray has died from Covid complications.Although he tested negative after he was admitted to hospital in Kolkata city on 6th October, his condition deteriorated and was…

10 Killed and several injured in Platra Nearnt hospital

  10 killed and several seriously injured in Platra Nearnt hospital The blaze broke out in the intensive care unit of the public hospital in the north-eastern city of Piatra Nearnt in Romania. One doctor who tried to rescue patients some coronavirys patients  is said to be in a critical condition after suffering severe burns.…

Broomstick scooters inspired by Harry Potter

A video showing two Brazilians Vinicius Sanctus (39) and Alexamdro Russo (28), riding broomstick electric scooters apparently inspired by Harry Potter. Vinicius Sanctus (39) and Alexamdro Russo (28), said  “To steer they lean in the direction they wish to travel. The Broomstick sccoters which can reach speeds of 60km/hr  are extremley useful for day-to-day urban living “.…

“The US should neither run the world, nor run from it”

  In 1796, American President George Washington in his farewell address cautioned the young nation “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. “ Isolationism thereafter became one of the most influential political trends in American history. From the founding era until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United…

How Dirty money is quickly anonymised

Award-winning investigative Financial Times journalist Tom Burgis reveals a terrifying global web of corruption by following the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies, spanning Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the Trump White House, all at a terrible human cost. A body in a burned-out Audi.…

Deciphering the World of Espionage

David Omand, a rising Whitehall official, in 1982, with John Nott carrying top-secret folder intercepts from Government Communications Agency, GCHQ,  met with then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to reveal decrypted messaged, sent by the Argentine Navy, showing Leopoldo Galtieri’s junta was set to seize the Falkland Islands. The capital Port Stanley fell a few days…

Wildlife photographer saves  a lion bitten by a cobra

A lion fell unconscious after being bitten by a venomous black cobra in Masai Mara National Reserve stretched along the Tanzanian border adjacent to the Serengeti- a photographer’s and naturalist’s paradise- in Narok, Kenya, Africa. The forest officials rushed to the spot as soon as they knew about the incident. The rescue team included Dileep…

Yorkshire Ripper dies

Peter Sutcliffe, 74, serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper has died, as he refused treatment after contracting coronavirus at HMP Frankland in County Durham. Sutcliffe who murdered at least 13 women across the north of England in the late 1970s, was jailed in 1981 and spent several years at Broadmoor Hospital where he was…

YouTube down for users worldwide for over an hour

Youtube users worldwide reported on Thursday morning that the  video-sharing platform was down for more than an hour, YouTube had a major outage on Wednesday and was having issues loading videos for an hour, The issue appeared to affect other services that use the YouTube infrastructure too, including YouTube TV and the movies and TV…