Global Stock Market rocket on vaccine hopes

  Stock Markets have rocketed on the hopes of potential breakthrough in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19. Drugs firm Pfizer’s own shares climbed 9 per cent after it had that preliminary analysis indicated that its coronavirus vaccine was 90 per cent effective. The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group (IAG) rose 40…

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott creator of the Iconic red telephone box

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott grew to become one of the most prominent and influential  English architect of the 20thcentury famous for his works on the new on the New Bodieian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall,  Oxford,, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral  and designing the iconic red telephone box. Sir Gilbert Scott born on…

Jude Law wins Raindance Icon Award

ICON AWARD FROM RAINDANCE 28TH FILM FESTIVAL TO ACTOR JUDE LAW Actor Jude Law has received the Icon Award award this year from Raindance. A second person who has received the award this year is Sally Hawkins.   The award  has 3 R’s on it and is three dimensional. One “R “ is in a flashy…

Stardust

“Stardust” – the new David Bowie Biopic.  Raindance 28th London Film Festival 2020 Looking too far into the past doesn’t bring you up to date with the future? Screenplay by Christopher Bell. Directed by Gabriel Range. Piccadilly Picture and Son/Salon Pictures The story opens in Washington DC in 1971 when David Jones aka Bowie arrives…

Cartoon Network creates Kamala Harris-inspired PowerPuff Girl

Cartoon Network made a Powerpuff Girl inspired by US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris to congratulate her on the win.  The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network shared this post on their official Instagram account on…

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine offers 90 per cent protection

Pfizer and BioNTech have tested their first effective coronavirus vaccine on 43. 500 people spanning six countries and so far no safety concerns have been raised. Preliminary analysis reveal the vaccine can prevent more than 90 per cent of people from getting Covid-19.The companies plan to apply for emergency approval to use the vaccine by…

ISRO’s PSLv-C49/EOS-01 launch successful

ISRO on Saturday launched EOS-1 , an earth observation satellite, and nine other satellites of international customers onboard the carrier vehicle PSLV-C launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The EOS-01 will be providing agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is an medium-lift launch vehicle…

Climate Change: Species to shrink by 23 per cent by 2100

The University of Cambridge said mammals, birds  and amphibians globally could lose 23 per cent of their natural habitat range due to climate change and land by 2100. The species have lost an average of 18 per cent of their natural habitat. The latest study analysed changes in. the geographical range of 16, 919 species…

Kamala Harris: the first woman vice-president

Kamala Harris, just a year ago the senator from California hoping to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency, launched a potent attack on Joe Biden over race during a debate, and although many thought it inflicted a serious blow on his ambitions, by the end of the year her campaign was dead and it…