In 1959 contraception was finally made available to unmarried women in the UK, Helen Brook a family planning pioneer said “To think that at last women could be in charge of themselves, decide for themselves. Women were really going to be free.” Six decades later are women really free as pay inequality is entrenched in…
Charles Dickens, a great orator and one of the most famous of the eminent Victorians, with his hyper-energetic personality, experiencing the best and the worst of life during the Victorian Age, looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died. Dickens wanted the real world divided neatly into good and bad, like the characters…
Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan died early on Friday morning due to cardiac arrest. The renowned Saroj Khan was 71, in a career spanning over four decades choreographed over 2000 songs, some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema including “ Dola Re Dola” from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Devdas”, “ Ek Do Teen” from Madhuri…
People arriving in England from 60 countries including Italy, Spain, Germany and France will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July 2020, according to confirmation from the Department of Transport after a risk assessment had been conducted by the Joint Biosecurity Centre, in close consultation with Public Health England and the chief medical officer.…
In Hanoi, Vietnam, a hotel owned by Hoa Binh Group and managed by US-based Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, has opened The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake Hotel, after pandemic with facilities including a 24-carat gold tiled infinity pool on the rooftop, while inside guest rooms, bathrooms are laced with yellow metal with price from…
A top-secret communication system EncroChat used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been successfully penetrated according to the National Crime Agency. 746 arrests after messages on Encrochat were decoded, leading to the seizure of two tonnes drugs, several dozen guns, and £54m in suspect cash. The NCA teamed with forces across Europe on…
Remdesivir patented by California based Gilead is one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19. The US has secured world stock of remedesivir which can help recovery from Covid-19 as no other country will be able to buy remdesivir for the next three months. Dozens of countries will be exempt from a travel…
350 elephants have been found dead mysteriously in northern Botswana over the last two months. “Outside of drought, I don’t know of a die-off that has been this significant” Dr. Niall McCann, director of conservation at UK-based charity National Park Rescue. The cause of death is not clear, with lab results on samples still weeks…
This year’s Bristol Balloon Fiesta will go ahead next month only as a “flypast” in the sky as the organisers of the annual event have been forced to cancel the usual on-the-ground activities at Ashton Court to comply with social distancing rules. There will also be a virtual nightglow when tethered balloons light their burners…
A 36-foot whale carcass washed up on Mandarmani beach in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, India. The local police station and state forest department are examining the injury marks on the carcass’s body to determine the cause of death. Whales are endangered schedule-1 species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in India.