Queen: Camilla to be known as Queen Consort

The Queen marks the 70th anniversary of her  reign and accession to the throne in 1952, has said  it was her “ sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort”. Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, is to be known as Queen Consort when Prince Charles becomes King, which paves…

Lata Mangeshkar succumbs to Covid-19

  Lata Mangeshkar (92), “ Nightingale of Bollywood” and Indian national icon, one of India’s most venerated singers who singing era reigned for half a century during her lifetime sang thirty thousand songs has died. She had been admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai in January after testing positive for Covid-19 and died of multi-organ…

Power of resilience: Child Poverty

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliot of The New York Times investigates eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with mega imagination as the skyscrapers, near Brooklyn homeless shelter. Dasani’s ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north, grows up, moving with her tight-knit family shelter to shelter, is named for the…

Walking forever under  the influence of pot

  Postmen were apparently doped by munching on cannabis-laced brownies they had been unable to deliver, on their rounds in Clapham, south London,  prompted a Royal Mail bosses to order an investigation.  Innocent workers said to have mistaken the edibles in a “Pablo-Chocobar” box for innocent treats, were filmed walking unsteadily and needing help on…

Cost of living to go up!

Pictures R Nair Chancellor Rishi Sunak is in talks with Bank of England to head off the “cost of living cataclysm” as interest rates lift to 0.5%, from 0.1 per cent in December. Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive, higher mortgage costs, higher gas bills and harder choices during grocery shopping. Some lenders raised…

Nuts shortage after ransomware attack till the end of March

Popular snacks from KP Snacks, a British company, which brings KP Nuts, McCoy’s crisps, Hula Hoops, Nik Naks and Skips to British grocery stores may be in question after a ransomware attack was discovered on Friday 28th January. The warning message sent out through groceries wholesaler Nisa, said KP Snacks was going to limit the…

World of Televangalist

https://youtu.be/eMMLRnXPPJk Michael Showalter narrates a sequence featuring the actress Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker and Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker, chronicling the rise and fall of the televangelist couple. As Jim and Tammy Faye are becoming more popular on the Christian Broadcasting Network, involves a party thrown by that network’s head, Pat Robertson played…

Chinese New Year Today

2022 is the Year of the Tiger, which is known to be king of all beasts in China and comes third in the Chinese zodiac. Chinese New Year heralds weeks of celebrations being planned by several families beginning with Chinese New Year’s Eve and ending with the Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year’s Eve traditions offer…

Guinness announces £73m microbrewery for London’s Covent Garden

Excited and optimistic, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor announced  £73 million  Guinness Microbrewery event space, store and restaurant in Covent Garden, and urged people “ to support the capital’s bounce back and make the most of what it has to offer”. The  50, 000 sq ft Guinness Microbrewery complex at old Brewer’s Yard – just over…