Killer in the Cockpit!

Andreas Lubitz – co-pilot’s fatal action prompts cockpit review. Lufthansa’s chief executive Carsten Spohr, wearing a black tie an somber expression pronounced the apparent deliberate crash of Germanwings plane into the Alps – killing all 150 passengers and crew on board. “by far the most awful event in more than sixty year history of out…

Versace profits rose by 27 per cent to €23.6m last year

Private equity Group Blackstone bought 20 per cent stake in Versace luxury brand, rose by 16.9 percent to €548.7m in which private equity group. Blackstone investment enabled Versace to open 40 stores in 2014 and accelerated their expansion program, as they plan to open a further 30 stores in 2015 including stores in Vancouver Madrid,…

Violent Elephant killed mahout in Thrissur

An elephant at the Kaipamangalam Chalinjad Subramaniya temple, went crazy killing the mahout, Sivasankaran (64) of Kinassery in Palakkad. The irate elephant further went on to destroy several vehicles. The animal was later brought under control with the help of elephant squad. Captive elephants play an important role in the Kerala culture and religion. Elephants…

Musicals from UK to feature in China!

Although the growing middle classes in China are sensitive to politically correct themes, they do enjoy theatre.  Musicals like Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables produced by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. are to be presented there soon. In a visit to Beijing 18 months ago Nicholas Allott – Managing Director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. was pleased…

London based tech-firms attracted $795.2m from US investors!

Technology entrepreneur with a computer science degree from Cambridge, Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable and Ozymandias productions, whose passion lies in changing the way people play games by bringing together and working with the very best computer science and artistic talent to solve hard and overlooked problems. The son of Harpinder Singh Narula, the Indian construction…

Australia powers to final after beating India by 95runs

Semi-final 2 Australia V India, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground Australia 328-7 Steve Smith 105, Aron Finch 81, Umesh Yadav 72-4, Mohit Sharma 75-2, India 233 all out 46.5 overs MS Dhoni 65, Shekar Dhawan 45 James Faulkner 59-3, Mitchell Starc 28-2  Australia won by 95 runs.  Australia crush India and powers into Final  …

Heinz buys Kraft in a deal worth more than $40bn £27bn

The company behind Burger King and Heinz buys Kraft in a deal that could value the US food giant at more than $40bn (£27bn). Heinz, the US food giant Heinz is to merge with Kraft Foods Group, creating the third largest food and beverage company in the US, as shares in Kraft jumped more than…

India’s economic growth rate to overtake China in the next fiscal

                India’s economic growth rate to overtake China and improve to 7.8 per cent in the next fiscal and could achieve 8.2 per cent by 2016-17, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). India’s growth and investor confidence could accelerate on the back of government’s structural reform agenda…

A320 crash in French Alps kills 150!

The low-cost Germanwings owned by Lufthansa, Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 crashed, between Digne and Barcelonnette in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. According to officials there are no survivors. Germanwings has been operating since 2002 as part of traditional Lufthansa’s  response from rising European budget carriers serving  mainly European destinations. The area…