A Turkish Airlines from Istanbul flight TK 726 carrying 224 passengers, skidded after overshooting a runway amid dense fog in Nepal, forcing staff to evacuate the plane. Kathmandu’s Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepal remained closed on 4th march morning after the accident, as the front landing gear collapsed, causing it to nosedive on the slippery…
A passenger airliner Delta MD-88 from Atlanta, has skidded off the runway and run past the airport perimeter fence at LaGuardia airport in New York City due to snow. Emergency officials were called to the airport at about 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) but no major injuries have been reported. According to Delta Air Lines,…
Cartographer, mathematician, Philosopher and grandfather of maps, Gerardus Mercator, celebrates his 503rd birthday, who in 1569 discovered how to create the world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines that includes the curvatures of the earth. Mercator, born on March 5, 1512, in Rupelmonde in Flanders…
After spin bowling out several batsmen on the field, looks like Harbhajan is clean bowled by his lady love Geeta Basra. Geeta Basra 31, Indian Bollywood actress born to Punjabi Indian parents in Portsmouth Southern England now settled down in Mumbai. Her acting was moulded at Kishore Namit Kapoor’s Acting School. Her popular Bollywood movies include Dil Diya Hai in…
The bronze statue by leading British sculptor Philip Jackson, renowned for statues of the Queen Mother and Bomber Command. Jackson started work on the statue in July, will be the focal point for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa to kick-start India’s independence movement to start the…
The Treasury cashed in twice the amount originally expected from the sale of its 40 per cent stake in Eurostar Cross-Channel train service for £757.1m to Quebec pension fund and Hermes Infra structure an Anglo- Canadian consortium. This will be last privatisation before the General Election. Under the deal, Patina Rail LLP will acquire the…
Brasil has detained a land-grabber thought to be the Amazon’s single biggest deforester, the country’s environmental protection agency said. The Amazon rainforest has been in existence for at least 55 million years, the region home to about 2.5 million insect specie, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals and to date, at least 40,000…
MATCH 24, POOL B South Africa V Ireland played at Manuka Oval, Canberra. South Africa 411 for 4 (Amla 159, du Plessis 109, Rossouw 61*) Andrew Mcbrine 63-2, beat Ireland 210 all out from 45 overs (Balbirnie 58, O’Brien 48 Abbott 21-4, Morkel 34-3) Steyn 39-2 by 201 runs Ireland found in the hard way after dropping a catch…
A wild baby elephant fell into a well at Thoompakulam near Thannithode in Pathanmthitta, Kerala, was rescued by Ranni Forest officials. The magnificent Asian elephant is threatened by extinction in the wild, as human populations grow, its fast shrinking habitat forces wild elephant to explore new habitats in search of food and water. When…
Bill Gates has been again declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires. The Microsoft billionaire founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top spot. Mr Gates’ net worth rose by just over $3bn (£1.94bn) in the year to 13 February,…