Apple has recently rejected ‘Cecil’s revenge’, an app that is meant to be a homage to Cecil the lion and said to be modelled after the popular game Asteroids. It happens to be the first game created by developers David Kotkin and Glenn Cutler and an effort to pay homage to Cecil the lion that…
The City of Joso, North of the capital Tokyo, was hit by a wall of water after the Kinugawa river burst its banks. Helicopter rescue teams plucked people from rooftops. Eight people are still missing and 100 needed rescuing. The rains came a day after a tropical storm brought winds of up to 78…
Kerala’s rich cultural heritage, has brought international fame by winning the UNESCO’s 2015 Asia-Pacific award for conservation efforts for their famous Vadakkunathan temple in Thrissur in South India, which is more than 1200 years old, which still retains its original form. Millions of devotees and tourists gather every year to witness the world famous “Thrissur…
Austen Harrison, four, from Crawley, West Sussex, suffered fatal head injuries at the Oxfordshire Hugo Boss outlet store in June 2013. Designer clothing company Hugo Boss has been fined £1.2m over the death of a young boy crushed by a mirror at its Bicester Village store. Oxford Crown Court heard the 19 stone mirror had…
40 passengers of Chennai Egmore-Mangalore express train, bound for Mangalore were injured at 2A.M. on 4th September 2015, after its five coaches derailed at Puvanur in Vriddhachalam near Cuddalore district South India, about 200 kilometres from Chennai. The injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals, official said, adding that the train services on the busy…
The auction website eBay has grown from humble beginnings on September 3, 1995, in San Jose, California, eBay ( NASDAQ:EBAY) just days after Windows 95 was launched, to a mega retail giant. eBay now employs over 10,000 people world-wide. His vision, for connecting commerce open to everyone, enabled by people and powered by technology, and…
Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Carnival on the opening day of the two day Notting Hill Carnival at West London. Organisers say they are marking the 50th anniversary of one of Europe’s biggest street parties during the 2015 and 2016 events, as there was some confusion when the inaugural carnival was held 1965…
The World Championships in Beijing, 200m gold medal there was high drama on the lap of honour afterwards when Bolt clashed with scooting cameraman Justin Gatlin. The cameraman in his segway accidently clanged into Usain Bolt from behind and toppled him. The cameraman presented bolt with a bracelet later on to apologise for the incident.…
India’s largest airline by market share, IndiGo on their 9th year, has finalised the purchase of 250 narrow bodied A320neo Family aircraft, signed on on the 69th Independence Day of India on the 15th August 2015. This historical aircraft purchase agreement was European Aerospace giant’s largest-ever order by number of planes in deal worth £17billion …
A deadly blast kills 20 people, and injured more than 125 in a bomb explosion close to the crowded Erawan Shrine dedicated to Lord Brahma Temple in the downtown Chidlom district, Centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok. The temple is located on a main road through Bangkok’s commercial hub and is surrounded by three major shopping…