Canadian YouTube Vlogger, Comedian Writer and actress, Lilly Singh 28, 75th most popular star and ranked 20th YouTube star, from Scarborough, Toronto of Indian heritage, nicknamed as “Superwoman” when speaking to her social media following of over 12 million people, appeared on Forbes “highest paid YouTube Star of 2015” list. She earned an estimated $2.5m…
A Vietnamese descent passenger of United Airlines was forcibly dragged, to make room for airline staff, from an overbooked flight from Chicago to Louisville, Ky. and left with blood dripping from his face. The video of United Airlines passenger creates a furore in China as over 270 million viewers watched in Weibo Chinese equivalent of Twitter…
In 1928, when Mother Teresa was only eighteen, Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught in Calcutta, the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent made such deep impressions on her that in 1948 she received…
Global technology groups Tencent, eBay and Microsoft have injected $14bn into Indian e-commerce group Flipkart to face a battle with Amazon. The fundraising comes ahead of proposed deal for Flipkart to take over its biggest domestic rival Snapdeal, a plan backed by Japan’s Softbank, Snapdeal’s biggest investor. Forrester Research, which predicted that Indian e-commerce sales…
Scientists say they have discovered an atmosphere 39 light years away, around an Earth-like planet GJ 1132b, 1.4 times the size of our planet for the first time. In their hunt for life beyond our solar system, the study published in the Astronomical Journal suggest that the super-Earth is surrounded by a thick layer of…
A oval shaped 59.6 carat flawless Pink Star diamond has been sold in Hong Kong for £57m ( $71m), setting a new world record for any gemstone at auction. The largest polished diamond in its class wen under the hammer, in the past it sold for $83m in Geneva in 2013, but the buyer defaulted.…
Shares in Imagination Technology, a British Tech firm, plunged by 62 per cent, 103p, and its market capitalisation fell from £745m to £290m, after their largest customer Apple said it will no longer use its products. This is what we call a black swan movement for the company and investors in Imagination as there were…
Oxford beat Cambridge by just over a length in the 163rd Boat Race, with a finishing time of 16 minutes and 59 seconds. They won four times in five years. The Dark Blues, who included brothers Oliver and James Cook in their crew, were able to use their power to stay ahead of Cambridge’s higher…
Tesco merged with cash and carry wholesale supplier Booker in a £3.7bn in a deal or 205.3p per share, it claims will create UK’s leading food business and the deal means Tesco can boast 5,400 stores and 2, 900 small shops, including Tesco Express, Metro and One Stop Brands and will save £200m a year…
Behold the entrepreneur, he is the crakerjack, a modern day enigma, Amol Yadav (41), an ex-pilot of Jet Airways in India, assembled a six-seater aircraft on the terrace of his three-bedroom flat in Charkop, Kandivali West, Mumbai India, has been given a window of opportunity to display his creation at the Make in India…