Sadiq Khan, born 8 October 1970 and in his forties is the new Mayor of London. Although the polls were fairly close concerning his rival Zak Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan won through to the excitement and adulation of millions of Londoners and people elsewhere. His wife Saadia and his 2 daughters were present at his inauguration…
‘Nature’ published latest study by Prof Sir Mike Stratton, the director of the Sanger Institute in Cambridge which led the study, which reveals a near-perfect picture of genetic events that cause breast cancer, which can be described as a “milestone” moment that could help unlock new ways of treating and preventing breast cancer. Cancer Research…
100 tonnes of illegal ivory will be set alight in Kenya to mark the end of a meeting of four African countries aimed at protecting elephants. Over 25,000 elephants are poached every year for their tusks. The current African elephant population of 500,000, is only 40 percent of what it was 25 years ago. At…
Materials and mechanisms used on Indian rockets have been tweaked by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to make a device which some say definitely a step towards the making of an “artificial heart”. The prototype has been successfully tested on animals. The ISRO team known for orbiting satellites and flying giant rockets to space, made…
Amal Augustine, from Kidangoor, Aluva, Kerala, a final year electronics and communication Engineering student at KMEA Engineering college, create a domain in the name of Facebook’s Zuckerberg’s daughter MaxChanzuckerberg.org and invested a mere £2 ( Rs 200) just out of curiosity. He had since received an email from Sarah Chappel, Manager, Iconic Capital, the company…
Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended A Royal Summer in Delhi and had lunch with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House. The Duchess of Cambridge customised her £800 jade-green lace dress by Temperley, London, by lengthening the dress with extra fabric to cover her décolletage and thighs…
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According to Andrew Crawford from the Smithonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, researchers have discovered a new species of pale-gold coloured frog in the high Andes in Columbia in the midst of cloud forests. Its name, Pristimantis Dorado, which means golden in Spanish and El Dorado is a mystical city of gold eagerly sought…
A five-month old baby elephant strayed away from the herd I the Achankovil forest in Kerala, South India into the village. Vinod, a local opened his front door of his house and at Kadambupura was shocked to see an elephant calf at his front door swaying his tiny trunk. Panicked Vinod, raised an alarm imagining…
London Stock Exchange Group Plc and Deutsche Boerse AG agreed to merge, a deal that would create world’s biggest trading organisation as long as rival suitors don’t upend the agreement and regulators give their blessing. The two companies valued at £21.3 billion ($30.5bilion), LSE’s equity holders will own 45.6 per cent while Deutsche Boerse’s stockholders…