George Soros, a supporter of Democratic ideals, who fled his country and went to London School of Economics under Karl Popper, the Austrian-British philosopher, working as a railway porter and a waiter before getting into currency speculation. He also worked in several merchant banks in London before moving to New York in 1963 and in…
Kerala Tourism Department has won “The Pacific Asia Travel Association Grand and Gold Award 2017” for its Muziris Heritage Project Film Tourism Brochure in the Marketing and Media-consumer travel brochure category. The awards were presented at the 32nd edition of the PATA Awards held at Macao, in recognition of its innovative and trending marketing initiatives,…
Cassini’s grand finale. After 20 years study of Saturn by Cassini space probe is coming to an end by crashing in to the planet on Friday 15th September 2017. A joint venture between the European space agency and the US space agency, the Cassini Huygens mission which has been orbiting around Saturn since July 2004.…
India, Sujatha Gidla was influenced by tales of her uncle, the Dalit revolutionary, port and Naxalite leader KG Stayamurthy. Gilda who grew up in the untouchable slum of Elwin Peta in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, South India. “When you are surrounded by so much misery, you don’t see it as an extraordinary,” and according to her…
Six days in September gives numerous insights and paints a fascinating picture by highlighting the crash of sterling out of the exchange rate mechanism, and how the UK steadily distanced itself from European Monetary Union and EU with Brexit. Britain joined out of desperation at too high a rate and in secrecy without any regard…
A Japan Airlines ( JAL) Boeing 777 carrying 233 passengers and 15 crewmembers bound for New York was forced to make an emergency landing at Tokyo Haneda International airport after a jet engine burst into flames following a suspected bird strike on Tuesday 12th September 2017. Television footage showed red flame flickering from the left…
London born Sampha has won the 2017 Mercury Music Prize for his mournful album, Process, written and recorded by his mother Binty, who died of cancer. The song talks about piano in his childhood home, which his mother taught him to play as a child. Sampha dedicated his Mercury Prize to both his parents who…
Santa Clara-based Cyphort, an innovator in the software security space, had raised £ 22.5million ($30 million) in venture funding from investors including Sapphire Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Matrix Partners. Sunnyvale-based Juniper Networks Inc. has agreed to buy Cyphort Inc., a security software startup run by Manoj Leelaniwas, one of Juniper’s former executives, who previously…
Apple launches its latest range of devices today including three new iPhones, as well as upgrades for the Apple Watch, Apple TV, and AirPod Wireless headphones. The iPhone X, a premium version will feature an all-screen display, facial recognition software, and wireless charging at a record price of £1, 149 ($1, 149). At Apple’s annual launch…
Café-isation of chai has began, as Chai Point, started in 2010 by Harvard alumnus Amuleek Singh Bijral in Bengaluru in India was the first of these Chai startups (Tea) with over a hundred outlets pan-India and serves over 100, 000 cups every day. Chaayos has grown from 7 cafes in 2015, to 40cafes in Delhi,…