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ISO45001 : the new safety standard

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ISOH ‘s systematic approach to managing safety and health could bring benefits to workers,core business value and cornerstone of a civilised society is a strong supporter of the new standard ISO45001. The new standard gives organisations a framework to improve employment safety, reduce workplace risks and create better, safer working conditions. IOSH is a Chartered body of safety and health, has over 47, 000 members in 130 countries. http://www.iosh.co.uk/45001 is also a resource hub. The International Organisation of Standards has set the transition period for businesses changing from OHSAS 18001:2007 to ISO 45001:2018 Continue reading ISO45001 : the new safety standard

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Concept of Zero

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Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stores we have been told about it are wrong,  Brilliant Arabic scholars of the ninth-century House of Wisdom, and the pioneering African American  Mathematicians of the twentieth century to the “lady computer’ around the world who revolutionised our knowledge of the night sky, we meet these fascinating trailblazers and see how they contributed to our global knowledge today. Kate Kitagawa, director of the Space Education Office at the Japan, Aerospace Exploration Afghanistan  and Timothy Revell’s ( deputy US editor at the New Scientist,  … Continue reading Concept of Zero

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Chaplin’s fall from grace

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The remarkable, story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman. Film critic, Scott Ryman’s biography of Charlie Chaplin is a perceptive, insightful portrait of  Chaplin and of an America consumed by political turmoil, starts in 1952, as he was barred from re-entering America by opaque machinations bin the US state department. Once the most famous man in the world, Chaplin abroad the RMS Queen Elizabeth, bound for England now risked becoming “stateless, impoverished” in Ryman’s words “ Charlie Chaplin had … Continue reading Chaplin’s fall from grace

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Windies beat England by 10 runs to lead 2-0 in five match T20 series

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14Dec 2023 Men’s International Twenty20 Match Grenada West Indies 176-7 off 20 ov King 82 not out off 52, 8 fours, 5 sixes, R Powell 50 off 28, 3 fours, 5 sixes, Rashid 2-11,  Ahmed 1-47, Woakes 1-34, S Curran 1-38. Mills 2-30 England 166-7 off 20 ov  S. Curran 50 off 32, 4 fours, 3 sixes, Salt 25 off 23, 3 fours, 1 six, M Ali 22 not outoff 13, 1 four, 2 sixes,  Hosein 2-24, J Holder 1-27, Motie 1-9, Joseph 3-39. West   Indies take 2-0 lead in five-match series with 10-run win Grenada as Jamaican opener Brandon … Continue reading Windies beat England by 10 runs to lead 2-0 in five match T20 series

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West Indies win the first T-20

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12 Dec 2023, Men’s International Twenty20 Match West Indies  Vs England at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown England 171 ao off 19.3ov, Salt 40, off 20, 6 fours, 1 six, Buttler 39 off 31, 5 fours, 1 six, Livingstone 27 off 19, 1 four, 2 sixes,Russell 3-19, Joseph 3-54 Shepherd 2-22, J Holder 1-43, Hosein 1-32. West Indies 172-6 off 18.1 ov, Mayers 35 off 21, 4 sixes,  S Hope 36 off 30, 2 fours, 3 sixes, R Powell 31 no off 15, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Russell 29 no off 14, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Woakes 1-15, Ahmed 3-39, Rashid 2-25. … Continue reading West Indies win the first T-20

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West Indies win the ODI series 2-1

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6 Dec 2023 Men’s One Day International Series West Indies Vs England Second ODI, Antigua West Indies 202 ao off 39.4 ov.  S Hope 68 off 68, 6 fours, 1 six, Rutherford 63 off 80, 7 fours, 1 six, Shepherd 19 off 16, 4 fours, S Curran 3-33, Liam Livingstone 3-39, Atkinson 2-28, Ahmed 2-40. England 206-4 off 32.5 ov Jacks 73 off 72, 6 fours, 4 sixes, Brook 43 no off 49, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Jos Buttler 58 no off 45, 4 fours, 3 sixes, Motie 2-34, Rutherford 1-24, Shepherd 1-27. England win by 6 wickets Shai Hope’s … Continue reading West Indies win the ODI series 2-1

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Barclays regains ownership of Telegraph

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Barclays family regains ownership of Daily Telegraph after they used £1.1bn, part cash paid by prospective buyer RedBird LMI  and rest covered by International Media Investments, to pay off bad loans, although the family will not have any control over its operations as a independent board will oversee the newspaper, and its sister the Spectator magazine. Ofcom is vetting a takeover by the Abu Dhabi-backed group. The media group emerged from receivership after six months in the hands of its lender Lloyds Banking Group after the family used cash provided by RedBird LMI who will swap partial control of the … Continue reading Barclays regains ownership of Telegraph

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Roadmap for India

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India is at a crossroads today, its growth rate, while respectable relative to other large countries, is too low for jobs for youth, need intense competition in low-skilled manufacturing increasing protectionism globally and growing automation, make the situation still more difficult. India broke away from the standard development path from agriculture to low-skilled manufacturing, then high-skilled manufacturing and finally services, a long time back by leapfrogging the intermediate steps.  Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and Rohit Lamba, an economist at Pennsylvania State University explain  how we can accelerate economic development by investing in people , … Continue reading Roadmap for India

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Drug to treat alcoholics and weight loss

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Scientist are hopeful that Wegovy, also known as semaglutide a drug used to treat obesity may also treat alcohol dependency after the publication of preliminary positive research. The result of small study with a series of case studies indicate the same findings.  Kyle Simmons, an associate professor of Oklahoma State University said if the link is proven it might become the most widely used addiction prevention medicine treatment ever. Richard and Simmons are authors of a study in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry that collated these reports. The latest study was possible because patients at Richard’s weight-loss clinic filled out … Continue reading Drug to treat alcoholics and weight loss

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Exhilarating portrait of love, lust, politics, intrigue, betrayal and power

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Tudor historian John Guy, teams up with his wife and fellow historian Julia Fox to provide an insight into the relationship  between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was shrewder and more powerful than Henry who was more sensitive and vulnerable. Their story is one of the most remarkable in history a long courtship followed by shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband’s passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone.  Anne and Henry’s relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at … Continue reading Exhilarating portrait of love, lust, politics, intrigue, betrayal and power