Ten killed in Valencia apartment Tower block

A massive fire has killed ten people in the Campanar neighbourhood,  a  14-storey high-rise residential block in the Spanish city of  Valencia according emergency services Brave twenty firefighters were seen rescuing people from balconies, as nineteen people are still believed to be missing. Fourteen people including six fire fighters  and a young child have been injured.  High winds fanned the flames, which immediately spread to an adjoining building. There are suspicions that highly flammable cladding made of Polyurethane material enabled the fire to spread rapidly at lightning speed in a matter of 10 minutes. The building consisting of 138 flats … Continue reading Ten killed in Valencia apartment Tower block

US Commercial company Intuitive Machines, lands on Moon

American company Houston-based Intuitive Machines has made historic landing by becoming first commercial outfit to put their Odysseus robot on the Moon’s south pole.\\\ Flight director Tim Crain announced “ What we confirm, without a doubt, is our equipment is on the surface of the Moon and we are transmitting”. Intuitive Machines has broken the Untied States’ 55-year absence from the Moon’s surface, although the US space agency NASA had purchased room on Odysseus for six scientific instruments and its administrator Bill  Nelson said “  the US has returned to Moon, today, for the first time in the history of … Continue reading US Commercial company Intuitive Machines, lands on Moon

Post Office Tower sold for £275m

British Telecom, said it has agreed to sell the 581-foot (177-meter) Grade II listed Post Office Tower which once dominated London’s skyline, to US company MCR Hotels for £275m ( $347m). The Post Office Tower was completed in 1964 and was opened on 19 May 1966 as the London’s tallest building until 1980. The new owners is plann ing to convert this to a luxury hotel. The post office tower had revolving restaurant  which was temporarily closed after an IRA bomb exploded in the lavatories in 1981, but then opened again until the lease expired in 1980. Continue reading Post Office Tower sold for £275m

Plane’s wing disintegrated while on flight

A United Airlines Boeing 757-200, flight from San Francisco to Boston  was forced to land in Denver on Monday because of an issue with the plane’s wing. The plane was carrying 165 passengers landed in Denver safely. Chicago-based United did not say what caused the damage which left pieces of the slat torn away. “Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane” said 67-year-old passenger Kevin Clarke from Maine  after the plane was shaking in a video shared. One of the pilots walked down the aisle of the main cabin , then retuned to … Continue reading Plane’s wing disintegrated while on flight

Oppenheimer corners seven Bafta Awards

Irish actor Cilian Murphy ( Best Actor for playing J Robert Oppenheimer known as the father of the atom bomb), Robert Downey Jr ( Best Supporting Actor) and British Director Christopher Nolan, including best film all won on Oppenheimer as the film dominated with seven Bafta Awards. Poor Things picked up five including best actress for Emma Stone. Best Supporting Actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. Award for the Best British film went to The Zone of Interest, about the concentration camp commander and his family who lived outside the walls of Auschwitz during World War Two.The … Continue reading Oppenheimer corners seven Bafta Awards

Jaiswal’s 214 no & Jadeja’s 5-41, triggers India’s massive win

15 Feb 2024 Men’s International Test Match Series Day 4 of 5 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India. Series 2-1 India vs England India 445 ao off 130.5ov  Rohit 131 off 196, 14 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 112  off 225, 9 fours, 2 sixes, Khan 62 off 66, 9 fours, 1 six,  Jurel 46 ogg 104, 2 fours, 3 sixes,  Wood 3-114, Hartley 1-109, Root 1-70, Ahmed 2-85, Anderson 1-61. England 319 ao, 71.1 ov Duckett 153 no off 151, 23 fours, 2 sixes, Pope 39 off 55, 5 fours, 1six, Stokes 41 off 89, 6 fours, R Ashwin … Continue reading Jaiswal’s 214 no & Jadeja’s 5-41, triggers India’s massive win

Death in Victorian Britain

Acclaimed Historian Judith Flanders  an expert on everyday life in Victorian Britain deconstructs the intricate fascinating reveals the bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain. Stories from sickbed to the deathbed, from the correct way to grieve and to give comfort to those grieving to funeral and burials and the reaction of those left behind, Flanders illuminates how living in nineteenth-century Britain was, in so many ways, dictated by dying. Deeply researched chilling social history of a period plagued by infant death, poverty, disease and unprecedented change. In elegant, often witty prose. Flanders  brings the … Continue reading Death in Victorian Britain

Literacy cities of the world

Have you travelled to some of the great cities such as London, New York, Dublin, Melbourne, Jakarta, Milan, Kozhikode, Edinburgh, Iowa, Beirut, Raif in Saudi Arabia, or Lviv in Ukraine which has since transformed itself into a hub for refugees and those affected by war are one of the UNESCO’s 53 cities of Literature across six continents dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and literary richness. In India Kerala is most literate state with literacy rate of one 96 per cent. Kozhikode had 550 libraries, over 70 publishers, and about 100 bookshops amid coconut palms. London tops the list of the … Continue reading Literacy cities of the world

Jaiswal’s 104 propels India

15 Feb 2024 Men’s International Test Match Series Day 3 of 5 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India. Series level 1-1 India vs England India 445 ao off 130.5ov  Rohit 131 off 196, 14 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 112  off 225, 9 fours, 2 sixes, Khan 62 off 66, 9 fours, 1 six,  Jurel 46 ogg 104, 2 fours, 3 sixes,  Wood 3-114, Hartley 1-109, Root 1-70, Ahmed 2-85, Anderson 1-61. England 319 ao, 71.1 ov Duckett 153 no off 151, 23 fours, 2 sixes, Pope 39 off 55, 5 fours, 1six, Stokes 41 off 89, 6 fours, R … Continue reading Jaiswal’s 104 propels India

Dukett’s unbeaten 133

15 Feb 2024 Men’s International Test Match Series Day 2 of 5 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India. Series level 1-1 India vs England India 445 ao off 130.5ov  Rohit 131 off 196, 14 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 112  off 225, 9 fours, 2 sixes, Khan 62 off 66, 9 fours, 1 six,  Jurel 46 ogg 104, 2 fours, 3 sixes,  Wood 3-114, Hartley 1-109, Root 1-70, Ahmed 2-85, Anderson 1-61. England 207-2, 35 ov Duckett 133 no off 118, 21 fours, 2 sixes, R Ashwin 1-37, Sir 1-54 Ben Duckett’s unbeaten century, his third Test hundred from only … Continue reading Dukett’s unbeaten 133