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Quintessentially British indulgence

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Secret Escape In 1532 Henry VIII built St James’s Palace on the site formerly occupied by a hospital for treating leprosy, The Palace was part-hunting lodge, part-escape from court life for Henry, and also a secret meeting for the King and Anne Boleyn before she became his second wife.Scared Dry Vermouth into frozen glass, top up with 100ml of Frozen no.3 Gin, Zest of lemon from Amalfi coast squeeze the lemon zest to extract the fragrant oils. Before Dukes London opened in 1908, nearby townhouses in St James’s Palace hosted by Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron, composer Frederic Chopin, who lived … Continue reading Quintessentially British indulgence

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Windies T20 3-2 series win

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England 132 ao off 19.3 ov  Salt 38 off 22, 5 fours, 1 six, Livingstone 28 off 29, 2 sixes, M Ali 23 off 21, 1 four, 1 six, Motie 3-24, J Holder 2-24, Hosein 2-20, Russell 2-25 West Indies win by 4 wickets England lost the fifth deciding thriller T20 against West Indies by four wickets in Trinidad  3-2 series defeat. After being put to bat England struggled only Phil Salt hit 38, Liam Livingstone 28 and Moeen Ali 23  was not enough  and were eventually bowled out for 132 off 19.3 ov.  Captain Jos Buttler miscued a ramp … Continue reading Windies T20 3-2 series win

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Success emerging from failure

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Associate project director of Chandrayaan Kalpana Kalahasti, an engineer who ensured Chandrayaan -3’s triumphant touchdown on Moon  and helped India to reach the Moon. She said after a few minutes India’s space agency safely landed its first probe on the Moon on 23 August,  “We have achieved our goal flawlessly, this will remain the most memorable and happiest moment for all of us”. Only the Soviet Union, the United States and China have also achieved this feat. Chandrayaan-3 carried lifted off on 14 July, as India’s previous attempt to reach the lunar surface, the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2019, ended in … Continue reading Success emerging from failure

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Increasing bankruptcies

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Corporate bankruptcies are increasing in most advanced economies as borrowing costs rise and governments unwind pandemic-era measures to support business. In the US corporate bankruptcies rose 30 per cent in the 12 months to September compared with the period a year before, according to data from courts. Germany Europe’s largest economy, the bankruptcies rose 25 per cent from January to September compared with the same period last year according to  Germany’s statistical office Destatis. According to Eurostat insolvencies rose 13 per cent  year on year in the nine months to September to reach their highest level in eight years. In … Continue reading Increasing bankruptcies

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Salt’s 119 help England level the series

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19 Dec 2023 Men’s International Twenty20 Match at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba West Indies vs England West Indies 192 ao off 15.3 ov  Pooran 39 off 15, 3 fours, 4 sixes, S. Hope 36 off 15, 5 fours, 2 sixes, Russell 51 off25, 3 fours, 5 sixes. Topley 3-37, Woaeks 1-25, M Ali 1-20, S Curran 2-25, Ahmed 2-42, Rashid 1-35 England 267-3 off 20 ov Salt 119 off 57, 7 fours, 10 sixes, Buttler 55 off 29, 6 fours, 3 fours, Livingstone 54 off 21, 4 fours, 4 sixes, Hosein 1-36, J Holder 1-55, Russell 1-37 England win … Continue reading Salt’s 119 help England level the series

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Wegovy wonder drug

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Lara Fruergaard Jorgensen, chief of Novo Nordisk, the Danish Drug Group, which overtook LVMH this year as Europe’s most valuable company is behind the obesity treatments Wegovy and Ozempic. The drug will be available for treatments for a disease affected by over 1bn people by 2030. Its results about reduced risk of heart attacks  also is boon lot of people. Wegovy was first approved in the US in 2021. The sales of Wegovy reached $4.2 bn this year and $7.3 bn  next, Ozempic  designed for diabetes  but often prescribed for obesity  is predicted to hit  $13.3bn in 2023 and $16.5 bn … Continue reading Wegovy wonder drug

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Volcano erupts in Iceland

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On Monday night a volcano erupted following hundreds  of tremors in south-west Iceland that caused a 10-mile fissure in a road, triggering the country to a state of emergency. Lava is spewing from the volcano faster than rate of other eruptions as thousands of people have been evacuated. Eruption has started north of Grindavik by Hagafell according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The eruption occured about four kilometers 2.4 miles from the town of Grindavik on the Ryekjanes peninsula, and began at 10:17 GMT. Continue reading Volcano erupts in Iceland

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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