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Boris Becker, now 54 who became a tennis hero with worldwide fan following, at just 17 in 1985, will be jailed under under Britain’s Insolvency Act, a court ruled. Becker was convicted of four charges and will serve two-and-a-half year sentence in prison. The case is about Becker’s bankruptcy in June 2017 resulting from an […]
For the faithful, the genesis of life owes to Divine orders. For Science, research now backs their claims that “matter transmuted into organised self-replicating assemblies of molecules that we call life on Earth.” A new paper published in the journal “Nature Communications” strengthens theories that hold “the basis of life came from outer space.” Using […]
Elon Musk has done it. A hostile takeover of Twitter. Musk has bought the micro-blogging site for $44 billion. And, yes. He’s now planning to change things. Twitter has about 200 million users across the world – though it’s still far behind Zuckerberg’s Meta, with 3.6 billion users across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Here are […]
Four persons including three Chinese nationals were killed in a blast today that tore through a van in Karachi University in Pakistan’s financial capital. This is understood to be the latest attack targeting the Chinese.The explosion is reported to have occurred in the van near China-built Confucius Institute – a non-profit institute teaching the Chinese […]
What does it take for the world’s richest person to buy the thing he loves? The answer would probably be $44 billion after the richest person on the planet, Elon Musk struck a deal to buy the 16-year-old micro-blogging social media platform – Twitter for $44 billion cash. Before reaching the agreement with the Twitter […]
Nigerian environmentalist Jonathan Olakunle was seen sweeping the roads by disguising himself as the superhero Spider-Man, from Marvel Comics, to help clean the streets of densely populated Osogboa city of Nigeria Osogbao city is considered to be highly polluted city of osan state, Jonathan Olakunle an Nigerian environmentalist also known as Nigeria’s “SpiderMan” has decided […]
After burning the Quran in Sweden, violent clashes were witnessed in many cities for the fourth day as well. The police have so far arrested 17 people in connection with the violence. To give a warning, the police also opened fire, in which about three people have been injured. Violent clashes were witnessed in many cities […]
The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson will begin his India visit next week from Gujarat. He is likely to land in Gujarat on April 21 and is expected to announce his plans of investment in key industries in Gujarat. Boris will be on a two-day visit in India from April 21-22. Boris Johnson will […]
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter has set him against a major shareholder of the tech firm, a Saudi Prince. Musk saw some investors, including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, speaking against his $43 billion all-cash offer to Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, days after the Tesla chief turned down a seat on the […]
While the world’s attention is pinned on the Russia-Ukraine war, violent clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem leaving at least 117 Palestinians injured. At least three officers were wounded by rocks thrown at them, Israeli police claimed. The Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound early this morning […]
Maverick billionaire Elon Musk has made an unsolicited bid to take over Twitter Inc. in a deal valued at $43 billion and make it private. To put the figure in proper context, the country marred with an unprecedented crisis Sri Lanka has total external debts of $41 billion dollars. The world’s richest person at 50, […]
As the circumstances may allow, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is likely to plan a visit to India towards the end of April 2022, informed the foreign secretary of India, Harshvardhan Shringlaon Tuesday. After a number of cancelled trips to India, the UK Prime Minister Johnson has accepted the invitation to visit India from […]
Melbourne-based Australia India Institute (AII) has come under fire for its decision to reject an essay that detailed the consequences of the ‘rise of Hindu nationalism’ and also stifling a podcast that talked about how academia and private sector is affected by caste. Following these actions by AII, 14 scholars from all over Australia have […]
An unknown man, dressed as a construction worker, opened fire on a New York Subway Staton in Brooklyn. The incident took place on Tuesday morning in which five people were shot dead by the man. New York Fire Department also said that 13 people got injured during the incident. The fire personnel responded to an […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka has gone bankrupt with its external debt of $51 billion and is in a deep economic crisis. As a result, there are widespread protests against the government. Along with food and fuel shortages, electricity is cut-off locally. Out of 24 hours, electricity is available only for 12 to 13 hours of the […]
Britain’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak’s prospects to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have been destroyed forever with the Inappropriate choice of tax planning the Sunak family adopted. There is justifiable outrage at his wife Akshata Murthy, having net worth of her own pegged at around 500 Million pounds, for choosing the non-dom […]
Following a week of tumultuous political manoeuvring and unprecedented political crisis, Shehbaz Sharif, younger brother of three times ex-premier Nawaz Sharif took office in Pakistan as Prime Minister. Proven a capable administrator during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Punjab province, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended a hand of friendship albeit keeping […]
Pakistan: The National Assembly session, which was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. (local time), will now start at 2 p.m.The National Assembly Secretariat released the order of the day for Monday, which states that the House would only discuss the election of the Prime Minister, which is governed by Article 91 of the Constitution […]
Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right party Rassemblement Nationale’s chief Marine Le Pen emerged as the top two winners in the first round of French presidential elections held yesterday. The French elect their president every 5 years with direct voting. The first two winners of the first round fight it out in the second […]
Colombo’s sea-front saw the largest yet demonstration with thousands of people gathering to agitate against the Government’s failure in the face of Sri Lanka’s fortunes spiralling down the abyss with each passing day. The citizens of Sri Lanka, reeling under an unprecedented economic crisis brought down upon them by the mismanagement of the country by […]
