Mysterious radio waves detected
Scientists have detected mysterious bursts of radio waves originating from cosmological distances when the universe was just half its current age. Mysterious bursts of radio waves originating from billions of light years away have left the international team of scientists speculating about their origins.
Lock of Mick’s hair sold for £4k at Auction
A lock of Rolling Stone rocker Mick Jagger’s hair, which was cut by his former girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton almost 50 years ago, has sold for £4,000 at an auction.
Blue blood helps octopods survive extreme Climate
Worldwide colonisation by octopods is in their blood!
They manage to survive temperature habitats ranging from as low as — 1.8 degrees Celsius to more than 30 degrees Celsius due to their ability to keep supplying oxygen to their body tissues, a new study has found.
‘Teeth no longer fit, Humans may grow beaks’
The big beak theory! Humans may eventually evolve to have beaks because our teeth are “no longer fit for purpose”, a biologist has suggested.
Maharaja’s dinner set sells for £1.96m
A 1,400-piece silver-gilt dinner set commissioned by the former Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh has fetched a whopping £1.96 million, setting a world record for an English dinner service sold at auction.
Chris was rejected by many women
The Coldplay frontman Chris Martin used to be terrible at flirting with women and says they always rejected his advances.
Saradha bosses in judicial custody
A court in Darjeeling district today remanded Saradha scam accused Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee to 14 days’ judicial custody in one of the cases in the multi-crore Ponzi scheme scandal.
Unilever raises stake in HUL to 67.28% via open offer
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever PLC has increased its stake in the Indian arm Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) to 67.28 per cent, following an open offer which commenced on June 21 and closed yesterday.
About 200 firms to participate in fashion jewellery fair
As many as 200 firms will display a wide variety of jewellery and accessories at the Indian Fashion Jewellery and Accessories Fair, starting July 12.
Pranab Mukherjee clears ordinance on food security
President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on food security to give nation’s two-third population the right to get five kg of foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs one to three per kg.