Monthly Archives: March 2023

7 Continents, 4 Days & 2 Men: Meet Indians Who Set Guinness World Record For Fastest Travel

A Guinness World Record has been broken and it’s a big one! Dr Ali Irani and Sujoy Kumar Mitra have broken a previous world record for the fastest time to travel to all seven continents by accomplishing it in just four days! Yes, that’s right. dr-irani-and-sujoy-mitra Irani and Mitra travelled to the seven continents of […]

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Major Confusion! Umran's Delivery Clocked At 156 KMPH By Hindi Broadcast But 145.7 By English

Umran Malik continued to impress with his pace in the white-ball games vs Sri Lanka. After bowling at 155 km/hr in the T20I series, Umran beat his own speed by bowling a delivery at 156 km/hr in the first ODI.   But did he really? BCCI It happened in the 14th over of Sri Lanka’s batting […]

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September 2022 Classical Record Reviews

Prism IV: Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn Danish String Quartet ECM 2564 (CD). 2022. Manfred Eicher, prod.; Markus Heiland, eng. Performance ***** Sonics ***** The Danish String Quartet’s “Prism” series pairs a Beethoven quartet with a connected Bach fugue and another, related work: The Beethoven becomes a prism to diffract the others. I couldn’t tell you I […]

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'Insanely Irresponsible': ISRO Report On Joshimath 'Sinking' Made Unavailable On Govt Website

A report by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Joshimath’s land subsidence has gone missing from the government-run NRSC website.  PTI Jump To Report showed entire Joshimath may sinkEnvironmentalist slams centre for report ‘withdrawal’No link between sinking and NTPC project: CentreLand subsidence in Joshimath old issue: NTPC Report showed entire Joshimath may sink Based […]

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Tejasvi Surya, IndiGo Still Silent On If It Was The MP Who Opened The Flight's Emergency Door

Since it was revealed that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe into an onboard incident on an IndiGo flight after a passenger opened the emergency door, there has been widespread speculation on the identity of the person. IndiGo which confirmed the incident onboard the 6E-7339 from Chennai to Tiruchirappalli on December 10, […]

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Football : un journal suisse accuse le Qatar d'avoir espionné un haut magistrat

Le Qatar a orchestré une opération d’espionnage d’une réunion avec l’ancien procureur général suisse, Michael Lauber, chargé d’enquêter sur la corruption dans le football et notamment l’attribution de la Coupe du monde 2022. C’est ce qu’affirme le journal suisse NZZ am Sonntag (en allemand) dimanche 12 mars. Doha a rejeté ces accusations, tandis que l’avocat […]

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Quiz super-héros : vous connaissez leurs noms, mais connaissez-vous leurs prénoms ?

Les productions super-héroïques Marvel et DC n'ont pas de secret pour vous ? Alors tentez de retrouver, non pas les noms, mais les prénoms de ces personnages ! Ils sont plus qu’incontournables dans le paysage cinématographique mondial. Au coeur des films Marvel et DC, ils passionnent les spectateurs du monde entier. On parle bien évidemment […]

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A Week Of Sub-Zero Temperature In Munnar Is Great News For Tourists, Terrible For Tea Plantations

The Munnar hill station in Kerala’s Idukki district is going through an unusually long spell of below-zero temperatures. The temperature dropped below zero in some parts of Munnar for the first time this winter season on January 10 and has remained the same since. SURESH DEVIKULAM Minus 3 degrees in Munnar For a week now, […]

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Arabian Gulf Cup: At Least 1 Dead And Dozens Injured In Stampede Ahead Of Final

At least 1 person died and dozens were injured when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq just a few hours before the Gulf Cup final, according to officials, as per AFP.  Iraq was counting on the Gulf Cup to improve its image having been banned from hosting international games for a […]

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Man ‘Shocked’ To Receive Letter 30 Years Later; It’s Sender Is Not Even Alive

Imagine, you receive a letter 30 years after it was written. You might be spooked by it, as any normal person and that’s exactly what happened with this man in England.  A letter that was posted nearly 30 years ago has finally reached its destination, according to BBC.  Jump To Letter from 1995“In perfect condition”Sender […]

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