News

After Jio’s listing, Reliance Industries could topple Tata as India’s most valuable group

Recent Views 21 Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani and non-executive director Isha Ambani at the IPO announcement in Mumbai Thursday MUMBAI: In the biggest reshuffle in the country’s corporate rankings in decades, Reliance Industries (RIL) Group is all set to overtake Tata Group as India’s most valuable conglomerate, once Jio Platforms lists.The proposed listing,…

Read Full News

In 1967, Elvis Presley paid $400,000 for a 1.18-acre Beverly Hills home; more than five decades and extensive renovations later, the former Presley estate sold for $25.5 million in 2019

Recent Views 26 Elvis Presley’s previous homePhoto credit: Google Street view In 1967, Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley bought a French Regency estate in Beverly Hills’ Trousdale Estates for $400,000. Built in 1958 on a 1.18-acre promontory, the gated home offered three bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, city-to-ocean views, a pool, and a spa. Realtor.com reports that…

Read Full News

A collector paid about $25 for two colourful jars at a London thrift shop; experts later identified them as rare 18th-century Qing Dynasty porcelain and the pair sold for more than $74,000

Recent Views 24 A routine visit to a London charity shop turned into an extraordinary discovery when a ceramics collector spotted two small porcelain jars that would later sell for thousands of times their purchase price. According to auction house Roseberys London and reporting by CNN and Artnet News, the pair was identified as rare…

Read Full News

Qatar painted sections of its roads blue to fight extreme heat; the 2019 pilot tested a coating designed to reflect 50% of sunlight | World News

Recent Views 24 PC:  Public Works Authority (‘Ashghal’) in Qatar Public Works Authority Ashghal has completed a pilot of cool pavement on roads in Qatar. The authority announced the work on 19 August 2019. An asphalt-cooling material was applied to up to 200 metres of vehicle lanes on Abdullah bin Jassim Street, beside Souq Waqif,…

Read Full News

In 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono bought a Palm Beach mansion for $725,000; after his death, Ono completed the renovation and sold it for $3.15 million, and the estate later sold again for $36 million

Recent Views 27 Yoko Ono and John Lennon (Image: Susan Wood) In January 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono purchased El Solano, a historic oceanfront mansion on Palm Beach’s South Ocean Boulevard, for $725,000. Lennon was killed in New York later that year, before the couple could complete the renovations they had planned for the…

Read Full News

Super El Niño: ‘Collapse could be precipitous’: Super El Niño could push coral reefs closer to extinction, UN biodiversity expert warns

Recent Views 29 File photo: A fish swims through a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s Caribbean coast (Picture credit: AP) A potentially record-breaking super El Niño could push the world’s fragile coral reefs closer to extinction as ocean temperatures soar to unprecedented levels, David Obura, chair of the UN’s…

Read Full News

Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford relist their $12 million Hollywood Hills mansion after a $6.5 million price cut; the 115-year-old estate features eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms |

Recent Views 22 Helen Mirren and her husband, filmmaker Taylor Hackford, have returned their long-held Hollywood Hills property to the market, asking $12 million for a residence with more than a century of history behind it. The latest listing, reported by Architectural Digest, represents a substantial reduction from the $18.5 million sought when the couple…

Read Full News

Scientists surveyed people who went on shark tours in Hawaii and found they were 40% more likely to engage in shark conservation than they would have been without the experience

Recent Views 22 Shark populations around the world are in rapid decline, facing mounting threats from human activities. With a third of shark species threatened with extinction, new research suggests that shark ecotourism could help turn the tide by encouraging people to take lasting action to protect them.New research from the University of Sydney found…

Read Full News