Archive for: February, 2018

Fault, a social drama, announced

Kathmandu / Feb 02: Fault, a social drama which tells the story of “how the ill-intentions of a single man can go on to have a negative impact on the whole community,” has been announced. The movie will be helmed by Subash GC. Former speaker Subash Chandra Nembang, who attended the film’s announcement ceremony, said […]


‘Padmaavat’ worldwide box-office collection: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor starrer earns Rs 162 crore

Mumbai / Feb 02: After all the controversies surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Padmaavat’, the film that finally released on January 25, 2018, managed to create history at the domestic and worldwide box-office. The film which stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh andShahid Kapoor in pivotal roles, has been loved by the audience and critics and […]


Rising internet shutdowns aimed at ‘silencing dissent’

Yarno Ritzen / Feb 02: Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an apparent attempt to silence discontent and dissent, activists say. In 2017, internet access was cut off more than 80 times around the world, up from 56 times the year before, drawing concerns from digital rights activists. “We do […]


What market swoon? The invincible Amazon jumps 3%

Seth Fiegerman / Feb 02: It was a dark day on Wall Street — unless you happen to be Jeff Bezos. Amazon (AMZN) stock climbed nearly 3% on Friday, making it one of the few winners on what proved to be the worst day for the Dow since June 2016. The Dow closed down 666 […]


Design call for ‘solar sentinel’ mission

Jonathan Amos / Feb 02: UK scientists and engineers will play a leading role in developing a satellite that can warn if Earth is about to be hit by damaging solar storms. The European Space Agency has requested studies be undertaken to design the mission that would launch in the 2020s. Explosive eruptions from the […]


Quasar Microlensing Reveals Planets in Extragalactic Galaxies

Feb 02: A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered for the first time a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing–an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering planets at truly great distances from the Earth among other detection techniques–OU researchers were able to detect objects in extragalactic […]


Man wins $400,000 using lottery numbers from his drea

Feb 02: A Virginia Lottery winner said the numbers that earned him a $400,000 jackpot came from an unusual source — a dream. Victor Amole said he dreamed of a series of numbers — 3-10-17-26-32 — and decided to use the digits to play the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game for the Jan. 13 night […]


Michigan man mows lawn despite snow covering

Feb 02: A perplexed Michigan resident captured video of a neighbor choosing an odd time to mow his lawn — when it’s covered in snow. The video, filmed Wednesday in Dearborn Heights, shows a man mowing his lawn despite the large amount of accumulated snow covering the grass. The man bounces the mower up and […]


Emu surprises beach-goers by joining them for a swim

Feb 02: A group of tourists paddleboarding off an Australian beach were shocked when a wild emu came swimming over to enjoy the water with them. A video filmed by Shayne Thomson, a deckhand on the Catamaran Cruises Aristocat 2, shows the large flightless bird swimming right up to a pair of British tourists holding […]


Kite surfers take on flooded soccer field in Paris

Feb 02: A group of kite surfers were filmed making the best of flooding in Paris by practicing their sport on a water-logged soccer field. The video, filmed Wednesday, shows kite surfers taking on the waters of a flooded soccer pitch at Bagatelle Playground in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne park. The video shows the kite […]




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