Intriguing Stuff
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India’s first Blade Runner
Issue 11Major D P Singh is India’s first and only blade runner. On July 15th 1999 Major Singh was leading an attack against enemy soldiers during the Kargil war when he has hit with a mortar explosion and wounded. When he was brought back to the army camp the doctors declared him dead, when one of them noticed he as...
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‘Jetman’ Takes to the Skies
Issue 11The scenic and unbelievable snapshot above displays world sensation Yves Rossy, or ‘Jetman’, on his most amazing flight yet – cruising alongside a B-17 “Flying Fortress” Stealth Bomber above Wisconsin, USA. And he flies – I mean, seriously, FLIES, – with just a carbon-fiber wing and 4 tiny jet engines strapped to his back – it is pretty cool....
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Don’t Mess With The Lady in Black
Issue 11This one is real cool – the tag line for a TV show making news this week – the crime fighting ‘Burka Avenger’, a very topical concept of women empowerment in Pakistan made into a cute, funny animated TV show – that has really gone viral. Creator Aaron Haroon, a Pakistani pop star of international fame, conceptualised a female superhero...
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End of the Telegram
Issue 9India’s trusty and reliable telegram service came to dramatic end last Sunday, as an explosion of telegraphic communications honoured the death of 160-year old service. After years of being the primary medium of communication, the service had to be shut down by BSNL, its operators, due to massive drops in revenue as the service became more and more obsolete...
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The Cuckoo’s Calling
Issue 9Wait, wait, please – this is not a book review – it’s a rather interesting series of events surrounding acclaimed book author JK Rowling, responsible for revolutionary children’s book series Harry Potter, and more recently, The Casual Vacancy. She was caught red handed when The Sunday Times revealed in an investigation last Sunday that crime novel ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’...
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Miracles do Happen
Issue 8For the 304 survivors of the Asiana Airlines crash – it was nothing short of a miracle. The plane crash landed and caught fire in San Francisco Bay, and the passengers had to be evacuated via emergency chutes. Unfortunately 3 lives were lost, but it could have been a true aviation tragedy – as shown by the destruction in...
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Smoggy Singapore
Issue 6Air pollution in Singapore reached record highs consecutively in the last 3 days, as a smoky toxic haze descended over the city on Tuesday, resulting in pollution levels of 321, 371, and 401 during the next 3 days, each a new record for the city famed for its cleanliness. It is being blamed on huge forest fires in the...
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The Blind Chef
Issue 6Christine Ha, aged 34, suffered from Neuromyelitis Optica a disease which harms the optic nerve. She appeared for the first time on national television when she took part in the Masterchef USA 2012. She reached the finale and won despite her inability to see the food she cooked. The young girl was determined not to rely on her eyes...
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The Standing Man
Issue 6…is what they are calling performer Erdem Gunduz, who has been standing, silent and solitary, in the middle of Takism Square, in passive defiance to the Turkish Prime Minister’s requests to clear the square. He is being compared with icons like the man who stopped a tank at Tiananmen Square, and more and more protesters are following his example,...
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Dubai’s Twisted Wonder
Issue 5Last week Dubai inaugurated the world’s tallest “twisted” tower, the Cayan tower, truly one of a kind. It is 310 m, or 75 stories tall, and its a residential building! It is designed by Skidmore Owings & Merril, the peo- ple who built the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa.
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