The Indian rupee, which was at par with the American currency at the time of independence in 1947, hit a record low of 63.30 against a dollar Monday. This means the Indian currency has depreciated by more than 63 times against the greenback in the past 66 years. The currency has witnessed a large volatility in the past two years. This volatility became acute in the past three months affecting […]
Jamie Eagle, 20, and Louid Davies, 25, from Bridgend, south Wales Jamie used to be a boy, Louis used to be a girl Both are undergoing gender reassignment procedures They will wait until then to marry and be intimate with each other Jamie says she can’t go out along as she is often followed or shouted at by people in passing cars. Internet trolls plague her, too, and she has […]
Hanns Alexander fled Germany shortly before Kristallnacht He joined the British Army and part of a team hunting senior Nazis Mr Alexander helped capture Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss A German-born Jewish refugee who served in the British Army during World War II has been unveiled as one of the leading investigators responsible for the capture of one of the worst Nazi criminals of the Holocaust. Throughout his […]
In the latest in her series on phenomena and technologies that may profoundly change the state of our planet, Gaia Vince looks at why our oceans are rising, what the consequences might be and describes efforts to adapt to what may become a drastically reshaped world. Imagine the seaside was nearer. Not just a little bit nearer, but lapping uncomfortably close to your doorstep and rising. If you’re one of […]
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Comanche Indians were responsible for one of the most brutal slaughters in the history of the Wild West However, Johnny Depp wants to play Tonto in a more sympathetic light The 16-year-old girl’s once-beautiful face was grotesque. She had been disfigured beyond all recognition in the 18 months she had been held captive by the Comanche Indians. Now, she was being offered back to the Texan authorities by […]
Photographs of Queen Elizabeth as a child are released to celebrate the arrival of Prince George The previously unseen images show the Queen riding a pony, sleeping in her cot and smiling for the camera The year is 1928 and a young girl poses for her father’s camera from the comfort of her wicker pram…with a smile that is strangely familiar. And if you can’t quite put a […]
Gaton Upper Locks, August 5, 1911 Ninety-nine years ago Thursday, the Panama Canal officially opened when the ship Ancon traversed it from end to end—more than three decades after construction had started. The ground was broken by the French in 1880. When their construction efforts for the single storey home designs faltered and funds ran out, Americans—spearheaded by President Teddy Roosevelt—bought the rights and took over the task in 1904. It […]
Questions have been asked, and inadequately answered, about the group of monuments at Mamallapuram, 90 km south of Chennai off the East Coast Road. While the Five Rathas and the Shore Temple are reasonably well documented and publicised, the bric-a-brac cluster of monuments along the road still poses a mystery. They are free to visit, which makes them a popular haunt with tourists — and monkeys who chase after them […]
