Stricter booze law gives Lithuanians a severe hangover
One of the heaviest drinking nations in the world is facing a hangover. Lithuania's new liquor law has increased the legal drinking age from 18 to 20, banned alcohol advertising, and curtailed opening hours for liquor stores. The law, in effect since Jan 1, has stirred controversy in the nation of 2.9 million people. According to WHO, Lithuanians' per-capita alcohol consumption jumped more than 22% in a decade — from 14.9 litres of pure alcohol annually in 2006 to 18.2 litres in 2016.
German carmakers backed study to test fumes on humans
German carmakers have promised to swiftly investigate experiments that exposed people and monkeys to diesel fumes, disclosures that threaten to open a new phase in an emissions controversy that's dogged the industry since 2015. The experiments were carried out at the University of Aachen in Germany and backed by a little-known group funded by Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG (the owner of Mercedes) and BMW AG. Reports of the human tests followed a New York Times account of similar experiments on monkeys in the US, prompting automakers to distance themselves from the work.
Amazon's global loss hits $2bn in Jan-Sept on India spends
Amazon's losses from its international business now stand at $2.1 billion for the first nine months of 2017, compared to almost $800 million in the corresponding period in the previous year, according to a presentation made to the company's shareholders. These losses have been growing exponentially on the back of the internet major's heavy investments in India.
Alibaba puts Rs. 224cr in local logistics co
Chinese online commerce giant Alibaba has made an investment of Rs. 224 crore in Xpressbees, the logistics arm of the online retailer First-Cry, according to latest regulatory documents filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Xpressbees — the e-commerce-focused logistics firm run by Busybees Logistics Solutions — issued 70,653 series-D preference shares to Alibaba.
Mumbaikars are in for a unique celestial show on January 31 as a rare combination of a total lunar eclipse, full Moon and Supermoon, making it a Blue Moon and Red Moon, occurs simultaneously. The three lunar events will take place between 6 pm and around 9 pm.
Malaysia bans Padmaavat, says it 'might offend Muslims'
Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmaavat has been banned in Malaysia by the country's censor board as the film touches on the "sensitivities of Islam". The chairman of National Film Censorship Board (LPF) Mohd Zamberi Abdul Aziz has said the lavishly mounted film was not cleared as it might offend the Muslims in the country. According to the report, Aziz said the distributors of the film had filed an appeal against the ban which would be taken up by the Film Appeals Committee on January 30.
Mehta, Advani to play in CCI Open Snooker
Ace cueists Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani have confirmed their participation in the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI Open Snooker Championship 2018 commencing here from February 1. The tournament is titled 'The Clash of Tytans.' The top eight ranked Indians, including newly crowned National champion Sumit Talwar of Chandigarh and runner-up Malkeet Singh of Railways, and eight other leading cueists, who will receive wild cards, will be the main challengers for the winners' top prize of Rs 2 lakhs.
National carrier Air India has always been the worst in punctuality, but now that ignominy has passed to Jet Airways in India. It got the tag of the worst on time performance in eight out of 12 months in 2017, with as many as a third of its departures delayed. Jet Airways and Jet Lite carried 20.7 million domestic passengers in 2017. For the businessmen, industrialists and other frequent flyers among this lot, Jet's poor punctuality record has turned flying into a pain. AI largely had the worst on-time performance (OTP) until March 2017.
In 2016, city's air pollution levels 3rd highest in state
Mumbai recorded the third highest annual pollution levels in the state in 2016, next only to Nanded and Dombivli, found a recent study by Greenpeace. The city's monthly average in December 2016 was the year's worst. 'Airpocalypse II: Assessment of Air Pollution in Indian Cities', a study conducted by the Greenpeace organization for 2015 and 2016, shows the air quality in the country is worsening. The particulate matter 10 data found that of the 25 cities surveyed in the state, none complied with the annual permissible concentration of 60-g/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre) prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board and the 20-g/m3 limit set by WHO in 2016.
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