BritishTriathlon Hyde Park August 2011

Lucy Hall rounded off an outstanding day of action in Hyde Park, winning the British Junior Aquathlon Championships. Britain’s finest young triathletes aimed to replicate the success of Helen Jenkins, who...

Tata Steel to cut 1,500 UK jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut around 1,500 jobs at its Scunthorpe plant and Teesside sites in Northeastern England after its long products business continued to make losses for the last two years. "Tata's...

Tribal? No Job? Become SPO

“There has to be a way out!” I had argued with Rabi the previous night. It was getting stifling that there was no way to get to Jajpur Road – just 15 kms away – during the day. Early on Tuesday (June 22) I managed to find the light to guide me out of the tunnel....

How Much Would You Sell Your Mother For?

It is 6 am on a Monday (June 21) and she has just finished sweeping the floor. She offers me a cup of strong tea as we sit under the shade of a large tree, we talk about food. Soon, she will have to run to the fields – not to work, but to see the huge bulldozers coming and...

Kalinganagar: The Bermuda Triangle In India

The Wikipedia states that Kalinga was an early kingdom in central-eastern India, which was a rich and fertile land, and was the scene of the bloody Kalinga War fought by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka the Great of Magadha circa 265 BCE. Several centuries, in a northern part of...

Corus to axe 3,500 jobs worldwide

The BBC is reporting tonight that the Steelmaker, Corus will be cutting around 3,500 jobs worldwide.Most of these axes will be in the UK with more than 2,500 going.Their UK sites employs 24,000 and the expected job...

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