Punjab: Cop was arrested 6 yrs ago for firing 75 rounds in air; 3 FIRs against son, one for helping gangster escape

Written by Divya Goyal | Ludhiana | Updated: February 17, 2020 12:31:56 pm Kulwinder Singh Six years ago, Moga police head constable Kulwinder Singh had been arrested for firing around 75 rounds in the air on Diwali night using a weapon he obtained illegally. However, he was not dismissed from service. His son Manpreet Singh … Read more

New government vehicle checker tells you if your car is compliant with clean air zones

Private car owners and businesses can check from today if their vehicles are exempt from Clean Air Zone daily charges. The website – launched by the Government – allows motorists to find out if their vehicle will be eligible to use free of charge or not in Birmingham and Leeds, which will both have zones … Read more

Traveller flies to Mexico for the air miles – but ends up in jail at the hands of corrupt police

A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more

Fraud claims against tech tycoon Mike Lynch ‘plucked from the air’

Fraud claims made against UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s were ‘plucked from the air’, court told By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2020 A judge has been urged to dismiss ‘manufactured’ fraud claims against Mike Lynch as the British tech tycoon’s trial … Read more

Airline food of 2019 ranked and it’s Air Canada and Alaska on top and Southwest bottom

Air Canada, 4.0 stars, average calories 347 According to Dr Platkin, Air Canada offers several mini-meals that are ‘much better than a traditional snack, and are low in calories with great nutrient content’. He also notes that Air Canada’s main meals are ‘relatively healthy and available for trips that are more than two hours long’. … Read more

Where to find the best wine lists in the world: From Air France to London’s Sager + Wilde bar

Award-winner The Purple Pig in Chicago Wine List of the Year 2019 – Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient, Pretoria   Best Long Wine List in the World 2019 – Geranium, Copenhagen Best Medium-Size Wine List in the World 2019 – Sager + Wilde, Hackney Road, London Best Short Wine List in the World 2019 – Blue … Read more

Fascinating pictures show Delta’ Air Line’s transformation over 10 decades

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is worth $37billion (£28billion) and flies to 370 destinations on six continents with state-of-the-art aircraft. Truly, it’s a titan of aviation. But it started life as a crop-dusting outfit in 1924. And when it expanded to passenger transportation it used planes that could only hit 90mph, with the wind behind them. … Read more

British people breathe equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, doctors warn

British people are breathing in the equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, a leading doctor has warned. The Government is now being begged by two royal medical colleges to do more to tackle the public health crisis, which is shortening thousands of people’s lives. The Royal College of Physicians and Royal … Read more

Air filter could kill 99.9% of deadly bacteria and viruses floating in the air

A new air filter may be able to kill bacteria and viruses floating in the air in the blink of an eye.  The device uses ‘non-thermal plasma’ (NTP), a gas which causes molecules to react with oxygen to create ozone.  Ozone is known to be anti-bacterial and destroys pathogens by rupturing their cell walls.  But … Read more

Traffic-related air pollution causes FOUR MILLION cases of asthma each year

Four million children around the world develop asthma each year because of road traffic pollution, a major study has estimated. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, largely from road transport, is thought to be behind 38,000 new cases in the UK and 240,000 in the US each year. The global research ranked the UK the 29th worst … Read more