Electric car giant Tesla has said there are no plans to open a factory in India until they are allowed to sell and service cars in India. The stand off between CEO Elon Musk and the Indian government comes down to the idea that Tesla could manufacture cars in China and sell them in India…
Appearing on the album Merry Christmas in 1994. The song has been streamed one billion times on Spotify.
Chinese New Year for 2023 falls on Sunday 22nd January 2023. The joyous occasion takes about 16 days, from Chinese New Year’s Eve on January 21st to the Lantern Festival February 5th in 2023. Although it is not strictly aligned with the Gregorian calendar, and reflects the lunar cycle more, there is a modern…
In the UK school kids start their summer holidays around the 20th July. It varies by school and public school (this is private paid-for school in the UK) often start a week or two earlier. It is generally recognised that the holidays last around 6 weeks. This is some proper downtime for the students and…
Nando’s was founded in 1987 in johannasberg by Dick Enthoven. It came to the UK in 1992. As of 2022 it is 35 years old.
Greggs, a hallmark of the UK high street, launched the vegan sausage roll on 3rd January 2019. At first people thought it was a joke, especially as their launch campaign was a mocking of iPhone adverts. Here is the tweet that launched their most successful product since the sausage roll itself. Launched as part of…
Apple hold a special event most Septembers where they announce the latest phones. usually every other year is the major increment and the years inbetween are the minor increment, which would usually mean an S model. They broke this tradition a few years ago and started doing the major increment each time. It is expected…
During the covid-19 pandemic, Japan has been permanently closed to tourists. For some periods of time, even foreign residents and spouses of Japanese national have been banned from entering. This extreme policy is coming to an end with japan reopening it’s borders to tourists on a trial basis on 25th May 2022 as part of…
Originally, the uk national lottery, which started in 1991 in the UK was a weekly draw on a Saturday night. It cost £1 per ticket and used the number 1-49 as balls with 6 balls and a bonus ball being drawn. Anyone with all 6 winning numbers would share the top prize that week and…
Universal Studios Japan is situated in Osaka in the Kansai area of Japan. For many seasons they have introduced new attractions but this time it was extra special as Nintendo world was being built. After several delays due to covid 19 Super Nintendo world was opened on February 4, 2021 (annual pass holders only)…