Delhi police called Friday's bomb threats hoaxes, and still locked the capital down for Independence Day
Emails and calls on 14 August named the High Court, IGI Terminal 3 and the Red Fort, a day before the 80th Independence Day. Searches found nothing. The Red Fort ceremony still went ahead under a heavier security net.
Read →Melting Antarctic ice is leaking stored mercury into the Southern Ocean
A PNAS study of peninsula sediment cores, written up on 14 August, found mercury accumulation up 160 percent since industrialisation. Releases driven by ice melt are up about 550 percent. Antarctica is starting to act as a source, not only a sink.
Read →Genetic work has split a Madagascar baobab into a new, endangered species
University of Wisconsin researchers showed that trees long filed as Adansonia za are a separate northern species, Adansonia bozy. Naming it may unlock conservation money. It also makes the old species smaller than anyone thought.
Read →The rupee lost 0.2 percent on the week, and the RBI spent the week selling dollars to keep it there
The currency closed Friday at 95.4250 per dollar, inside a band of less than 30 paise. Oil, importer demand and a threatened blockade of Iran were pulling the other way. India still imports about 90 percent of its crude.
Read →A Malayalam film took Best Film in Melbourne, and Rishab Shetty took Best Director
The 17th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne named Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra its top film on 14 August. Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 won Best Director. Rekha took Excellence in Cinema.
Read →Amit Bhatia's group, with Jeff Bezos in it, is buying about a third of Liverpool
Fenway Sports Group agreed on Friday to sell a minority stake to 1892 Holdings. Bhatia, Lakshmi Mittal's son-in-law, will become vice-chairman. FSG keeps control. The club is being valued in the 5 to 6 billion pound range.
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