Aisha Gaddafi: The late Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter has been granted asylum in Oman after she was thrown out of her safe house in Algeria for repeatedly setting fires and attacking guards in fits of rage over her situation
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Oscar and Booker Prize winner writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died at the age of 85 on April 3, 2013 in New York after a long illness
Bratindra Nath Mukherjee: Padmashri winner historian Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passed away at 79 after a protracted illness
Iceland: large earthquakes were measured in North Iceland, measuring up to 4.7 points in magnitude and 4.6 points
Saudi Arabian: A Saudi court has ruled that a young man should be paralysed as punishment for a crime he committed 10-years-ago which resulted in the victim having to use a wheelchair
Thane: The death toll in the under-construction building collapse in Shil Phata area of the district has risen to 39
Poecilotheria rajaei: A new type of tarantula about the size of a face has been found in northern Sri lanka. Scientists found the spiders — with a leg span up to 8 inches across — living in trees and the old doctor’s quarters of a hospital in Mankulam. Covered in beautiful, ornate markings, the spiders belong to the genus Poecilotheria, known as “Pokies” for short.
These are the tiger spiders, an arboreal group indigenous to India and Sri lanka that are known for being colorful, fast, and venomous.
The new spider, named Poecilotheria rajaei after a local police inspector who helped the team navigate post-civil war northern Sri lanka, differs from similar species primarily in the markings on its legs and underside, which bears a pink abdominal band.
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