Downfall of a big-spending tycoon: Pramod Mittal faces bankruptcy

The bride was resplendent in her traditional red and gold wedding sari, ablaze with countless diamonds in her headpiece, earrings and nose ring. The groom cut no less magnificent a figure, arriving astride a white horse, wearing a lavishly embroidered jacket with a white plume bobbing from his red turban. Father of the bride, Pramod … Read more

Kings of Angkor Wat may have been the architects of their own downfall

The kings of Angkor Wat may have inadvertently caused the downfall of their own vast empire by seizing land from local farmers, a new study claims.  Researchers studying the ancient Khmer civilisation, which thrived in modern-day Cambodia for 600 years, wanted to discover the reason for its 15th-century decline.  The abandonment of Angkor has long … Read more