The world’s largest uncut emerald weighing 1.505kgs (7,525 carats) was unearthed in Zambia. The emerald, which was discovered by geologists Manas Banerjee and Richard Kapeta and their team, has been named Chipembele, which means ‘rhino’ in the local indigenous dialect of the Bemba people of Zambia.

Students and faculty members at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) have been allowed to take a year off from college to found their own start-ups. This revolutionary initiative will breed creativity and motivate students to work towards setting up their own businesses.

A new blood group called ‘Golden Blood’ has been discovered. According to researchers, this blood group is so rare that less than 50 people in the world are thought to possess it. This blood group is Rh-null, which means that the 61 Rh antigens are absent in it. A person with this kind of blood can donate blood to any other blood group, making this blood group lifesaving.

A restaurant in Singapore has decided to charge a ‘Screaming Children Surcharge’ to the bill of customers whose kids are found running amuck and screaming in the restaurant. What do you think of this decision? Send us your thoughts at [email protected] and you may be a part of our cover story.