'Plan Bee' gets elephants to buzz off trains

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'Plan Bee' gets elephants to buzz off trains Indian Railways have come up with a novel way of getting elephants to buzz off from train tracks: speakers that play the sound of bees to scare the jumbos away. Long live the Beetle! End of the road for iconic Volkswagen model Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. Food in Black: Inky dark is the culinary world's new bright spot Black has long been beautiful except in food perhaps but that is fast changing with all kinds of delectables, from pizzas and burgers to ice-creams and tikkas, taking on a shade as inky and impenetrable as a dark, moonless night. The messiest playground: Kids getting down and dirty at Mud Day An annual clash between good, clean fun and down-and-dirty theatrics has once again left scores of mud-covered children smiling in a suburban Detroit park. America's forgotten dinosaurs are all set for a comeback Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction. UK health service signs up Amazon Britain's health care service is teaming up with Amazon's digital voice assistant to help answer medical queries with advice from the service's official website. The secret to tasting wine like a professional? Spitting Spitting is frowned upon in polite society — unless the spitter is engaged in tasting wines. "It's by spitting out the wine that you will be even more distinguished in society," pleads Pierre-Jules Peyrat, a Paris sommelier. Hyundai Kona Electric launched at Rs 25.3 lakh Hyundai Motor launched India's first fully electric SUV in the national capital on Tuesday at an introductory price of Rs 25.3 lakh (ex-showroom). The dual tone colour option would fetch additional Rs 20,000. Cash cow: Milk delivery is good business for these startups Want milk at your doorstep everyday, but don't have the time to step out? Many startups are now expanding and delivering milk everyday. Swiggy is set to invest $100 million for a subscription-based delivery business under Supr Daily, which delivers milk and other daily essentials to consumers. How Deutsche Bank drifted into its whirlpool of woes At this point, Deutsche Bank AG's biggest problem may be how many problems it has, how long they've gone on and how they've fueled one another. Years of low profits have spawned a long series of failed turnaround plans and a steady departure of senior executives.

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