18 Images From The Forgotten Past Of Soviet Union.

An unremembered Russia, known to the world as the old Soviet Union, has been brought alive in a new series 'The Line' captured by photographer David de Rueda. From neglected hangars to uninhabited buildings, from forgotten congress rooms to the threatening Chernobyl, every image in the set speaks of unfulfilled hopes and snuffed out dreams.

David travelled across the Balkan and Eastern Europe to create a photo-series of left-behind Soviet relics that were once known as the very landmarks during the Civil War. 

The emptiness of each site is palpable in every frame. And so is the inquisitiveness of the Franco-German photographer, who even risked his life (while visiting the cooling chambers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) to ensure that he canvases the solitary reality of the places. 

1. Pripyat, the abandoned city near Chernobyl 

2. An empty cafe in Pripyat

David de Rueda

3. A self-portrait at Chernobyl's deserted bus station

4. The rejected Ferris wheel in Chernobyl

5. A forsaken train that no longer chugs in Budapest, Hungary

6. The enveloping emptiness of a 30-year-old rejected building

7. The loneliness of another forsaken site

8. Cooling tower at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

9. Concrete graveyards of the Balkans and Eastern Europe

10. A resting hangar in Kazakhstan for the soviet space shuttle Buran.

11. An unattended hall 

12. Attended but emptier still

13. A cemented jungle

14. A decommisioned radar station

15. A concert hall in Tallinn, Estonia

16. An alien-like Moscow power plant

17. Pripyat Hospital

18. A lost civilization

Has the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle finally been revealed?

Has the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle finally been revealed?

The Bermuda Triangle — a region in North Atlantic Ocean — is notorious for ships and aircraft disappearing under mysterious circumstances without a trace, baffling researchers and general public alike. It is a subject of various conspiracy theories that attribute the phenomenon to paranormal activity and extraterrestrial beings.

A possible explanation has arisen since the discovery of giant underwater craters at the bottom of Barents Sea, off the coast of Norway. According toDaily Mail, scientists have found craters up to half a mile wide and 150ft deep, believed to have been caused by build-ups of methane off the coast of natural gas-rich Norway. "Multiple giant craters exist on the sea floor in an area in the west-central Barents Sea ... and are probably a cause of enormous blowouts of gas," researchers from the Arctic University of Norway told Sunday Times.

The scientists explained that explosions causing the craters to open up could pose dangers to vessels travelling through the area, explaining the disappearance of ships and aircraft. Russian scientist Igor Yeltsov, the deputy head of the Trofimuk Institute, explained, "There is a version that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions. They start to actively decompose with methane ice turning into gas. It happens in an avalanche-like way — like a nuclear reaction — producing huge amounts of gas. That makes the ocean heat up and ships sink in its waters mixed with a huge proportion of gas."

L&T Infotech Positioned Among Everest Group’s Top 20 IT Services Providers

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (“L&T Infotech”), one of India’s global Information Technology (“IT”) services & solutions companies and a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited (“L&T”), today announced its entry in the ‘PEAK Matrix Service Provider of the Year™: ITS Top 20’ by the Everest Group.

In 2015, Everest Group published 26 PEAK Matrix^TM IT services evaluations featuring 59 service providers across various parameters related to scale and scope of operations, technology, domain investments, delivery footprint, innovation, buyer satisfaction and resultant market success in the context of a given outsourcing function. Of these service providers, the Top 20 were shortlisted using a consolidated score reflecting points received on individual evaluations based on tiered scores for Star Performer, Leader, Major Contender, and Aspirant positions.

Further, the assessments also offer insights into the strategies pursued by service providers for key business lines, geographies and technologies.

“The global services industry is witnessing significant disruption due to rapid evolution in technology and sourcing models. The PEAK Matrix IT Service Provider of the Year™ ranking for L&T Infotech is indicative of a service provider’s broad-based capabilities and services strategies to help enterprises successfully navigate the disruption in global services,” said Jimit Arora, Partner, Everest Group.

Speaking on the achievement, Mr. Sanjay Jalona, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, L&T Infotech, said, “This recognition reflects our top-class talent, which has further enhanced our deep domain knowledge and emerging technology strength for all our customers. It is this breadth and depth of capabilities that enables us to solve complex business challenges at the convergence of the digital and physical world. We aim to further strengthen these capabilities for our clients.”

About L&T Infotech:

L&T Infotech, one of India’s global IT services & solution companies, was ranked by NASSCOM as the 6th largest Indian IT services company in terms of export revenues and among the top 20 IT Business Process Management employers in India in 2015. It is a subsidiary of L&T, an Indian multinational company engaged in technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services, with global operations.