Some like the smell
of ‘petrol’ ~ to some it could be nauseating.
Petrol (Gasoline in USA) is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that
is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly
of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum,
enhanced with a variety of additives.
The price of petrol
always affects the market, changes the prices and threatens Governments
too. With Brent crude prices hovering
around the $64 a barrel mark, the highest in more than two-and-a-half years, analysts
and economists have sat up and took note. Asia’s emerging markets such as India and
Indonesia run large current account deficit (CAD), in which the oil bill is the
biggest component. Reports suggest that Crude
oil prices above $60 a barrel is a concern for India’s domestic economy. It can
potentially have a bearing all across from causing a spike in inflation,
raising raw material and transportation cost.
Away in UK, a brazen trio of would-be motorcycle thieves
rode off empty-handed after an off-duty police officer stopped them stealing a
motorcycle. The men struck at lunchtime in the middle of a busy street in
Solihull surrounded by shoppers and office workers. The gang, described as aged
between 18 and 22-years-old, wore helmets and rode three abreast into the
pedestrianised area next to Marks & Spencer before attempting to swipe a
parked red Yamaha. The bike's alarm went off and the police officer, who was
drinking coffee in a nearby Cafe Nero, raced to stop the thieves.
Back home in
Panipat, a thieving monkey addicted to
drinking petrol has been caught stealing fuel from motorbikes. A group of bike
owners in Panipat, northern India, held a stake-out after finding their
vehicles were being repeatedly drained of petrol.
They were stunned to realise the true culprit was a
monkey that was pulling fuel pipes off and sucking the tanks dry. The reports state that the crafty monkey
would wait until no one was around before ripping out a fuel pipe and taking a
drink. The animal was consuming so much
petrol it was 'always high' and would even refuse gifts of bananas ~ the monkey
did not pose any threats to humans otherwise.
Monkey on a high is
not perhaps totally new ~ in Bangkok, an young macaque was knocked out for 10 hours
after downing a cup of coffee it stole from a tourist. MailOnline reports that that poor monkey suffered a caffeine overdose and
had to be slowly brought around using a saline and carbon solution administered
by local medics. Locals believe that six-month-old long tailed macaque monkey
watched the tourist drinking from the cup, then copied their actions while
their back was turned. The youngster
fell ill after drinking the coffee and eventually passed out, prompting
witnesses to call vets who took him for treatment.
Witnesses said the
six-month-old long tailed macaque fell ill after climbing down on to a
tourist's motorbike where a cup of coffee was sitting inside a plastic bag
hanging from the handlebars. Before anyone could stop the primate, it took the
cup out and sipped from it. It soon fell ill and collapsed in the street after
suffering a severe reaction to the caffeine, prompting witnesses to call in the
vets. The monkey was given a mixture of carbon and saline (leaving it with
black lips) to help flush the toxins from its body and woke up 10 hours later.
The monkey was
later released back to the care of its
troop and assigned a warden to make sure it suffers no further ill effects. Tourists have been warned not to leave food
or drink unattended around the macaques, and to only give them fruit and
vegetables to eat.
Interesting !
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
9th Nov.
2017.
It was a sad news to hear about its illness but happy that it is fine now. These accidents occasionally happen all along the area just due to their behavior
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