Richest woman Bettencourt dead

Paris: Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L’Oreal, has died aged 94. With an estimated 2017 net worth of $40 billion, she was the world’s richest woman. Bettencourt inherited the L’Oreal group when her father died in 1957. She left the L’Oreal board in 2012 after a medical report showed she was suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s. IANS 

Device that can spot fake alcohol        

London: Scientists have developed the world’s first handheld device that can detect counterfeit vodka and whisky while still in the bottle. Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) devices give highly accurate chemical analysis of objects and contents beneath concealing surfaces, such as glass bottles. PTI