Blue Monday Crash 2009 Blue Monday Crash 2009 On Monday, 19 January 2009, a date previously known as Blue Monday, British banking shares collapsed in a rout of selling after Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced the biggest corporate losses in British history. The shares fell over 67% in a single day. Shares in all other British banks suffered heavy losses. The next day Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays fell sharply again. RBS and HSBC continued to fall. News reports on RBS indicated a £28 billion loss for 2008, and the UK government pledged to increase its stake in the company to 70% .
Agasthiyar Falls the water flow will not be affected by the monsoon to a large extent. There is a small temple of Agasthiyar near the falls, where devotees worship after taking a holy dip in the falls. The Tirunelveli district administration organises Chittirai Vishnu festival every year during the Tamil month of "Chittirai" (April - May), during the Tamil New Year day. The falls is usually frequented by devotees of the Papanasanathar Temple, who take a holy dip in the falls before visiting the temple. The falls is also frequented by tourists to Sabarimala during the November - December season in a