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The French Spiderman's Latest Conquest

Alain Robert, also known as the 'French Spiderman', climbed the GT International Tower -- 712 feet tall and 47 storeys high -- in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 5, 2024. The 61-year-old......

Meloni says 'Melodi'; Always a delight, replies Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reacted to a viral selfie his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni took with him on the sidelines of the COP28 meet in Dubai, saying 'meeting friends is......

Modi meets Israeli Prez in Dubai, says he supports two-state solution

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a productive meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and underscored India's support for a two-state solution and an early and durable resolution of......

'Deeply embarrassing': Trudeau on honouring Nazi veteran

Following the act of honouring a former Nazi soldier in Canada's parliament, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said that the decision to invite the Ukrainian veteran was "deeply......

Where's This Man Going?

We live in an Odd, Odd, World! IMAGE: Hungarian artist Laszlo Simet Jr walks from one bank to the other across the Danube river in Budapest on a wire rope 30 metres above the river on World......

Alstom offers world's fastest train to India

A certain type of TGV, called V150, holds the world record for the highest speed on any national rail system. This record has been in place since April 2007. Alstom India had held discussions with......

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia. IMAGE: A man walks on a railway track......

Will private railway services be a reality by 2023?

Under the plan, there will be 151 private trains covering 109 routes which may entail investments worth Rs 30,000 crore. On May 13, 2019, when the Narendra Modi government took charge for a second......

RBI diktat on data storage upsets payments providers

The RBI on April 6 directed all payments service providers to make sure "that the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them are stored in a system only in India." International......

WEF preps for Modi mantra with tastes of India, twists of yoga

Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to attend Davos meeting in about 20 years since H D Deve Gowda in 1997. With exquisite desi cuisine on the platter and live yoga sessions on display,......

Ripley Review: Mind-Blowing!

The show takes its own pace to pick up, but then when you least expect, it grabs you by the throat, notes Aseem Chhabra. 'Does the world need another cinematic representation of the Ripley story?'......

'My mother is always in my heart in a way I don't realise'

'My mother is a lady with a lot of emotional stability and strength. And wisdom.''When I was younger, she would tell me that if I ever refused water to anyone, I would have to drink gutter......

Getting ready for the Baahubali juggernaut!

Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez’s tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.......

Review: Batman Vs Superman is the worst superhero film of all-time

The film whirrs along from disjointed scene to disjointed scene, the only intriguing ones being weird B-movie moments that turn out, far too frequently, to be Batman's dreams, says Raja Sen What......

Top 11 Foreign Language Films, 2014

Beautiful movies, from across the world. The year 2014 was big when it came to foreign language films, as many film festival award winners played in theatres in New York City. This year 83......

Security measures cripple Paris restaurants ahead of Olympics

IMAGE: Waiters stand behind a barrier waiting for customers at Le Flore en L'ile restaurant on the Ile Saint-Louis as the security perimeter for the opening ceremony is deployed ahead of the Paris......

F1: Verstappen equals Senna's pole record!

IMAGE: Max Verstappen's 39th career pole came as F1 marks 30 years since Ayrton Senna, who had 65 poles, died in a crash at the Italian circuit on May 1, 1994. Photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters......

Red Bull's Max Verstappen takes pole for Miami Grand Prix

IMAGE: Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz pose for a picture after F1 qualifying for Miami Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome on......

Verstappen takes record 16th win of the season in Mexico

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the Mexico City Grand Prix. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen became the......

Verstappen takes 50th win with Hamilton, Leclerc excluded

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the United States Grand Prix. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen......

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