He had set up the Guinness Book of Records with his twin Ross in the mid-1950s.
'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.'
In 1991, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the world with not less than '30,000 solo, duet and chorus-backed songs' recorded in 20 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987.
Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska returned to the tennis court to play Leonid Stanislavskyi, the oldest active tennis player in the world.
Concealed beneath the feat, which testifies to his political acumen and survival instincts, is the fact that the 72-year-old leader could never remain at peace with his allies which also made him change partners frequently.
A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from spending 500 days living 70-metres deep in a cave outside Granada with no contact with the outside world.
India achieved a "historic milestone" of administering 88.09 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses in a single day on June 21, but the numbers dipped to over 53.4 lakh on Tuesday.
The first and only set of tyres of this kind, the gold-plated tyres were developed by Z Tyres in Dubai.
Kannada actress Bhavana talks about her film Bhageerathi, her role and how she prepared for it.
The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the dip in vaccination numbers after a record high earlier this week with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying the country is not safe unless vaccination is done on a large scale but sadly the government is "unable to move beyond a PR event".
A Nagpur-based engineer has earned a name for himself in the Guinness Book of Records for developing and designing miniature machines, steam engines and models of luxury motor cars, including world-class Mercedes Benz.
The coin is pure gold, weighs about 100 kilogram and has a face value of $1 million (Rs 6.5 crore).
It costs approximately 6,00,000.
Thiagarajan, who had primarily restricted his aviation activities to south India, is now locating stars of fortune in western and central India for possible acquisitions
In her message, she urged the youth, especially her great-great-grand children to look after themselves.
Glendale Tea estate at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu says the black tea it has made is of SFTGFOP (Super-Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe) grade and fetches a price of $600 for a kilo.
A look at the world's first diamond and gold cricket ball, made with 2704 diamonds and 18 carat gold stitch.
The 34-year-old swimmer crossed the 40-km long Palk Strait, on Friday to complete the feat.
Lakshmi N Mittal, Chairman and CEO, of the LNM Group, has bought a central London house for a stunning price of £70 million ($128.25 million or about Rs 560 crore).
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski netted the Bundesliga's fastest hat-trick on his way to a sensational five-goal haul and was officially recognised by Guinness World Record.
The pig, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, was 2.5mt in length, had a 2.23mt waistline and a tusk 14.4cm long when it died on February 5.
The legendary singer turns 87 today!
More than 2500 women from 14 countries contributed to the blanket.
How Asif Shaikh designed Vantablack, Earth's darkest building
'Overnight, with zero qualification whatsoever for the responsibility of prime ministership, Priyanka is being projected as an alternative to Narendra Damodardas Modi!' says Nazarwala who predicted Mayawati's win in the 2007 UP elections, forecast her rout in the 2012 polls, and called right the 2017 UP assembly election result.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding.
Long throw-ins a perfect secret set-piece weapon
The main streets of Ayodhya wear a scintillating look with illuminated lamps and special decorations.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
Chan Yuen-ting, the first female coach to lead a men's professional soccer club to a top-flight title, hopes her success with Hong Kong's Eastern will inspire other women to follow their dreams.
It claims to be ahead of its competitors in the segment.
The Indian Navy's flagship carrier, the INS Viraat will be decommissioned on March 6 after serving the nation for 30 glorious years.
Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there!
Here's this week's collection of the world's craziest and funniest stories from around the world.
'Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs'
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