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700-km Brazil 'megaflash' sets lightning record: UN

A single lightning flash stretched more than 700 kilometres across Brazil last year -- equivalent to the distance between Boston and Washington DC -- has created a new world record for the longest......

The Machine That Saved Tanishq

Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time.Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then......

SBI's Q1 net profit almost flat at Rs 17,035 crore

State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday reported an almost flat standalone net profit at Rs 17,035 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year. Photograph: Sudipta Banerjee/ANI Photo......

40-year-old fintech gurus need 60-year-olds to handhold them

The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal......

Did RBI Know About Demonetization?

The RBI was not party to the decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, which was taken at the highest level of India's political leadership. A fascinating excerpt from Gokul Rathi's......

'Public Sector Banks Don't Like To Loan To MSMEs'

'The approach today is, instead of giving loans to 100 MSMEs, let us give one loan to a big-ticket corporate.''And so many of these big fish deceived the banks and the banks are in the doldrums now......

Must Watch: Stories From Around The World

The Toronto International Film Festival heralds the beginning of the Fall awards season as films from the earlier festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Telluride compete with new projects......

Zheng storms into Pan Pacific Open Final; Shelton upsets Rublev

Zheng downs Shnaider to book Kenin clash in Tokyo final IMAGE: Zheng Qinwen sealed a spot in the final in Tokyo for a second time in her career. Photograph: Florence Lo/Reuters Zheng Qinwen......

Bollipalli-Khade wins first ATP title, Nagal loses in Basel

IMAGE: Rithvik Choudhary Bollipalli and Arjun Khade pose with the Almaty Open Men's Doubles trophy. Photograph: Kazakhstan Tennis / X India's Sumit Nagal crashed out in the second round of......

Xherdan Shaqiri retires from international football

IMAGE: Shaqiri has played 125 matches for Switzerland, scoring 32 goals Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters Former Bayern Munich and Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri announced......

Srikanth loses to Chun-Yi in Swiss Open semis

IMAGE: Making his first semi-final appearance in 16 months, India’s Kidambi Srikanth frittered the advantage of winning the first game and was beaten by Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi.......

Srikanth in semis after 16 months at Swiss Open

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth will take on Chinese Taipei's world No. 22 Lin Chun-Yi in the semi-finals on Saturday. Photograph: Olympic Khel/Twitter Kidambi Srikanth is the lone Indian survivor at the......

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