China's 2nd railway line to Tibet comes close to Arunachal Pradesh

China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located......

These people have the most ABSURD collections ever

If you can name it, someone collects it. Here’s a gallery of collectors and their (unusual) obsessions. 1) Seeing spots Karen Ferrier, a 44-year-old secretary, is a Dalmatian-obsessive woman......

The DEADLIEST earthquakes from the past 25 years

Two weeks after Nepal was struck by a deadly 7.9 magnitude quake, the region has been struck with another strong quake on Tuesday.  Here are the ten worst earthquakes that shook the world and......

Eiffel Tower, Coliseum, Sphinx... now all in China

China brings the world to its doorstep with scale replicas of famous tourist destinations from across the world. A Chinese worker walks past a replica of the leaning Tower of Pisa in Shanghai. In......

Kartik Wahi: Lessons from my entrepreneurial journey

In the first of a four-part series, Claro Energy co-founder Kartik Wahi takes you through his entrepreneurial journey This was supposed to be a one-off piece, when I was first invited to share......

Zishaan Hayath: The start-up evangelist

His tryst with investing in start-ups began when his juniors started approaching him for guidance and capital Zishaan Hayath loves travel and photography. But of late, the founder and chief......

What's preventing top execs from investing in digital technology

Most business leaders at the very top are too heavily invested in the past to be able to adapt and attack the new emerging opportunity with alacrity, says Indrajit Gupta. India Inc needs to push......

Is Bharat ready for a Digital India?

Image: India must devise policies and strategies to fulfil its digitisation dream. Photograph: Claro Cortes/Reuters The Digital India vision is disruptive thinking at a macro level that has......

Australia exile Tomic wins ATP title in Bogota

Australian bad boy Bernard Tomic has shrugged off his Miami arrest and banishment from the Davis Cup team to successfully defend his ATP title in Bogota. Tomic was accused of hitting "rock bottom"......

Tomic spurns Tennis Australia olive branch

Bernard Tomic not ready to mend fences with Tennis Australia. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Bernard Tomic's rift with Tennis Australia looks unlikely to end any time soon after the......

Australian tennis player Tomic charged after noisy penthouse party

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has been charged with trespassing and resisting arrest following complaints over a noisy penthouse party at a Miami Beach hotel, police said on Thursday.......

Copa Claro: Ferrer beats Fognini to earn Buenos Aires three-peat

David Ferrer won his third consecutive Buenos Aires ATP claycourt title, and the sixth in a row by a Spaniard, when he beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 in the final on Sunday. Ferrer had not......

Rohan Bopanna is now No 3 in World rankings

Touching a new high, Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna on Monday became World No 3 player in the world with a jump of two places in the latest ATP ranking chart. Bopanna is behind world's most......