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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

10 cities most threatened by natural disasters; Kolkata ranks 7

Photograph: Reuters First the Kashmir floods and then cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam; India recently witnessed the fury of nature. But this is nothing. According to a recent research,......

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......

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......

Divij, Raja storm into Claro Open final

Divij Sharan and Purav Raja shocked top seeded Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah to breeze into the summit clash of the ATP Claro Open, in Bogota, Colombia. Playing their first ever......

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......

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.......