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......

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,......

Registration must for clinical trial ethics panels

Ethics committees, set up to monitor clinical trials in the country, will now have to be mandatorily registered with the central drug regulator. Recently, the health ministry issued a gazette......

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......

Despite big talks, India is miles away from digitisation

It's unlikely we'll achieve ubiquitous digital access with our current approach. There are too many problems and too few synergies, requiring radical changes in direction, says Shyam Ponappa.......