Vivid 2018 casts Sydney in a brand new light

Vivid Sydney is an annual festival that places light sculptures and installations throughout the city. More than 1 million people are expected to visit the festival this year, which takes place......

UK teenagers plead guilty to killing Indian sailor

Three British teenagers have pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack on a ship in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Gregory Fernandes, 32, was......

Miracle bottle is a life-saver in disaster areas

The tsunami that ravaged parts of India and South East Asia three years ago seems to have had a positive fallout as well. An Ipswich-based businessman who runs a water treatment business was moved......

China's growth steady at 7% as investment rebounds

It has been a difficult year for the world's second-largest economy. China's economy grew an annual 7 per cent in the second quarter, steady with the previous quarter and slightly better than......

China stocks jump again as emergency measures bite

The plunge in China's previously booming stock markets has created a major headache for President Xi Jinping Chinese stocks rose strongly for a second day on Friday, buoyed by a barrage of......

How far away is the US recession

So that's it then. We're all agreed. "This is clearly the worst financial problem we've had since the Great Depression," as Joseph Stiglitz told a radio show in New Zealand on Wednesday morning,......

Bengal woos Boeing for setting up hub

The West Bengal government is in a race against Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to persuade US aircraft maker Boeing to set up a maintenance, repair and operations hub near Kolkata."This......

Mobile phone costs Italian rower bronze medal

IMAGE: Italian Paralympian rower Giacoma Perini. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Italian rower Giacomo Perini was disqualified and lost his Paralympics bronze medal after he was found with a......

SEE: Manu Bhaker returns to grand welcome in Delhi

IMAGE: Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker being welcomed as she arrives in New Delhi on Wednesday, after her historic performance in the Paris Olympics 2024.Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo......

Before Manu Bhaker, there was Norman Pritchard

Photograph: Indian Olympic Association/Instagram His name crops up consistently when an Indian touches a landmark in Olympics. On Tuesday, British-Indian Norman Pritchard was trending again when......

'Savour this moment, you've earned it!'

IMAGE: Bronze medallists Manu Bhaker of India and Sarabjot Singh (R) of India on the podium after their 10m Air Pistol Mixed Medal event at Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Deols, France, on Tuesday......

Olympics: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot win mixed team bronze

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh pose with their bronze medals at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters Manu Bhaker scripted history by becoming the first Indian......