Venice underwater after being hit by 'exceptionally high tide'

Venice, Italy’s famous city of canals, is as much on the front line of climate change as anywhere else, and now that line is under water. Venice has been hit by the second worst floods on......

The four days of Chhath

Bihar has been cleaning its homes and surroundings, including the narrowest of lanes, and especially the roads leading to the Ganga ghats and ponds.Devotional songs can be heard everywhere you go......

REWIND: 15 TOP moments from the week gone by

Here's a collection of some of the best photos, taken last week, from around the globe. Image: A Buddhist monk plays with a tiger at the Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua, otherwise known as Tiger Temple, in......

India just saved its warships from being sitting ducks

Without advanced towed array sonar systems, all warships the navy has built and bought since the 1990s would be sitting ducks in war. Ajai Shukla reports On November 12, without announcement or......

Omkar realty group's chairman, MD arrested in money-laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the chairman and the managing director (MD) of Mumbai-based Omkar Realtors and Developers in connection with a money laundering case against them linked to......

Will India's uber-luxury flats see real buyers?

To lure high-end consumers, real estate developers are offering uber-luxury apartments with world-class specifications. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters After a hiatus of over 3 years, real......

Ads focus on older generation, joint family

A recent spate of advertisements has brought back the concept of the large Indian family, spanning generations, better known as the great Indian joint family. Through the 70s, 80s and even the 90s,......

Looking for energy, Google goes to hell

Deep underneath your feet is a hellish stone soup, kept hot by a torrent of radiation from poisonous isotopes of uranium, thorium and potassium in the earth's superheated mantle. This is the heat......

Why she brings tears to Shabana Azmi's eyes

'I've never been more nervous about any of my films.''I can't eat, sleep or speak.''I can barely breathe.' IMAGE: Aditi Subedi in Baba Azmi's Mee Raqsam. Baba Azmi turned director with the film,......

What are Aamir, Katrina, Malaika up to?

Just what do actors *do* the whole day? Bollywood was up and about in Bandra, north west Mumbai, on January 17. So how do stars spend their weekdays? Take a look:   Malaika Arora never seems......

F1: Verstappen wins in Imola; Hamilton 13th

IMAGE: Max Verstappen, who took the maximum eight points on Saturday for winning a sprint race from pole, also took a bonus point on Sunday for the fastest lap and is now 27 points adrift of......

When Maradona beat D&G 113,000-0

It is a very different victory of Maradona that fascinates me even more, notes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.A victory Maradona scored over Dolce & Gabbana in December last year. IMAGE: Diego Maradonam at......

Sportsperson who have tested positive for coronavirus

IMAGE: Loftus Road Stadium, home to Queens Park Rangers is pictured on March 23, 2020 in London. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images While the whole world grapples to contain the spread of the......

Spanish football coach dies of coronavirus aged 21

IMAGE: Francisco Garcia was serving as the manager of Atletico Portada Alta's youth team since 2016 Spanish football coach Francisco Garcia has passed away aged 21 after contracting coronavirus.......

Impact of cold snap on European sport

How the snow and freezing temperatures are affecting the sporting calendar across Europe: BRITAIN Sporting fixtures which were badly hit last weekend, when even Chelsea's Premier League match with......