Hong Kong's COVID-19 lessons for the world

'The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was 0.7 -- anything below 1 suggests the epidemic is receding.''The city-State achieved this without the de facto police-State curfew that India......

Images from around the world compete in EyeEM photography award

EyeEm, a global community and marketplace for photography and video, is in the middle of its fourth and largest photography competition yet. With more than 590,000 submissions from 88,000......

India among world's 20 LEAST peaceful nations

A student participates in a peace rally to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters......

14 odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Odd photos that prove we live in a mad, mad world.    A child touches the biggest watermelon on display during an annual watermelon festival in Daxing district in Beijing,......

China's rich seek shelter from stock market storm in foreign property

Many wealthy Chinese investors had already cashed out. Realtors in Australia, Britain and Canada are bracing for a surge of new interest in their already hot property markets, with early signs that......

India among top 10 FDI destinations in 2014

Image: School children holding tri-coloured balloons take part in the Republic Day celebrations in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters India was 15th on the list in 2013. India moved up......

Which Indian city has the most number of super-rich?

Image: The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Seven Indian cities, including the financial capital Mumbai and political hub Delhi, have been named among Asia Pacific's......

The inspiring story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur

Not many people remember the long, lonely miles Asia's richest man had to travel before he arrived where he is today, notes Barun Roy. Image: Li Ka-shing is Asia’s richest man.......

The Medallion: Chan is alive & kickin'

The Medallion is a mildly amusing film with a supernatural theme. Though appealing in its first half-hour, the Jackie Chan vehicle begins to sink once the special effects department takes......

Hong Kong plumber's Olympic breakdancing dream dashed

IMAGE: Cheung Cheuk Man finished 52nd at the World DanceSport Federation Olympic qualification event in Hong Kong in December, and 130th globally. Photographs: Lam Yik/Reuters Plumber by day,......

World Championships: Saina advances; Gayatri-Treesa cruise

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal outclassed Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in straight games to make a confident start to her campaign at the BWF World Championships in Tokyo. Photograph: Albert Perez/Getty Images......

In Sindhu's absence, can Lakshya make BIG statement?

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen, the new poster boy of Indian badminton. Photograph: Badminton Association of India With the injured PV Sindhu missing out for the first time in a decade, the onus will be on......

Sindhu whips Blichfeldt to enter Olympics quarter-finals

IMAGE: India's Pusarla V. Sindhu in action during the Olympics women's singles match against Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt, at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, in Tokyo, on Thursday. Leonhard......

Olympics Badminton: No. 1 Momota ousted by No. 38 Kwanghee

IMAGE: South Korea's Heo Kwanghee celebrates victory over Japan's Kento Momota in the Olympics men's singles Group A match, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu, Tokyo, on Wednesday.......