The 10 most expensive taxi rides around the world

Mumbai auto rickshaw and taxi fares have once again been hiked after the high court rejected the plea of the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat to stall it. The 38,000 odd black and yellow taxis and 1.05 lakh......

The beauty of a lightning strike

That flash of light in the sky followed by thunder can be both mesmerising and scary. Rediff.com presents some amazing pictures of lightning captured by ace lensmen. Lightning bolts strike......

12 risks that could cause THE END of the world

Researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm have released a thorough scientific assessment of what threatens human civilisation, or even possibly, all human life. The assessment is......

World's longest train tunnel

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is one of the world’s most beautiful engineering marvels.  Image: A journalist walks through an emergency tunnel at a multifunction and emergency stop station of......

FIFA agrees to publish Garcia report in "appropriate form"

Sepp Blatter. Photograph: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images FIFA's executive committee has voted to allow publication of former ethics investigator Michael Garcia's investigation into the bidding......

Qatar reject suggestions 2022 World Cup may be moved

A woman walks past a logo of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters The 2022 soccer World Cup will be held......

'Doping battle must be more cost efficient'

The fight against doping costs $300-400 million a year and sporting medical experts at a conference hosted by FIFA on Friday questioned whether it was value for money. FIFA's chief medical officer......

Russia bars FIFA's Garcia over human rights abuse

Russia made clear on Thursday that FIFA's chief investigator Michael Garcia is barred from entering the country because he is one of the Americans blacklisted in a bitter dispute with the United......

FACTBOX Goal-line technology licensed by FIFA

Following are the four goal-line technology systems licensed by soccer's governing body FIFA. GoalControl-4D Selected by FIFA for use at this year's Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil, and if......