WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world  1) Now that’s how you take a zelfie   Malte Woestefeld was left stunned as a zebra photobombed......

Obama appoints Vinai Thummalapally as Ambassador

President Barack Obama has nominated his friend and former room-mate and major campaign fund-raiser Vinai Thummalapally of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the next US Ambassador to Belize,the only......

Adani Green seals $1.36 bn financing for world's largest renewable energy park

Adani Green Energy (AGEL) on Tuesday announced it has secured a funding of $1.36 billion from a consortium of international banks as part of its construction financing framework. Photograph: Amit......

India keen to expand footprint in oil-rich Siberia

Indian officials will focus on expanding the country’s footprint in oil-rich Siberia when they meet their Russian counterparts at the four-day 7th Eastern Economic Forum beginning Monday in......

EV start-up SmartE gets Rs 100-crore funding from Mitsui

With its fleet of nearly 1,000 electric three-wheelers in Delhi-NCR, it moves around 100,000 commuters daily. The company will use the funding to rapidly increase its fleet size within Delhi-NCR as......

US continues to be biggest source of VC investment in India

Nearly half of the investments by various US-based investors have been made in Reliance subsidiary Jio. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The United States continues to be the biggest source of......

Counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay

One-year postponement will likely cost 641 billion yen ($6 billion) IMAGE: New Olympics dates have yet to be set, leaving sponsors and businesses uncertain and scrambling. Photograph:......