What's Santa Doing Under Water?

An aquarium in Bangkok celebrates Christmas by holding special shows where divers dress up in Santa Claus costumes to feed the fish.   IMAGE: A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims with......

Creating Magic With Waste Glass Bottles

IMAGE: Renjini Thampi has transformed 21,000 glass bottles, that would have otherwise been thrown away, into beautiful home decor items. Photograph: ANI Nouf Mohammed Al Marwaai was suffering.........

10 things where Paul Octopus can make a difference

From match-making for young Indians to choosing the Indian cricket team to rescuing nations from economic ruin, many commentators feel Paul could be very useful. Will the octopus please help?......

Fin & frolic: India's oldest aquarium gets a grand revamp

The country’s oldest and one of Mumbai’s famed tourist attractions, the Taraporewala Aquarium, is set to reopen on February 27. The aquarium, that had been inaugurated by India’s......

Energy, health care sectors gain from Modi's UK visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) in commercial deals and concluding negotiations over a deal......

A whale of a fish story

Pixar -- the animation studio that produced Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Monsters Inc -- is used to making movies that debut at Number One. Even by those standards, Finding Nemo is a whole 'nother......

USBO hails Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo, the endearing and adventurous animation tale of a father trying to rescue his son, has garnered a jaw-dropping $70 million in three days in North America. Going by the reviews, and......

Paul the Octopus gets a memorial

Paul, the German octopus famous for correctly predicting each of Germany's 2010 World Cup matches, got his own permanent memorial three months after his death on Thursday. The Sea Life aquarium in......

Paul the psychic octopus set to retire?

After successfully predicting the winners of the World Cup, Paul the octopus is set to retire. The oracle octopus correctly predicted Spain would win the World Cup by picking food out of a box with......

Octopus Paul predicts Spain will win Cup final

Soccer fans across Spain will be hoping a"psychic" two-year-old cephalopod's fabled skills of prophecy will hold true for one final time at the World Cup after Paul the octopus predicted victory......

Uttam's take: Paul vs Mani

So, who will win the football World Cup final? Spain or the Netherlands? Sure, not many are ready to hazard a guess? Butan octopus and parakeetalready have the winner. Yes, you heard it right!......

Octopus predicts German defeat in World Cup semis against Spain

Soccer fans across Germany will be hoping a "psychic" cephalopod's fabled skills of prophecy have failed him after Paul the octopus predicted a German loss in their World Cup semi-final with Spain.......