PHOTOS: Big birds show off their skills at Paris air show

From Rafale fighter to electric planes, the 53rd International Paris air show displays the best of military and civilian aircraft. The 2019 Paris Air Show will run until Sunday, June 23 at Le......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. The man with an ear on his arm Photograph: Nina Sellars Award-winning Australian performance artist Stelarc has grown a......

These 10 stunning images will make you go WILD

The Natural History Museum has unveiled the first entries for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and thirsty......

Chinese pearls hit Hyderabad's trade

Hyderabad may still be the 'City of Pearls', but it is increasingly pearls from China that are dominating the city's trade in pearls. Pearls from Japan, Australia, Indonesia, Burma, Venezuela and......

Indians eye exotic destinations

That there is a growing Indian populace with disposable income is well known. Disposable incomes have been growing for the last few years and people are using a growing part of it to travel. Your......

Indian Hotels set to woo the world

It's checking into every gateway city around the world. And some exotic leisure destinations too. So whether it's in Sydney or Tahiti, Indian Hotels Company which runs the Taj, Gateway and Ginger......

Making millions, making violins!

In 2003 a violin built by Samuel Zygmuntowicz for Isaac Stern sold for $130,000 at auction, the highest price for one by a living luthier. Last year Yo-Yo Ma played a Zygmuntowicz cello worth an......

'I am the son of Brando'

Kamal Haasan's performance as Nayakan would always be compared with Marlon Brando's rendering of Don Vito Corleone in Godfather. Here, Kamal reflects upon one of the greatest actors of the second......

East Coast or West Coast? Cricket venue dilemma for LA28

IMAGE: New York, on the East Coast, hosted several preliminary-round matches of the T20 World Cup earlier this year, which it co-hosted with the West Indies. Photograph: Denis......

All you must know about the Olympics surfing in Tahiti

IMAGE: France's Vahine Fierro and Kauli Vaast during training for the Olympics surfing competition, at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Surfing makes its......

Olympics Surfing: Vaast takes gold for France and Tahiti

IMAGE: France's Kauli Vaast won the gold medal in the men's surfing event at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Photograph: Ed Sloane/Reuters Tahitian Kauli......

Paris Olympics: New sports added, familiar faces depart

The Paris Olympics, which open on Friday, will feature a new sport in breaking, plus three young sports returning from the Tokyo Games -- climbing, skateboarding and surfing. These are the changes......

14 gold medals up for grabs on Day 1 of Paris Games

IMAGE: Australia's Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus will be looking to retain her 400 metres freestyle title against American Katie Ledecky, the 2016 Rio Games champion. Photograph: Issei......