WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly digest of the most weird, true and funny news from the across the globe. Kuwait pilot loses license after allowing porn star into cockpit A pilot for Kuwait Airways had his......

'No proof of Tamil script in Indus civilization'

President Pratibha Patil presented the 'Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award' to Professor Arko Parpola, Professor-Emeritus of Indology, Institute of World Cultures, University of......

Why Official Secrets Act needs a review

Secrets are an essential tool in the hands of a government to protect national security and national interests. Even corporate houses have to have business and commercial secrets if they have to be......

Dr Singh at 10, Downing Street

Number 10, Downing Street in London had an Indian visitor. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh met his British counterpart Tony Blair in his office.Singh is on a six-day visit to England and Finland......

Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs

Nokia dominated around 40 percent of the world's mobile phone industry in 2008, but its products were eclipsed by touch-screen smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.  IMAGE: Finnish......

China unveils boldest reforms in decades, shows Xi in command

China unwrapped its boldest set of economic and social reforms in nearly three decades on Friday, relaxing its one-child policy and further freeing up markets in order to put the world's......

Now, an indoor GPS system!

Finding your way around shopping plazas or airports may soon get easier -- thanks to scientists who have developed an indoor positioning system for cellphones similar to GPS. The Global Positioning......

Asia, the Pied Piper of global R&D

Researchers at the University of Sheffield and Aston Business School have found that investment in Research and Development (R&D) is rapidly shifting from North America and Europe to Asia,......

Happy 60th, Carl Lewis!

His 9-gold athletic haul at the Olympics remains unrivalled with Usain Bolt coming close with 8.Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, salutes Carl Lewis, 'Sportsman of......

Sports Shorts: Cueist O'Sullivan blasts new snooker record

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to compile 1,000 career century breaks. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty......

Sushil, Vijender provide the sparks

India's fledgling Olympic campaign on Wednesday received a sensational boost with unheralded grappler Sushil Kumar clinching a bronze medal and boxer Vijender Kumar assuring himself of at least a......

Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins bronze

Unheralded Sushil Kumar rose from obscurity to find a place in the history of Indian sport when he won a bronze medal in men's 66kg freestyle wrestlingat the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. Earlier,......

Gowda fails to qualify for discus final

National record holder Vikas Gowda put up a brave effort but was pipped by a few centimetresin the men's discus throw final at the 10th world championships in Helsinki, Finland.Gowda, ranked 29th......