Are you a selfie addict? 10 landmarks you CAN'T visit

What’s a day spent at an iconic destination without a selfie, right? They have become a way of life; even the Pope couldn’t escape one! But not all appreciate the addiction. Some......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. This girl's tongue is so long she can lick her eye A teenager from Michigan wants to be the new record world record holder......

6 Taiwan inmates commit suicide, ending 14-hour long hostage standoff

Police officers stand guard outside the Kaohsiung Prison in southern Taiwan where six inmates who held two prison staff hostage killed themselves early Thursday after a 14-hour standoff with......

China defends its latest incursion into Ladakh's Chumar sector

Virtually defending the latest incursion by the People’s Liberation Army in the Chumar sector in Ladakh, China today said its troops were patrolling on its side of the Line of Actual Control......

How internet is adversely affecting 6% of the world's population

As many as 6 per cent people in the world are addicted to the internet which may be adversely affecting their lives, including their health and interpersonal relationships, according to a new......

China sets new world record with hybrid rice yield

Super Rice, the newly-developed hybrid rice breed by Chinese scientists, has set a new world record in output, officials said. The rice breed, DH2525, produced a harvest of 926.6 kg per mu (0.067......

Staff commits suicide at China's big electronic co

The woes of China's biggest foreign electronic firm, Foxconn, employing over 800,000 Chinese employees continued with one more young worker committing suicide taking the number of such deaths in......

No retirement age for Asia's billionaires

In his eight decades in the media business, Sir Run Run Shaw has built the Chinese-speaking world's most successful film and TV empire. He was co-founder of Shaw Brothers, the legendary movie......

'Together': A classy, sentimental drama

Veering from his historical dramas like the 1993 arthouse hit Farewell My Concubine and the little seen erotic thriller Killing Me Softly, master Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige offers a classy......

Sathiyan-Batra, Harmeet-Sreeja storm into pre-quarters

Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/X India's G Sathiyan and Manika Batra stormed into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of the table tennis competition in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on......

Asian Games: India's Schedule on September 27

Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Wednesday, September 27. IMAGE: India's boxer Shiva Thapa will be in action in the men's 63.5kg round of 16 bout on Wednesday.......

Sports Shorts: New high for Manika-Archana in TT rankings

IMAGE: Manika Batra and her doubles partner moved into the top-five of the international table tennis rankings. Photograph: Twitter Indian women's doubles pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish......

India women lose to Japan; bow out of Uber Cup badminton

IMAGE: The Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto, left, and Rutaparna Panda suffered an 8-21, 10-21 defeat against the duo of Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto of Japan. Photograph: BAI/Twitter The Indian......

Sudirman Cup: India out of quarter-final race after big loss

The absence of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also hurt India's prospect as the......