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What Lessons can India Learn from Japan?

'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo removes his......

Typhoon Hagibis leaves deaths, destruction in Japan

The biggest storm -- Typhoon Hagibis -- to hit Japan in decades left deaths and destruction in its wake, as it battered the central and eastern parts of the country. The storm flooded rivers......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here’s your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. A rat-ical idea! A rat café is opening in San Francisco There are cat cafes, pig cafes, etc. So it only seems......

Tsunami hits Japan after strong 6.9 quake

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering tsunamis along the coast including a one-metre (3.3-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima......

'Mandela practised Yoga to deal with prison brutalities'

Former South African President Nelson Mandela practised Yoga to deal with the harsh conditions imposed on political prisoners at Robben Island for the more than two decades when he was imprisoned......

4 decades and still shining: How India's romance with gold peaked

A sales assistant puts back a gold Buddha-shaped pendant after showing to a customer at Caibai Ornaments store in Beijing. Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters In 1963, when then finance......

RIL raises $550 mn from Japanese banks

Reliance Industries Limited on Wednesday said it has raised $550 million loan for part-funding expansion of its petrochemical plant and new gasification unit from Japanese banks. "In continuation......

Stunning concept cars of Tokyo Motor Show

Among the major motor shows across the globe, there are a few names like Detroit, Geneva, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo that come to the mind. Out of these, Tokyo Motor show is considered to be quite......

Luxury in Asia: What millionaires buy

Asia now has more millionaires than North America. Here's a look at luxury in the East. Customized Mercedes-Benz SL600s, Luxury Crystal Benz, studded with 300,000 Swarovski crystal glass, are......

The car that can drive sideways

Nissan Motor Co Limited on Wednesday unveiled the Pivo 2, an advanced electric concept car, at the Tokyo Motor Show. Pivo 2 builds on the popularity of the first Pivo, shown at the 2005 Tokyo Motor......

Angelina-Brad's love story in pictures

Hollywood's famous couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have called it quits. The duo, who were together for over 10 years, surprised their fans when they got married in a private ceremony in 2014.......

Review: Kung fu Tarantino-style

Shelies there amidst the carnage --battered, bloodied, broken.Ahand --holding a pristine white kerchief embossed with the name Bill --reaches out; gently, the hand brushes the blood off her face......

Afghan Paralympian makes debut after top-secret evacuation

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......

Bajrang outsmarts Kazakh for Olympics wrestling bronze

IMAGE: India's Bajrang Punia reacts after defeating Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov in the Olympics men's 65kg Freestyle wrestling bronze medal match, at Makuhari Messe Hall A, in Chiba,......

Deepak Punia's coach Gaidarov expelled from Olympics

WFI sacks coach after he assaulted referee who officiated bronze medal play-off bout which the Deepak Punia lost to San Marino's Myles Nazim Amine. IMAGE: India's Deepak Punia in action against......

'Maybe I was good enough for silver only this time'

'I did not come to Tokyo for a silver medal. It will not give me satisfaction.' IMAGE: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya poses with his silver medal from the men's 57kg Olympics Freestyle wrestling during......

PIX: Silver for Dahiya; heartbreak for Punia, Phogat

IMAGE: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya, left, in action against Zavur Uguev of the Russian Olympic Committee during the Olympics men's 57kg Freestyle final, at Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, on Thursday.......

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