Bullet trains and more: Modi, Abe's big plans

'Modi and Abe are working seriously for India-Japan bonhomie to grow stronger.''It is a win-win situation for both countries and the future look promising,' says Rajaram Panda, the Indian Council......

After 6 years of toil, India and Japan ink historic nuclear deal

Making an exception, Japan on Friday signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal with India, opening the door for collaboration between their industries in the field even as the countries......

Big 'Planet X' may exist beyond Pluto: Study

An unknown world might exist beyond the orbit of Pluto, says a new computer model. Emerging reports say the hidden world -- said to be much bigger than Pluto -- based on the model could explain......

Who will win 2003 Nobel Prizes?

Is there any way to predict who will be named Nobel Laureates this year?Thomson ISI, the pioneer of citation indexing, has attempted to do so by naming its 2003 Citation Laureates, says Business......

Olympics: It's all about the shoes

Athletes competing at this summer's Olympics are fighting for a trip to the medal stand. For Nike and Adidas, the Beijing games are a brawl for 21st century dominance of the sneaker world. While......

The world's best-paid sports stars

Aside from being rich and talented, what do many on the list of our best-paid athletes have in common? Nike. Of the 25 athletes on our list, who earned a collective $702.4 million in just one year......

The real disaster

Did you know that, in just the decade of the '90s, natural disasters affected 2.1 billion people and caused a damage of $687 billion?While that figure is itself alarming, the picture gets a lot......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

Oscars 2020: What you need to know

Every year Hollywood's biggest names gather under one roof to raise a toast to cinema's creme de la creme. Fashion, food, films -- it's a glamourous combination of all these things leading up to......

Tokyo Games may be too big a gamble, disease expert says

IMAGE: With COVID-19 vaccination rollouts differing country-to-country, whether the Olympics can go ahead "depends on the COVID-19 situation not only in Japan, but also other countries," said Koji......

Why Tokyo Olympics next July will be 'uniquely risky'

'When we talk about bringing sports back with packed stadiums, I really think that is something we are going to have to wait for a vaccine to be able to do.' IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 is set to run from......

Why this Japanese doctor wants Tokyo Olympics called off

'The Olympics are not just a mass gathering, but a mass gathering from all over the world, while COVID is a global pandemic. These two things don't go together.' IMAGE: Kentaro Iwata, a professor......

'He was my everything': Kobe mourned at emotional tribute

IMAGE: Vanessa Bryant speaks during The Celebration of Life for Kobe & Gianna Bryant at Staples Center. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A gallery of basketball legends joined......

Serie A matches cancelled in Italy after coronavirus outbreak

Italy is tackling the worst outbreak of coronavirus recorded in Europe, with two people dying in the north since Friday and more than 100 infected. IMAGE: Football fans are tested for signs of the......